A shot of a classroom of students taken from the back of the classroom: in the background are students sitting in red and green desks with their hands raised, and in the foreground, a smiling teacher stands in the front of the classroom holding paper

KCDA and Aries: A Proud Partnership

Modular Building Leader Aries is happy to announce that it has recently won a portable school building contract with the King County Directors’ Association (KCDA). KCDA is a purchasing cooperative owned by Washington’s public school districts. It bids and awards supply and service contracts through open competition as prescribed by the laws of the State of Washington. KCDA provides centralized acquisition services to member school districts and orders its products in volume for its members, thereby saving them money and supporting their purchasing and distribution requirements.

Mutually beneficial for all, this contract with KCDA secures more business for Aries (this being a 19-255 portable classroom contract) at a less expensive cost to school districts – which often face funding challenges. Aries believes in the importance of education and is pleased to partner with KCDA, whose primary goal is “to help school districts focus their resources in the classroom and to help public agencies focus on direct services to the taxpayers.”

Aries prides itself on its long history of philanthropy and community responsibility, including providing support during disasters or critical times of need. During the 2016 Alberta wildfires, RAM Modular furnished emergency modular accommodations to evacuees and first responders. During the winter of 2014 in North Dakota, Aries crew members volunteered for the Salvation Army’s “Project Heat,” a project that provided a warm place to stay and a bed to sleep on to the homeless and those without access to heat. Aries also provided considerable help to those in need following Hurricane Harvey and Irma by providing temporary modular housing and turn-key solutions to aid in the recovery process for those affected.

“We are so excited to partner with KCDA; while of course this new contract is a boost for business, we also believe KCDA aligns with our mission because of its proven track record of their support of education.” Says Katie Roman, Vice President of Workforce Housing at Aries.  “Not only does KCDA supply schools with portable classrooms and buildings at a reasonable price,  but they offer members same-day shipping on over 15,000 items from their 170,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Kent, Washington. We understand as well as any school district… sometimes you need those classrooms yesterday!”

Aries wants to recognize and give a warm shout out to Mary Grim and her team at Aries Pacific Northwest for securing this contract! Congratulations team. Job well done!

Aries Portable Classrooms

The inside of a bright, vibrantly decorated portable classroom with tables set up neatly with 4 green chairs and various colored tubs of supplies.

Aries offers a multitude of education building solutions for school districts – from temporary portable classrooms to permanent, multi-unit campuses,  Aries brings your temporary educational facility to the next level of innovation. Our award-winning team of experienced professionals will design floor plans and structural accommodations that will meet all your relocatable education needs.

Aries can complete your project in just half the time of traditional construction because our manufacturing capabilities allow us to build your facility off site while simultaneously progressing land development on site. Every one of our modular classrooms is under stringent codes and regulations, so you’ll never have to worry about the quality and safety of your Aries modular facility. Plus, our indoor factory processing means no weather delays, no postponed work schedules, and no surprises – so you can get to class on time.

Our modular classrooms are highly customizable, providing you a wide scope of possible configurations including mobile administrative offices, portable restrooms, classroom trailers, mobile locker rooms, science labs, libraries, pre-schools, assembly, modular cafeterias, and other possible usage. We also install modular buildings on below-grade concrete foundation and provide stucco exterior. Our designs are used at community colleges, charter schools, and private/public campuses all over the country. Aries also has an online inventory of modular classrooms and educational facilities.

One of Aries’ portable classroom selling points is our multipack classrooms. We have an extensive set of multipack portable classroom floor plans. Here are some of the examples of floor plans that we have:

A floor plan of Aries Model 36x60 portable classroom model: a large gathering area in the middle, with small rooms to the sides.

A floor plan of Aries Model Classroom Building 56” x 72.” Four large classroom areas conjoined as one large multipurpose modular space.

A floor plan of Aries Six Classroom Building 84” z 72.” Six conjoined classrooms, three on each side, with a hallway down the middle.

Please see our website for a list of our other available portable classroom multipack floor plans.

The reason for multipack classrooms? They are safer. Which admin, teacher, and students can all appreciate. This is because:

  • They give teachers the ability to control the environment for the students & faculty.
  • They remove the amount of exterior egress & access for students & people to gain access to classrooms.
  • Multipack classrooms have double wall security: besides each classroom having locks on each door, the building itself can be locked, making it possible for people to move from classroom to classroom without going outside and exposing themselves to other dangers.
  • They have push-pull doors, so there’s only one entry.
  • They have double wall security that also shields those inside from threatening weather.

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At Aries, we believe there’s nothing more important than consistent delivery of exceptional service, dependability, and innovation. Aries promotes our philosophy of achieving together by learning from our clients, ensuring the development of mutually rewarding results and outcomes. All under Aries’ roof, we offer: design/build engineering, in-house manufacturing, in-house transportation arm, construction services and general construction, civil work, land development, and capital/finance leasing.

Become a customer today! Visit Aries: www.ariesbuildings.com or call (U.S.) 1-888-995-2971. You can also contact us via our website.