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19 05, 2020

VisionARIES – Q&A with Tom Pieper (Spotlight)

catheryn2023-09-01T20:18:23+00:00

Your formal title at Aries: Territory Sales Manager
Your job duties & responsibilities: Business Development, Customer Service, Fleet management and further development of customer rlationships for Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado.

How long have you been at Aries? 6 Weeks

Where did you work prior to Aries; was it in the same industry or something totally different?

I started with GE Capital Modular Space March 23 rd of 1993, two weeks prior to my first daughter being born. I started with Aries on that same daughter’s birthday, 27 years later. Through several mergers and acquisitions, I ended up with Willscot. I spent nearly all of that time in sales but actually started as a branch manager. That time spent as a branch manager helped me learn what customers really expect from a modular provider.

When you’re not at work, what would we find you doing? Spending time with my family, working around the house and on my mustang project.

Hometown? Dunbar, Nebraska, but have now spent 35 years in Missouri. I wear red during football season on Saturday AND Sunday.
Family, children? I have been married to my wife Shauna for 32 years. We have two daughters, Shelby Schisler of Orlando Florida and Taylor Pieper of Kansas City, Missouri.
What would “your perfect day” consist of? A good cup of coffee , closing a deal, DJIA up 200 and a long drive in my mustang with my wife. Spend the evening at a small venue with live music.

What’s your favorite part about working for Aries so far? Simply stated the people. Everyone has been very helpful.

What sets Aries apart from other companies that deliver the exact same things? Leadership, knowledge, experience and desire to provide a high level of customer service.

What do you hope to bring to Aries in terms of leadership and company culture? The ability to think “outside the box” and uncover additional opportunities within every deal.

If you weren’t working for Aries, what job would you probably have? Operating my own small construction company.

What do you think the future holds for Aries?

Consolidation within the market has created large gaps in customer needs and service. We are perfectly positioned to capitalize on that demand.

Is there anything we didn’t bring up that you’d like to talk about? The relationships we develop with customers today hold the key to our future.

VisionARIES – Q&A with Tom Pieper (Spotlight)catheryn2023-09-01T20:18:23+00:00

18 05, 2020

What Industries Are Best Suited for Fast Modular Building?

Nathalia and Jorge2024-10-16T23:59:47+00:00

An upward-facing photo of a mid-sized building with rectangular modules jutting out at alternate angles between white, load-bearing columns with a blue sky and clouds above.

Most people associate modular construction with certain industries, such as the construction, education, health, and energy sectors. The efficiency and durability of modular buildings make them dominant products that are extremely useful in these fast-paced industries.

However, modular construction can be found in the unlikeliest of places, such as residential homes, governmental buildings, and skyscrapers. Other industries such as the hospitality, restaurant, and disaster relief industries have also begun taking advantage of the time and cost savings offered by the prefabrication industry.

In the following list, we illuminate some of the most astonishing uses of modular building in six different industries.

Health Industry

In the mid-1800’s, the Florence Nightingale-associated Renkioi Hospital proved to be a great success. During the Crimean war, this modular hospital saved, by a factor of 10, more lives when compared to the other British hospital in use, the Scutari Hospital.

A detailed sketch of Renkioi Hospital showing a large building with multiple wings surrounded by smaller square buildings with gable roofs in rows, a few larger buildings, and several tents all at the base of a large mountain while people on horses move about.

Fast forward to 2020, and the same formula for the rapid construction of modern hospitals is still being applied. Today, the healthcare industry represents the third largest consumer of modular products, behind the commercial and educational sectors. For example, the modular industry made possible the construction of a 300,000 square foot hospital in only 6 days. The prefabricated modules housed over 1,000 patients fighting the most recent coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Here in the United States, portable clinics, modular hospitals, and emergency portable housing facilities are literally “saving the day” as there is no time for traditional construction amidst a pandemic.

More than anything, modular hospitals prove just how specialized modular buildings can become; as well as treating large amounts of critically ill and injured patients with little disruption and when time is tantamount.

Education

Education centers all around the world benefit from permanent buildings and temporary accommodation buildings. Labs, modular classrooms, offices, gyms, and locker-rooms have all been built using prefabrication. The education industry represents the second biggest consumer of modular products.

A rectangular picture, in shades of blue, which shows a blackboard with geometric figures and diagrams in front of which is the torso of a student wearing a denim jacket and blue shirt holding a large, open book in their hands.

For example, in London in just one year the Apex Towers were constructed as student housing. Rising 29 stories and containing 580 units for student living, Apex Towers highlights one of the strengths of off-site manufacture which is the non-intrusive nature of its operation. A reporter for Construction Manager Magazine stated, “I have been on-site for over an hour and during that time I have only seen a handful of operatives, working from mast climbers on the façade, a few site managers, and just two lorry deliveries, each carrying one piece of cargo.”

Despite the low activity level, the tower was built at dizzying speed thanks to turn-key modules that were delivered ready for use, foregoing the need for installation of sinks, bathrooms, electrical finishes, water pipes, sockets, or light switches.

The streamlined architecture also highlights the modular industry’s venture towards more customizable structures that fit the personality of clients.

Construction

Traditional and modular construction have a long history of working together. For example, on most traditional construction sites, a portable, modular office can be found on-site.

A digital rendering of a large, grey trailer office along the length of which are a few sets of thin rectangular windows, and two short staircases with railings leading to two white doors.

In addition, many builders use hybrid projects that place modular buildings alongside traditional construction. Clients appreciate the choice of having these portable solutions paired with more permanent buildings. Relocatable buildings also are in high demand next to traditional construction.

In New York, condos worth between 2 million to 2.5 million on the market have been built using hybrid construction. The rooms themselves were manufactured off-site, but the outside façade is designed and built in a traditional manner to give it a unique and personalized feel.

Hospitality

A wide shot of a luxury hotel’s reception area, showing two chandeliers, a lounge with a long, brown couch, a coffee table, and two armchairs, a long, open hall with shiny marble floors, in the middle of which a woman wearing a skirt is standing and checking in to the hotel with the help of a greeter behind the hotel counter.

The modular industry’s speed and cost advantages are well known. But can prefabricated buildings be a luxury product with top notch quality? Yes, according to Marriott International.

With 14% of the market, Marriott International is the biggest player in the luxury hotel industry. In many ways, they set the pace for other hotel chains, creating best practices that will be followed by competitors. That is why when they built the world’s tallest modular hotel in New York City, they lauded it as a “game-changing symbol” for the industry. As reported by Forbes:

According to Julia Brenner’s article in Forbes.com, “The New Marriot in Manhattan is the World’s Tallest Modular Hotel”: “[T]raditional construction times] have increased by as much as 50 percent since 2011. In addition to shorter build times, [Marriott International] has found that modular construction has additional benefits, such as reduced curbside waste and noise disruption, while resulting in an end product that is higher quality due to the factory-level precision used to create each guest room module.”

In 2018, the hospitality industry represented the fourth largest consumer of modular products. When the doors to the B1M open this year, the hospitality industry will be well on its way to closing the gap between itself and the third-place healthcare industry.

Governmental Buildings

Created to house the 1851 World’s Fair, the Crystal Palace in London awed visitors with its splendid glass ceiling. Spectacularly, the iron frames and modular construction allowed the Crystal Palace to be built in only 190 days, a mind-boggling figure.

An artistically rendered view of the length of the Crystal Palace in London which showcases a glass ceiling with iron lattice and thin iron columns; the palace is full of spectators in long dresses and elegant suits milling around statues of horses, fountains, paintings, and showcase tables.

Today, modular buildings are a staple on many government properties, from national parks to visitor centers, DOTs, fire departments, and police buildings.

Energy Sector

Modular homes have always existed in the frontier. They were present in 1670 colonial Massachusetts, in California during the Gold Rush, and even now on the frontiers of North America, where the energy sector drills the oil that powers society.

In less than half the time of traditional projects, modular builders such as Aries Residential Suites construct whole neighborhoods with all the complexity and comforts found at home. Amenities of a workforce housing neighborhood include cafeterias, theater rooms, indoor and outdoor recreation areas, and the staff to manage it all.

A tiny brown house with a gable roof, raised on short wooden stilts, with a wide front porch, two windows on either side of the door, and a grill on the front porch.

What the Future Holds

Without a doubt, industry leaders are turning towards modular buildings. They’re finding competitive advantages in mature industries through utilizing modular construction, overcoming some of the traditional limits of traditional construction. Today, companies can take advantage of time, precision, and cost savings without sacrificing on quality and customization.

At Aries, we hope to keep companies at the forefront of the modular revolution.

About Aries

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, an 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.) 1-888-598-6689.

What Industries Are Best Suited for Fast Modular Building?Nathalia and Jorge2024-10-16T23:59:47+00:00

11 05, 2020

Fast Temporary Classrooms from Aries’ Online Inventory

Patton2024-07-05T20:47:54+00:00

The inside of an Aries portable gymnasium with several windows with natural light pouring in and colorful cones set up for exercise. On the right of this image is the exterior of a bright red 2-story modular classroom with a blue sky and beautiful fall foliage in the background.

Before the pandemic, the term “social distancing” had an entirely different meaning than it does today. Many school districts are planning how they will approach classroom social distancing in the future. Aries offers a wide variety of space solutions for education with swift delivery based on current inventory. Here is more information about why portable classrooms for rent provide quality extra space, even before COVID-19 was part of the global vocabulary:

The Growing Demand for Portable Classrooms

Portable classrooms are a beneficial alternative to traditionally constructed school buildings and classrooms. They are affordable, quickly manufactured, and a convenient solution to the space challenge many schools face nationwide. Some of the main challenges schools currently face include:

Providing enough space for a growing student body
Construction when school is in session
Completing construction quickly to accommodate new incoming students
Cost of construction
Space for administrative professionals

A modular classroom is a building that is constructed off-site in a factory setting. Instead of bringing the construction materials to the site to begin construction, the building is constructed beforehand in a manufacturing facility. Upon completion, the classroom is then shipped to its future location.

The inside of an Aries portable classroom, complete with long, wood-topped tables, black chairs, a lighting system, and several windows with natural light pouring in.

The Benefits Modular Classrooms Provide for Schools

Portable classrooms provide several benefits to school districts, including:

Flexibility

Modular classrooms, also known as portable classrooms, are a solution for schools that need additional space. A modular classroom can be delivered to a school for temporary use and then removed once it is no longer needed. Another option is after the portable classroom is delivered, the school may want to move it to a different area. These spaces can also be used as mobile office trailers for the school administrators if they need extra room.

Customization

Whether you are looking to rent or buy mobile office trailers, keep in mind that the building can be designed to fit the needs of your school. Aries also offers turn-key classrooms, which means they will build, deliver, and furnish these classrooms to meet the needs of the school.

Portable classrooms can be designed to provide sufficient space for a rapidly expanding school. Aries’ modular classrooms include HVAC systems, ADA ramps, steps, safety rails, and decks.

Speed

For many schools, a growing student body is an issue that requires an immediate solution. Portable modular classrooms can be constructed in up to half the time it takes to build a conventional structure. Depending on the immediacy of the problem, portable classrooms for rent may prove to be the best solution due to their quick turnaround time. Aries’ delivery times will vary depending on the needs of the project, but we consult with our clients and establish their time frames to verify on-time delivery.

Independence

At Aries, we build our modular classrooms with teachers in mind. Teachers will enjoy having more independence in their classrooms. When teachers’ classrooms are located inside the main building, they are subject to more oversight from the administration. Sometimes they have to share AC and heating controls with another classroom. This means teachers are likely to be subjected to classrooms that are way too cold or way too hot.

When teachers have a classroom in a portable building, they get more independence with their surrounding. They can set up their classrooms the way they want and add or remove furniture as needed. This versatility that portable classrooms provide may help to boost teacher morale over the course of the school year.

We Provide Solutions for Fast, Temporary Portable Classrooms

Aries Building Systems offers a multitude of space solutions for school districts. From temporary portable classrooms to permanent, multi-unit campuses, let Aries bring 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.

With a long history of experience serving the educational industry, Aries’ designs can be seen in community colleges, charter schools, and private or public campuses all over the country. They also can install modular buildings on below-grade concrete foundations and provide stucco exteriors. Aries’ temporary classroom solutions are available for sale or rent.

Because our manufacturing partners allow us to build your facility off-site while simultaneously progressing land development on-site, we can complete your project in just half the time of traditional construction. Every one of our modular classrooms follows stringent codes and regulations, so you’ll never have to worry about the quality and safety of your Aries’ modular facility. Indoor factory processing also means no weather delays, no postponed work schedules, and no surprises — so you can get to class on time. Check out our online inventory of modular classrooms and buildings, complete with photos and square footage information.

Get Started With Aries Building Systems Today

At Aries Building Systems, we pride ourselves on combining product quality with design expertise and technical and financial innovation. Our solid foundation includes a growing customer base and long-term strategic partnerships. Increasing our product and service offerings internationally forms a key part of our growth strategy for the future. We’ve implemented the right strategy, infrastructure, product breadth, and team to solidify our position as a premier provider of mobile office trailers and portable classrooms for rent. We are determined to continue to lead the way in both customer satisfaction and construction innovation. Request an online quote or contact us to become a customer today.

Fast Temporary Classrooms from Aries’ Online InventoryPatton2024-07-05T20:47:54+00:00

5 05, 2020

Portable Educational Buildings for Social Distancing

Patton2024-10-16T23:43:32+00:00

Several of Aries’ portable units: one grey modular classroom with several windows, two doors, and red trim, another similar, larger classroom, complete with accessibility ramp, also pictures are several modular storage containers.

Portable Educational Buildings for Social Distancing

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a respiratory virus with no non-pharmaceutical interventions and no vaccine, community mitigation is the most readily available intervention to help slow transmission of the virus in communities. Community mitigation is a set of actions that people and communities can take to help slow the spread of COVID-19. We have been asked to practice community mitigation strategies like social distancing during the pandemic in order to slow the transmission of COVID-19 in the United States to protect: individuals at increased risk for severe illness, including older adults and people of any age with underlying health conditions, as well as the healthcare and critical infrastructure workforces

What is social distancing?

Although social distancing is, aside from hand washing, the most widely practiced form of community mitigation, it can be difficult to know what it actually means. Social distancing refers to measures being taken to restrict where and when people can gather in order to stop or slow the spread of infectious disease. In general, six feet of separation is the distance that should be kept between people interacting within their community. Social distancing also means that people avoid large gatherings, crowded places, and groups.

COVID-19 spread happens when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks, and droplets from their mouth or nose are launched into the air and land in the mouths or noses of people nearby. The droplets can also be inhaled into the lungs. Recent studies indicate that people who are infected but do not have symptoms likely also play a role in the spread of COVID-19. Social distancing helps limit contact with infected people and contaminated surfaces. Although the risk of severe illness may be different for everyone, anyone can get and spread COVID-19.

A graphic that illustrates social distancing: four masked students standing at a distance from one another, with arrows in between them; at the top is the phrase, “Social Distancing,” with an arrow separating it.

Schools and Social Distancing

Doctors and scientists are predicting the possibility that COVID-19 will return in the fall, so while many schools are closed for the rest of the year, school districts and administrations are looking at ways to implement social distancing practices within the school setting. Some of CDC recommendations are:

Maintain safe classroom spaces.
Modify classes where students are likely to be in very close contact.
Whenever possible, hold physical education and music classes outside and encourage students to spread out.
Rearrange student desks and common seating spaces to maximize the space between students.
Ensure the availability of appropriate cleaning supplies (e.g., disinfectant wipes) for cleaning of high-touch surfaces.
Have hand sanitizer and tissues readily available for use by students and staff.
Reinforce hand washing routines.
Avoid student mixing outside of the classroom.
Stagger arrival and/or dismissal times.
Consider dividing up student entry points rather than funneling all students through the same entry space.
Explore the use of alternate spaces (e.g., classroom) for eating lunch and breakfast.
Educate staff, students, and their families and explain why this is important.

Two of Aries’ portable classroom floor plans: the 24’x64’ standard plan and the 126’x64’ eight classroom (8,064 square feet).

Aries Portable Educational Buildings

As school districts begin to seek solutions to social distancing guidelines, it’s clear that many districts will have to explore the idea of alternative spaces in order to comply with CDC recommendations and keep everyone safe. One possible solution is portable classrooms. Portable educational buildings have long been the answer to the problem of overcrowded classrooms; however, now that there are strict guidelines prohibiting overcrowding in classrooms, modular buildings will be in high demand. Aries Buildings Systems is here for you during this time: we can meet all of your portable classroom needs and offer speedy delivery. You can option to move offices or nurse’s rooms outside, with our one or two office floor plans. You can choose various modular classrooms from our several one classroom floor plans. We also have four classroom buildings, six classroom buildings, and extended double and multi-unit portables, should you plan to move several classrooms outside the main building.

All under the Aries’ roof, we offer:

Design/build engineering
In-house manufacturing
In-house transportation arm
Construction services
Civil work
Land Development
Capital and financial leasing

We also offer several technological features, such as wired and/or wireless, security systems, video conferencing systems, and security systems.

Aerial view of Austin High School’s temporary classroom campus on a sunny day in Houston, Texas.

Modular building leader Aries is here and committed to supporting you and your school district; let Aries bring your temporary educational facility to the next level of innovation. We specialize in supplying full turnkey temporary and permanent modular solutions to meet your immediate requirements. Our modular buildings are built to meet the building codes and standards as site-built structures, and they exceed the same architect-specified materials used in conventionally constructed buildings. Our award-winning team of experienced professionals will design floor plans and structural accommodations that will meet all your relocatable education needs!

Each of our floor plans is available for immediate delivery. Request a delivery today!

About Aries

In addition to portable school classrooms, Aries sells, leases, and finances prefabricated office buildings to be used as construction offices, mobile hospitals, workforce housing at oil pipeline sites, storage containers; we’d love to help you buy one for any purpose at all! We offer full turnkey solutions with exceptional customer service and robust financing options. We pride ourselves on combining product quality, design expertise, technical and financial innovation, and strategy that has already established us a first choice to customers.

Become a customer today! Visit Aries: www.ariesbuildings.com, or call (U.S.) 1-888-598.6689. You can also contact us via our website, or request a quote here.

Portable Educational Buildings for Social DistancingPatton2024-10-16T23:43:32+00:00

27 04, 2020

Emergency Buildings: Immediate Delivery!

catheryn2020-05-22T13:45:53+00:00

Aries takes its role in saving lives seriously when assisting in disaster relief. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Aries has been working hard to create solutions in providing fast, portable emergency buildings.

Aries’ manufacturing capabilities allow it to perform construction off-site. Aries can complete your healthcare project in just half the time of traditional construction.

Customizable modules and an expert team of engineering professionals make it easy to select from a wide variety of healthcare facilities or to design a facility from scratch that meets any and all of your specific requirements. And because every one of our modular buildings is under stringent codes and regulations, you’ll never have to worry about the quality and safety of your Aries modular facility.

Aries can provide a wide scope of customizable options to meet all your temporary and/or permanent modular building needs:

Modular healthcare offices
Temporary medical facilities
Portable hospitals
Medical laboratories
Rehabilitation
Assisted living
Company or independent clinics
Wellness centers
Any other custom facility

As you can see, Aries understands that our industry has a special role to fulfill in crisis relief. Due to COVID-19, Aries offers fast delivery on emergency response buildings.

About Aries

At Aries, we believe there’s nothing more important than consistent delivery of exceptional service, dependability, and innovation. Aries Building Systems 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 accomplish the following: design/build engineering, in-house manufacturing, in-house transportation arm, construction services and general construction, civil work, land development, capital and finance leasing.

In order to find out more about Aries, visit: www.ariesbuildings.com or call (U.S.) 1-888-598-6689. You can also contact us via our website, or request a quote here.

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Emergency Buildings: Immediate Delivery!catheryn2020-05-22T13:45:53+00:00

22 04, 2020

Fast Temporary Medical Buildings and Isolation Suites: Aries Delivers Now!

catheryn2024-10-16T15:07:01+00:00

Digital poster highlighting Aries’ emergency building offerings available during the COVID-19 pandemic, with their phone number (888-598-6689) and various certifications and partnership logos.

In the midst of this global pandemic, the news is filled with stories of over-crowded hospitals. ICUs in New York City and New Orleans are at capacity. Beds are filling up in Chicago. Detroit’s Henry Ford Health is full. Firstly, we here at Aries want to ensure the health and safety of our employees and our loved ones, so we have activated our protocol plan, and we remain attuned to the evolving nature of this crisis and will respond accordingly. As long as we can ensure the safety of our employees, we will continue to provide quality services during this time. Overcrowding has made it difficult for hospitals and clinics with limited space to serve their communities. Therefore, secondly, we here at Aries want to ensure that everyone who needs access to hospital services and a hospital bed has access. Our modular space solutions and portable hospitals can greatly assist during this crisis.

Modular hospital buildings are proving to be a life-saving option for many healthcare institutions that need fast, cost-effective solutions. During this disaster, Aries’ state-of-the-art modular healthcare and medical buildings are a cost-effective way to add the space you need to better serve patients, doctors, and hospital staff, and meet growing, often urgent, demands without struggling through a time-consuming, labor-intensive construction process.

There are several advantages of choosing modular medical buildings and clinics. One being that they can be used for many different purposes and types of spaces:

Medical offices
Administrative office space
Ambulatory and outpatient treatment facilities
Emergency room expansions
Rehab and physical therapy centers
Dialysis centers
Testing labs
Diagnostic imaging centers
Skilled nursing facilities
Pharmacies
Laundry facilities
Waiting rooms
Wellness centers
Gift shops and retail space

Every medical center has its own design and architectural layout, and the many possibilities and dynamic uses of portable medical buildings can serve each medical center for whatever its unique needs may be in order to repurpose its space.

As a leading provider of modular buildings, Aries delivers high quality modular healthcare facilities with custom options to fit hospital and clinic specifications. We offer quick modular healthcare buildings and medical clinics for exponentially growing patient numbers and our modular healthcare facilities can be installed within days. If you’re uncertain about which building suits your needs, our team of experts can help guide you every step of the way, and our efficient delivery system makes the process smooth in a time of high anxiety.

Our services include financing solutions, like operating leases, finance leases (lease to own), and short-term or long-term leasing options. As a company that specializes in full turnkey solutions for all of your space needs, Aries also offers design support. You will be supported by a team of seasoned experts who can assist you through the design choices and building solutions specific to your project. Aries handles site location details and permit acquisitions. We offer management of all site installation including connections and extended maintenance for required utilities, temporary or permanent, including water, electricity, gas, waste management, trash, phone lines, TV, and internet. We will guide you through the infrastructure and installation project, and, at your request, Aries will add special features to accompany your modular building project including:

Furniture & full furnishings for any space
Code-compliant steps & ramps
Computer access & satellite systems
Viewing platforms & towers
Pedestrian bridges, decking, and canopies
Security lighting & safety components
Temporary utility options, water storage systems, and generators

Aries also has strategic partnerships with government cooperative agencies that can help save organizations significant amounts of money. If you purchase or lease through these co-ops, you receive prime access to our products and services at discounted rates.

In our most recent press release, we announced the launch of our “emergency building response” page. Recently we ran a blog that further details our stock of emergency medical buildings. For more information, here is the link to our customizable portable buildings page. Whatever your portable building needs are, Aries is here for you. We hope that you remain safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some links to safety precautions and guidelines so that you and your family stay safe: Red Cross, World Health Organization, and check out the Federal Communications Commission’s page, which gives helpful consumer warnings and anti-scammer tips.

More about Aries

Aries sells prefabricated office buildings to be used as construction offices, portable school classrooms, mobile hospitals, workforce housing at oil pipeline sites, storage containers, and for disaster recovery relief, but we’d love to help you buy one for any purpose at all! We offer full turnkey solutions with exceptional customer service and robust financing options. We pride ourselves on combining product quality, design expertise, technical and financial innovation, and strategy that has already established us a first choice to customers.

Become a customer today! Visit Aries: www.ariesbuildings.com, or call (U.S.) 1-888-598-6689. You can also contact us via our website, or request a quote here.

Fast Temporary Medical Buildings and Isolation Suites: Aries Delivers Now!catheryn2024-10-16T15:07:01+00:00

6 04, 2020

Aries Offers Emergency Portable Buildings for COVID-19 Response

catheryn2024-10-16T23:26:53+00:00

During Hurricane Harvey, Aries raised money for families affected by the natural disaster; we also provided Houston residents with temporary housing. Today, our nation; the entire globe – is in the midst of a pandemic. Aries’ commitment to service, especially during times of disaster, is a part of Aries’ values. The current Covid-19 disaster is no different. At Aries, we have inventory, emergency portable buildings, that we believe will assist hospitals, doctors, and other heroes during this crisis, and we want those who need it to get it as quickly as possible.

Here at Aries, our primary concern is the safety of our family members, employees, our customers, and our neighbors, both near and far. In Aries’ most recent press release, Katie Roman, Vice President at Aries stated, “Our customer is at the core of everything we do, and in light of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, our top priority is keeping our customers, staff, and communities safe as we continue to closely monitor the situation. Aries has activated our protocol plan, and we will remain steadfast in our attention to the evolving circumstances and respond accordingly. Our goal is to continue to provide quality services during this time ensuring safety and business continuity. We understand that response time is vital and know that our modular space solutions can greatly assist during this crisis.” In order to meet the possible demands for temporary medical units and portable hospitals, Aries has created an emergency building landing page, complete with information regarding temporary medical buildings and portable housing buildings, all available for immediate delivery.

The floor plan of an Aries medical clinic, a modular complex at 35′ X 108′, 3780 square feet.

From tent hospitals to naval ship medical centers, our country is witnessing an overwhelming influx of Covid-19 patients. State and federal government officials are creating dynamic solutions in order to care for every person affected by Covid-19. Aries is proud to be part of this dynamic solution when it comes to emergency buildings. We specialize in an array of temporary and portable housing, including long-term temporary medical space for use in disaster recovery or emergency department overflow. We understand the need for temporary medical space that hospitals and clinics face when undergoing disaster response. Aries offers the best solution when space, time, and code-compliant temporary medical buildings are critical.

The floor plan image of a modular housing six sleeper unit, 10’ x 60’, 600 square feet; each bedroom is about 10’ x 10’.

For over a decade, Aries has been providing portable housing units in a wide variety of floorplans. We provide isolation suites or multiplex workforce housing units equipped with private restrooms for emergency room doctors, nurses, techs, and cleaning crew. There are also several other ways in which hospital systems can make use of portable building units: modular healthcare offices, medical laboratories, independent clinics, or any other custom facility that might fit your purposes.

Our desire is to deliver space as quickly as possible, so anyone who needs a private, warm bed has access to one. Whatever your portable building needs are, Aries is here for you. As most of us are isolating in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in order to protect the most vulnerable members of our population, it is natural to feel anxiety, fear, and sadness. However, so long as we all take the proper safety precautions we are doing our part to protect one another. Even though we feel alone, we’re all in this together, and we can get through this…together.

About Aries

At Aries, we believe there’s nothing more important than consistent delivery of exceptional service, dependability, and innovation. Aries Building Systems 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 accomplish the following: design/build engineering, in-hous e manufacturing, in-house transportation arm, construction services and general construction, civil work, land development, capital and finance leasing.

In order to find out more about Aries, visit: www.ariesbuildings.com or call (U.S.) 1-888-598-6681. You can also contact us via our website, or request a quote here.

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Aries Offers Emergency Portable Buildings for COVID-19 Responsecatheryn2024-10-16T23:26:53+00:00

18 03, 2020

Case Study: Aries Designs Modular Facility for Outreach Program

catheryn2024-11-13T18:01:15+00:00

When Fred Long, School Director of Facility services at the Kent School District in Washington state approached Aries in 2016 to design and develop the new concept with a 12,500 square foot permanent modular structure, Aries was more than happy to accept his challenge. The new structure would be for The Outreach Program (TOP), a program that prepares special needs students for their future by providing community-based transition services to enhance their quality of life upon school completion. TOP currently serves 44 students and employs four certified teachers and 13 paraprofessionals. Their current facility was built in 1951 and in need of some updates. Its 4,420 square foot layout does not provide the room needed for growth, let alone sustain its current enrollment. With the additional space, the new facility provides ample room and will allow the program to grow into the future.

The scheduled deadline for this project was the fall of 2016, so Aries devised a concurrent construction approach that saved almost 40% of the project timeline. Kim Neill, Aries Vice President of Major Projects, along with an accomplished Aries team, used an off-site building method and supervised the site preparation at the Kent Phoenix Academy, in Kent, Washington, while Whitley Manufacturing built the structure in Marysville, WA.

The new building includes five classrooms, one of which will be set up as an occupational and physical therapy room. The facility also has a staff workroom, a multipurpose room, and two residential kitchens — one of which is handicapped accessible so that students have the opportunity to learn how to cook and possibly then cook for themselves and each other. TOP students and teachers will enjoy plenty of natural lighting because Aries designed the structure to have four modular roof sections above the large common area with high vaulted ceilings that open to a row of clear-story windows.

“This was a special project for us here at Aries: we love it when our values align with the work that we do.” Says Mary Grim, Aries Regional Administrator. Aries has a long history of providing services to those in need. Aries specializes in disaster relief and provides considerable help in the form of emergency lodging and workforce solutions for emergency first responders – as well as temporary to permanent modular construction and modular building solutions. Grim adds, “With this project, we are happy to create a space where young people with disabilities can learn and thrive, be in community, and become independent all at the same place.”

ABOUT ARIES

Aries offers a multitude of education building solutions for school districts – from temporary portable classrooms to permanent, multi-unit campuses, let Aries bring 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.

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, or request a quote here.

Case Study: Aries Designs Modular Facility for Outreach Programcatheryn2024-11-13T18:01:15+00:00

5 03, 2020

Modular Building Leader Aries Wins Contract with KCDA!

Patton2020-03-18T19:47:38+00:00

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

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:

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.

To request a quote, please click here: https://ariesbuildings.com/request-a-quote/.

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.

Modular Building Leader Aries Wins Contract with KCDA!Patton2020-03-18T19:47:38+00:00

24 02, 2020

World of Modular 2020 Annual Trade Show and Convention

Grace2020-03-18T19:47:47+00:00

Founded in 1983, the Modular Building Institute (MBI) is the international non-profit trade association serving modular construction. Members are manufacturers, contractors, and dealers in two distinct segments of the industry – permanent modular construction and relocatable buildings. Associate members are companies supplying building components, services, and financing. MBI strives to keep up with the latest trends of the modular/offsite construction industry and has expanded its membership over the years to include architects, owner/developers, and general contractors. It is MBI’s mission to expand the use of offsite construction through innovative construction practices, outreach and education to the construction community and customers, and recognition of high quality modular designs and facilities. This is why, each year MBI hosts the annual World of Modular trade show and convention.

The 37th annual World of Modular will be held this year from March 9th-12th in Orlando, Florida. This event is meant to provide professionals in the commercial modular building industry a place to network, exchange ideas, learn from experts, discuss issues, display new products, and receive well-deserved awards and industry recognition. Events include a golf tournament, opening party, Exhibit Hall, speakers, Grand Prize Contests, and an awards banquet and VIP reception.

Several important experts in business scheduled as the keynote speakers, including, Terry Jones, Anirban Basu, and Steffen Fuchs. As founder and CEO of Travelocity and having served as founding chairman of Kayak, Jones offers insight into how to transform a private company into a public company and the advantages of businesses being disruptors and innovators.

Anirban Basu, the speaker sponsored by Aries, is an economic trends expert and the CEO and founder of Sage Policy Group, Inc., a consulting firm in Baltimore, MD. He provides policy and economic consulting for numerous clients including developers, bankers, brokerage houses, energy suppliers, and law firms. He has also written several high-profile reports on construction, including MBI’s “Economic & Financial Performance of Relocatable Buildings in the US Modular Building Industry.”

Steffen Fuchs, senior partner at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, will speak about how technological improvements, economic demands, and changing mind-sets in the world of modular building will garner interest and investment. Fuchs believes that more investment will give the industry a huge productivity boost, help solve the housing crisis in many markets, and significantly reshape the way we build today. Other topics that will be discussed by various speakers will include: best practices, lean construction, the integration of modular and site-built, passive house, LEED, and net zero.

The World of Modular trade show an exciting and important event for anyone in the industry, and this year Aries is a gold sponsor. Katie Roman, VP of Workforce Housing at Aries, stresses the benefits of this tradeshow to the industry, “We attend the World of Modular annual convention and tradeshow every year in order to stay current with the trends in this quickly changing industry. We understand the value of networking with our colleagues and promoting modular industries across the board. We look forward to WOM each and every year!”

With over thirty years of experience in the business, Aries’ presence and industry insights at the 2019 World of Modular Tradeshow are not to be missed!

“Aries wants to be as involved as possible… from the World of Modular to any other modular industry event, we are there. We aren’t just showing up for ourselves, we are showing up for our colleagues, and, most importantly, our customers. They depend on us to be present in every way,” adds Roman.

If you attend this convention, be on the lookout for Aries members, as they will be walking the show. See you there!

More on Aries

Aries manufactures prefabricated office buildings to be used as construction offices, portable school classrooms, mobile hospitals, workforce housing at oil pipeline sites, storage containers, and for disaster recovery relief, but we’d love to help you acquire your modular building for any purpose at all! We offer full turnkey solutions with exceptional customer service and robust financing options. We pride ourselves on combining product quality, design expertise, technical and financial innovation, and strategy that has already established us a first choice to customers.

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, or request a quote here.

World of Modular 2020 Annual Trade Show and ConventionGrace2020-03-18T19:47:47+00:00