Why Modular

Time is always a factor in any project and we know you and your staff need to get your facilities up and running as quickly as possible. Modular buildings allow your workforce to be on-site in less time than traditional construction so you can begin work with little delay. Because our products are built in an indoor manufacturing facility, environmental concerns; rain, snow wind or extreme heat and cold, for example are never a factor. Modular facilities arrive on-site in ready-to-construct components that can be assembled quickly and efficiently. This opens up many more facility installation windows in a project’s time line as opposed to the “waiting on the weather” approach. That means your team can begin working sooner rather than later which has a direct impact on your bottom line.

Modular building design solutions offer flexibility, allowing the custom development of facilities and accommodations that meet virtually any job site requirement, regardless of the size of your workforce or budget. Custom engineered site development ensures the maximum use of your space and optimum facilities placement for efficiency and site access after completion. In addition, a little pre-planning can offer the advantage of adding to your modular building group as your needs arise and your business grows. As illustrated here, Micro-hospitals or large clinic facilities can be expanded to accommodate regional population growth and patient demand over time. This flexibility of modular design helps you control initial construction costs, and reduces costs later on as you add capacity.

Modular buildings and facilities are built to meet or exceed the exact same International Building Code (IBC) standards as traditional site-built structures. The same materials are used in the modular construction process as with conventional construction methods.  Since all of Ellis’ modular products adhere to these IBC stndards, you are assured in getting the highest quality with regard to materials and processes.

In-house modular construction allows for higher level of consistency throughout the building process. Materials availability, weather factors, construction site logistics, unproven local contractors and little on-site overview of construction processes can all degrade the quality of on-site construction. These factors become a non-issue with modular construction methods and our experienced deployment teams.

Using the same materials and adhering to the same building codes (IBC) and standards as site-built structures, modular buildings are designed and constructed to meet or exceed energy efficiency ratings as their traditionally built counterparts an qualify for Energy Star designation.

Many companies these days are looking for “greener” and less wasteful solutions for many of their day-to-day business activities. Modular construction techniques extends this concept to the building process by offering an alternative to traditional construction practices that reduces construction waste with less environmental impact. This is achieved by less physical materials on site, significantly less construction activity, improved quality management throughout the process and less site disturbance during site preparation and construction.

A construction site can be a dangerous place with it’s own unique set of hazards and liabilities. Since modular buildings are constructed or partially constructed off site, job site traffic at your existing facility is reduced by as much as 80%. This can be very important for businesses, schools, hospitals or any customer with a lot of traffic of their own. By improving overall security and safety for employees students and personnel through reduced on-site construction activity, we can help to limit those safety hazards.

Modular buildings can be custom designed to your specific needs and your particular job site requirements. We will work with you at the beginning to define your specific needs and every step of the way to custom tailor facilities to maximize efficiency in meeting those requirements.

In most cases our modular finish-out can be designed to seamlessly fit in with your existing facilities if need be making them indistinguishable from older site buildings.

Modular buildings can be disassembled, refurbished and reused on-site or moved to other sites as your business or needs require. This gives you the option to adapt existing structures to address needs as they come up and is especially important in the energy exploration industry. With the speed of change in today’s business and industry saving time and money by reusing and redeploying existing facilities can be an important benefit and have a significant impact on your operations budget.

There are may environmental advantages to modular construction over traditional methods. These advantages are achieved through quality controls of in-house construction methods and monitoring, increased efficiency in the management of materials, construction waste and reuse-recycling, reduced materials delivery and transport, site disturbance and air quality after installation.

As with any construction site, personnel, students, employees or customers coming in and out or your existing facilities may be inconvenienced or delayed by the presence of ongoing construction. Modular construction reduces the length of time construction crews are actually on site assembling your new facilities. By reducing business disruption throughout the project’s timeline, the modular building process saves you time and ultimately money.