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9 11, 2020

Modular Buildings vs. Traditional Construction

2022-04-04T15:35:01+00:00
Two images side by side. The image on the left showing Aries’ indoor manufacturing facility in Troy, Texas, as 3 workers in hard hats work on the exterior of 2 modular buildings. On the left, a traditional construction site in the midday sun favoring an excavator digging dirt into a large pile.

 

In traditional construction, raw materials are taken to a job site and everything is put together right on top of the foundation. On the other hand, with modular construction, instead of taking the raw materials to be built on-site, modules are built in a factory, and then delivered and completed on the foundation. Sometimes known as pre-fabrication, modular building has been around for hundreds of years, but recent technology has made modular construction more versatile than ever. Today’s modules all contain electrical connections, plumbing, and interior

amenities already set up. Furthermore, the modules can be stand alone or linked together to make large and more complex buildings.

Why do businesses choose modular?

As a construction method, modular construction offers many benefits derived from its assembly line and factory-controlled conditions. Primordially, it counteracts the biggest challenges to traditional construction.

The traditional construction industry “holds the dubious honor of having the lowest productivity gains of any industry […]. In America, astonishingly, [productivity] has plunged by half since the late 1960s,” according to The Economist.

Weather delays, coordination breakdowns, and workplace accidents all contribute to the lackluster performance of many traditional construction companies.

Three construction workers wearing orange safety vests and yellow hard hats on top of a structure, one of the workers looks down as if speaking with someone standing below, while another moves a rectangular plank, and steel rods rise into the air above the platform of an unfinished building on a traditional construction site.

Many of these obstacles are intrinsic characteristics of the industry. For example, many of the jobsites do not have addresses, making delivery of the raw materials cumbersome. Worker productivity typically suffers in extreme weather conditions, where the workers are exposed to the elements. Furthermore, for long stretches of time, the on-site workers and overseers are often left to their own devices, meaning that if they need extra information or a problem arises, they could be sitting around waiting for answers from off-site decision makers.

The following list elaborates how modular perfectly combats these deficiencies.

Benefits of modular construction

ü Speed:

· The foundation of the building is prepared while the building is being constructed in the factory, compressing the overall building timeline.

· Building in a factory speeds up the process of acquiring building codes.

· Assembly line manufacturing reduces construction time of the building itself.

An icon in thick black lines of a round stopwatch with two buttons coming out of the top and an arrow pointing to the hand inside the stopwatch.
  • Safety and less disruption:

There are many places – i.e. schools, hospitals, retirement homes, shopping centers – whose daily activities come into direct conflict with the chaos generated on a construction site. For these institutions, having a modular building reduces the risk of accidents. In addition, the speed of setting up the modular buildings means that there is less noise, clutter, and traffic to disrupt their operations.

A dirt road is visible behind a close-up of a “Road Closed” sign attached to a horizontal, metal gate barring passage onto the road beyond.

 

  • Affordability:

Because of the efficiency of factories, modular buildings usually cost less than their traditional counterparts.Here

A graphic of two hands comprised of simple black lines and a white background, one hand cupped upwards and one cupped downwards, frame a round coin with a dollar sign in the center.
  • Environmentally friendly:

Another benefit of factory-controlled conditions used in modular building is that material waste is greatly reduced when compared to traditional construction.

A graphic with the three green, bent arrows that signify recycling forming a triangle as each arrow bends and points toward the next arrow.

Are there any drawbacks to modular construction?

  • Limited design options:

Often, the most cited “con” to modular construction, which are the limits to design options, are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Today’s modular buildings are becoming more customizable and versatile than ever. However, for the most creative projects, modular building can still be limiting. Most noticeably they are limited in the types of materials that can be used in the construction.

  • Limited size of the rooms:

While the buildings themselves can be almost infinitely large, the individual rooms may sometimes be limited by the transportation capacity of trucks and roads.

  •  Financing:

Clients should look for companies that offer financing options, as many banks finance brick and mortar buildings differently than modular buildings.

  •  Perception:

The public retains a negative conception about the quality of modular buildings. This notion continues despite evidence to the contrary, with the factory-controlled buildings, designed for transportation, often are sturdier than traditionally built structures. With so many spectacular modular buildings going up, everything from skyscrapers to luxury hotels, the perception of modular buildings is also on the rise.

ABOUT ARIES – Aries has offices and operates in all regions across the U.S., including the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast, the Midwest, South Central, the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and Canada. For this reason, Aries features its modular short- and long-term housing in several locations across North America. 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.) 1-888-598-8869. You can also contact us via our website, or request a quote here.

Modular Buildings vs. Traditional Construction2022-04-04T15:35:01+00:00
22 10, 2020

The Scariest (and Coolest) Modular Building Inventions

2024-11-13T19:15:34+00:00

A creepy, animated-style Halloween scene on a dark night with a giant full moon in the background and a cluster of jack-o-lanterns in the foreground next to a leafless tree, and an Aries modular building atop a hill with bats flying overhead

Oh, the autumn season. Here come the ghouls, ghosts, zombies, monsters, and witches. Halloween is meant to be scary, so we’re bringing you some wildly interesting modular building feats and that just might keep you on your toes… and peeking around the next corner…

Take, for example, Zhang Yue, the infamous founder and chairman of Broad Sustainable Building based in China’s Hunan Province; and the 30-story building he built in FIFTEEEN days. In a classic interview with Zhang covered by Wired Magazine: “Traditional construction is chaotic,” he says. “We took construction and moved it into the factory.” According to Zhang, his buildings will help solve the many problems of the construction industry. They will be safer, quicker, and cheaper to build. And they will have low energy consumption and CO2 emissions. When Wired asked Zhang why he decided to start a construction company, he responds “It’s not a construction company,” he says. “It’s a structural revolution.” (Watch the time lapse here.)

A 30-story skyscraper on a cloudy day, the sun peeking softly through some parting clouds on the upper right side of the image.

Of course, many assume that modular building is a fairly new invention, perhaps something that came into being during the 20th century. Let modular.org enlighten us:

The origins of modular buildings date back to the 1600s. One of the first reported modular homes was brought to life by a colonial American fisherman who had recently moved from England and wanted a home built with trusted English construction methods. The solution to this was to have a disassembled home shipped by boat across the Atlantic Ocean.

In the 1800s, as the United States expanded westward, modular construction began to make a more prominent appearance. During the California Gold Rush, mining towns boomed, and as they flourished, a quick housing solution was needed. More than 500 preassembled homes were built in factories in New York and then shipped across the country to California.

But it wasn’t until the end of the 19th century that the demand for modular homes started trending upwards. In 1897, E.F. Hodgson opened a manufacturing plant in Dover, Massachusetts which profited from the rapidly growing American population. The E.F Hodgson Company developed a catalog from which they sold modular homes across the country. Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward soon followed in their footsteps and http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/history.htm of modular homes over the next few decades. (Read full article on modular.org.)

Now what about indigenous cultures that sought suitable housing for their lifestyle and climate? Could we consider these modular? You be the judge:

For nomadic tribes that followed the buffalo, it was imperative that their entire village was able to pick up very quickly and move along to another location (sounds a bit like workforce housing, no?) These relocatable quarters, or teepees, were built using many long wooden poles for the frame, then tied together snug at the top and spread out wide at the ground, making an upside-down cone shape. After this frame was tested for sturdiness, a giant covering made from buffalo hides was placed over the structure. This process took around 30 minutes, making it an extremely efficient way to live.

As tribes migrated, each family in the village would carry along their own poles and hides, erecting teepees around 12-feet tall. After horses came into the picture, they started building them twice as tall. Modular buildings, delivered by horse!

What do you think?  Could it be our counties’ original portable buildings were invented on America’s Great Plains?

Left picture, oil painting of Native American teepees, Right picture, an older model Aries modular building being delivered by truck.

The modular construction team at Aries has slain the many-headed hydra that is modular construction and turned the process into a tame, effective operation; but there are still many aspects of the business that are frighteningly impressive.

One is the insane adaptability of the modular buildings. Whether its mobile offices, storage containers, modular educational facilities, or workforce housing, every client is accompanied by a specialist whose job is to design the building’s specs that exactly match the client´s needs.

: Under a clear blue sky, a tall, narrow crane rises high into the sky, and the end is suspending a module for a building.

For example, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the country, many schools began requesting that their modular classrooms come designed for disease prevention. A team of seasoned experts sat down with our school clients to design choices and buildings solutions that would allow them to get their academic processes back on track. Soon after, from the Aries´s owned factory, brand new units with automatic doors, non-contact infrared thermometers, and wall-mounted hand sanitizer stations began rolling out. How terrifyingly efficient!

But customization is not the only “freaky,” scary thing about modular construction. For years, modular buildings have solved challenges, offered innovation to the building industry, and downright fascinated us with visual flair and new ways to look at construction. From modular skyscrapers, to ultra-modern architectural design and specialized medical units, the modular construction industry has applied its time-tested process in diverse fields.

A large, white semi-truck labeled “oversize load” on the front bumper in a gravel lot has a large, rectangular mobile office on a trailer, and the office has 5 square windows along the side, a white rectangular door, and an air conditioning unit on the end.

The “scariest” aspect of all is just how fast the process can go from first contact to final delivery. Everything from hooking up power and energy to permit acquisition can be done at a blistering rate, sure to scare the socks off the competition.

So, this Halloween come be scared in all the right ways with a new modular building or modular office, designed and delivered for you!

ABOUT ARIES ꟷ 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.) 1-888-598-8869. You can also contact us via our website.

The Scariest (and Coolest) Modular Building Inventions2024-11-13T19:15:34+00:00
2 10, 2020

Quality Modular Building and Service, from Sea to Shining Sea

2020-10-22T18:52:58+00:00

A map of the United States color-coded with Aries main office locations, manufacturing facilities, and branch sales offices marked by various colored star icons. There are 14 stars in total.
“We realize that our buildings are their image,” Richard “Dee” Stephens II states matter-of-factly, “our customers want portable office trailers to hold meetings in. They have owners, clients, and everyone else coming in.”

Richard and I are talking on the bleachers of a rodeo ring, the red dirt tossed around in piles after a day of competition. Even on a Saturday afternoon, with his friends and fellow competitors a few yards away, Richard finds time to sit down and talk about his work at Aries.

That attentiveness to his work, he states, is what sets him and Aries apart from the competition in modular offices. “It’s all about responsiveness. You must stay in front of the customer. They have to have confidence that we will get back to them in a timely manner and take care of whatever issues they may have.

Through facilitators such as Richard, Aries has become the preferred vendor for such prestigious companies as the NRP group, Southern Border Constructors, and Skybeck, amongst others.

A red semi-truck is hitched to an ash-colored mobile office with an air-conditioning unit on the exterior wall and are both at rest on a dirt patch, the building stands on concrete blocks.

“It’s the quality of the portable office trailers, and the fact that we still care about customer service. Biggest two things,” he says about the key to becoming a preferred provider.

The customers build a relationship of trust with Richard, their single point of contact for everything from design to delivery and pick-up, and this creates a harmonious workflow between the customers and Aries.

A white pickup truck, a white semi-truck tractor, and a bulldozer are lined up side-by-side, the pickup truck fully visible with the Aries ram logo on the door, followed by the partly visible semi-tractor, and in the back row, the blade of the dozer juts forward.

In another part of the country, Tom Pieper hits on the same notes. He handles portable office trailer deliveries across the central United States. When I call him, he is taking a break from doing some work on the ‘66 Mustang that he’s had since 1985.

For him, customer service starts with the first call. Tom listens to the customer’s needs, his experience guiding his questions. His goal is to help both him and the customer discover exactly what they need. By paying attention to the details, Tom helps craft and deliver a project exactly suited for each customer. The initial call begins a relationship that will continue throughout the process.

“The people at Aries have a good tenure in the industry, and are familiar with the process,” he answers when asked why Aries is superior to the competition. “And they have a single point of contact. With our competitors there will be at least 3-5 different people you have to speak with to get people on-site. It’s crazy. You call customer service and are on hold, waiting to talk to three or four different people, like a cable company. With us, it’s a direct line.”

For Aries, acquiring human resources with the talent and experience of Richard and Tom is a fundamental part of the business.

“When they were looking to hire me, they gave me a tour of their facility,” says Richard, “they had different units at different stages. I was able to see the work that went into them. I realized that the buildings were superior to others I had seen in the industry.”

The quality he found at Aries also convinced Tom to jump on board. The new equipment and the fact that Aries’ owns its factories, convinced him that the company was “moving in the right direction.”

This quality is no accident. At Aries, management believes that going the extra mile in manufacturing new buildings pays off, not just with the customer, but by attracting the best talent in the portable office trailer industry.

“These guys have seen it all. When you’re coordinating so many hands to get things delivered and set up, mishaps happen. Thankfully, our guys have enough experience to where they can foresee most obstacles. They understand that cutting corners in the portable building industry leads to buildings tipping over on the highway, no pun intended.”

In Texas, Richard goes back to talking to the other competitors about the day’s rodeo. Tom, finishes working on the Mustang for the day and prepares for a bike ride with his wife.

Neither of them, however, completely disconnect. In an industry where time and precision matter, they are both just a call away.

A low sun colors the sky and clouds a bright gold behind a large modular building with green awnings. A car is parked in front, and there is a sign that says “Aries,” on a green lawn.

Tom Pieper services relocatable building delivery in the central United States region (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Colorado) and can be reached at:

[email protected]

Cell: 816.776.9141

Richard “Dee” Stephens II concentrates on the south Texas region.
He can be reached at: [email protected]
Work: 830.243.8710
Cell: 210.323.6012

For all other inquires, from Sea to Shining Sea, Aries can be reached at 1-888-598-8869 or through their contact webpage.

Photo collage of more images from Richard “Dee” Stephen’s projects: the end view of an ash grey, portable office trailer, with the shadow of a tree splashed across the side, and a large air conditioning unit attached; a beige portable office trailer raised on concrete blocks, with a white, metal staircase leading up to the door; the bottom corner of a portable ash grey office trailer raised on blocks; the end view of a rectangular, ash grey office trailer raised on blocks with a white, metal staircase leading up to the door and an air conditioning unit attached; the Aries logo, a ram painted in crimson strokes.


ABOUT ARIES ꟷ Aries has offices and operates in all regions across the U.S., including the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast, the Midwest, South Central, the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and Canada. For this reason, Aries features its modular short- and long-term housing in several locations across North America.

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 as a first choice to customers.

Become a customer today! Visit Aries: www.ariesbuildings.com, or call (U.S.) 1-888-598-8869. You can also contact us via our website, or request a quote here.

Quality Modular Building and Service, from Sea to Shining Sea2020-10-22T18:52:58+00:00
8 09, 2020

Delivering Construction Office Trailers in Texas and Beyond!

2020-09-08T21:05:02+00:00
A relocatable building, which is still on a flatbed truck with wheels that can be seen underneath, is ready to be set down on a dirt patch in San Marcos beside a long straight road, underneath a blue, cloudy sky, and a large water tower that can be seen in the distance.

 

Construction companies know as much as anyone about getting things done.

It is no small feat to coordinate all the moving parts of a construction project. Providers, workers, engineers, surveyors, and clients must synchronize their movements, while battling stringent deadlines and unpredictable weather. In one of the most dangerous modern professions, communication and concentration not only determine the success of projects, but the safety of the workers.

Cue construction office trailers. These hallmarks of construction sites are the lubricants for the machine. From on-site meetings, to breakrooms, and security deposits, on-site modular offices are an all-in-one solution for keeping projects on-time and safe.

In San Antonio, this picture shows the corner of a relocatable building on concrete blocks, the air conditioning unit is affixed on the end of the building, and a metal ramp leading up to the door of the building can be seen in the frame, all on a flat, gravel dirt patch. A red trailer hitch is in the foreground near the end with the AC.

 

However, construction companies looking for the best modular providers know getting quality buildings is only half the battle. In an industry where efficiency matters, modular providers must set themselves apart through high levels of professionalism and commitment.

Case and point, Aries’ recent construction office deliveries to San Marcos, Austin, and San Antonio in Texas. The end result? Happy customers.

Industry veteran Richard “Dee” Stephens II gives some crucial insights into what it takes. He has come to understand that it is all about relationship and trust.

Take the NRP Group, for example. Aries had become a preferred provider, with multiple Aries’ relocatable buildings out with the constructor.

“When they call, I’m right there,” says Stephens.

And knowing they can count on him goes a long way. For example, because of COVID mandates, construction companies have had to set up several protocols. Dee makes sure that every time he has contact with the client, he is compliant and efficient to avoid any snags.

“They also like the buildings are some of the newest in the industry,” he says, commenting on the reason Aries’ offices are in such high demand, not only in Texas, but throughout North America.

A light grey construction office building raised above the ground on concrete blocks, with a large air-conditioning unit on the end of the building, is on a dirt patch with green trees and a cloudy, blue sky in the background.

 

This type of attention to detail and focus on relationship has allowed Aries to be a trusted partner to the NRP Group and other top companies such as Bartlett Cocke and the Maker Brothers. They can count on Aries to always be attentive and cause minimal disruption at the jobsite so that the construction projects can continue unmolested. Successful construction office delivery is as much about seamlessness in the service as it is in the quality of the buildings.

 

As the Maker Brothers’ multimillion-dollar complex goes up in Austin, Aries is proud to continue its tradition of service based on quality, trust, and quick delivery. With offices not only in use in Austin, San Marcos, and San Antonio, but around North America, Aries is always ready to respond.

 

ABOUT ARIES – Aries’ parent company, Reliant Asset Management, is a leading specialty rental company providing premier modular space solutions to customers throughout North America. From remote workforce housing to single- and multi-story buildings for growing businesses and organizations, Reliant Asset Management and its subsidiaries support a wide range of modular needs including design, manufacturing, transportation, construction, and financing. Aries does not just PROVIDE extended stay modular accommodations; Aries MAKES modular buildings… and provides everything from A-Z when it comes to modular solutions.

 

Become a customer today! Visit Aries: www.ariesbuildings.com or call (U.S.) 1-888-598-8869. You can also contact us via our website, or request a quote here.

Delivering Construction Office Trailers in Texas and Beyond!2020-09-08T21:05:02+00:00
10 08, 2020

A Hot Gallery of Modular Buildings for Whatcom Fire District

2024-11-13T19:28:19+00:00

A collage featuring six pictures: the maroon ram with the Aries name underneath; a panoramic shot of two modular buildings under a cloudy sky with foothills and pine trees rising in the background; the interior of a large room with two white columns, long desks and chairs facing forward like a classroom; a panoramic shot of a modular building with a parking lot and potted plants in front and a cloudy sky and tall pine trees in the background; an ample, spacious room with hardwood floors, a refrigerator, sink, window, cabinets, and a wooden accordion door; and a panoramic shot of the front door of an ash grey and green-roofed modular building with potted plants in front and pine trees in the background.

Majestic snow-covered mountains and pristine glacial rivers dominate the landscape of Whatcom County, Washington. A part of the old Oregon trail, the breathtaking vastness of the land symbolizes everything that was, at one time, daunting, and is currently an awe-inspiring trait of the American West.

It is in this natural fortress that the Whatcom County Fire Department operates its 21 districts. We are proud that these ultra-essential workers, operating in a such a demanding place in such a demanding career, have chosen Aries for their crew quarters and office spaces.

A panoramic shot of a square modular building, its front door is open. Next to the door is a sign that says “training and main offices.” In the gravel parking lot in front of the building are potted plants. The building has a set of large square windows along the side and front face, and behind the building is a forest of tall pine trees.

Previous blogs have listed the many benefits of modular buildings, but this project in particular highlights the durability of Aries modular buildings. Because they are made in controlled conditions and designed for transportation, modular buildings are built sturdier than traditional constructions. In Whatcom County, the fire departments chose Aries buildings that would be able to withstand both the natural elements as well as the wear-and-tear associated with a job full of heavy equipment and dynamic tasks.

A panoramic shot of the exterior of two modular buildings, the nearest one with big square windows, a door on each side, a concrete patio, and a driveway. There is a yellow-green grass lawn and behind the buildings can be seen electric wires, pine trees, and small, round mountains.

“Building looks great!”

Modular construction’s advance into the 21st century, has ushered in an age of turn-key solutions.

The facilities installed for the Whatcom County Fire Department came ready-to-go with electrical wiring, air conditioning, and other amenities. The ease of set-up saved time and caused minimal on-site disruption.

Interior picture of a kitchen next to an open bathroom. The kitchen has a wide, grey L-shaped counter, a microwave, a refrigerator, wooden cabinets, a sink, and a large window.

A full shower stall with a removable shower head, a grab bar, a drain in the middle of the floor or the enclosure, a white shower curtain, and a towel bar on the wall outside.

Another strength highlighted by the Whatcom project is the variability of Aries buildings. The interior modular buildings can be custom designed to meet the needs of customers. Our representatives enjoy participating in the “pre-build” creative process. At this initial stage, Aries partners with local customers to understand their vision and provide them with buildings that are custom designed for their purposes.

The Whatcom County Fire Department was looking for broad, ample spaces perfect for communication and a friendly environment.

A large square room that looks like a classroom with two white columns in the middle, many fluorescent lights on the ceiling, a patterned carpet on the floor, double doors, wide windows, and rows of long tables and forward-facing seats.

A large room with hardwood floors, square windows, and fluorescent lights is otherwise unfurnished. In one corner of the room is a kitchen area with a sink, dishwashing machine, refrigerator, oven, stove, and light orange cabinets.

In Whatcom County, a place that knows a thing or two about beauty, the fire department expressed satisfaction in the aesthetic quality of the buildings: “They look great!”  The buildings installed in Whatcom feature ash-colored exteriors with fern colored roofs that complement the beautiful natural backdrop of pine trees and rounded foothills of the fire department’s district 14.

A rectangular, modular building bordered with a concrete walkway and with large square windows along both visible sides, sits in front of a blue, partially clouded sky and tall, slim pine trees with a grass lawn in front.

At Aries, we are particularly proud of our buildings’ use in educational, medical, first responders, military, and civil service. As a GSA-approved vendor, we provide buildings to all government sectors and continue to focus on quality for our civil workers. Through quality, customizable turn-key solutions our representatives can create the perfect modular building for government agencies. Contact us today!

With a low, near horizon sun shining into the camera, the picture shows a close-up of a yellow fire hydrant with a thick, yellow hose attached, and a group of five firemen in the background in full gear and masks, casting long shadows and standing in front of a metallic building.

ABOUT ARIES

Aries has offices and operates in all regions across the U.S., including the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast, the Midwest, South Central, the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and Canada. For this reason, Aries features its modular short- and long-term housing in several locations across North America.

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.) 1-888-598-8869. You can also contact us via our website, or request a quote here.

A Hot Gallery of Modular Buildings for Whatcom Fire District2024-11-13T19:28:19+00:00
1 08, 2020

Construction Trailers & Modular Offices Delivered Quick!

2020-08-06T21:22:53+00:00
Behind a temporary metal fence, a three-story modular building is being assembled, the square modules are stacked on top of each other in 5 aligned rows, are covered in white wrap, and have one large window or two small windows in each section, while in front of the building an orange crane sits at rest.

 

The well, the watering-hole, the water cooler. The Roman baths, the marketplace, the town square. The boardroom, the oval office, the town-hall. Churches, bars, restaurants, and stadiums. The world moves to the rhythm of shared physical spaces and the conversations they contain.

 

Construction companies that tap into this rhythm can improve their bottom line. By converting their work environments to be worker-friendly with portable offices, companies produce tenfold benefits in exchange for the investment. Some of these benefits include positive atmospheres, clear communication, safety, worker morale, and efficiency.

 

The most fundamental building block for creating a good physical meeting space is of course, the space itself. Thankfully, climate-controlled, ample, customizable buildings with modern amenities are accessible to everyone thanks to modular technology. Through assembly line, factory-controlled production, modular buildings defy traditional limits and allow customers access to high quality buildings at an affordable price.

 

Best of all, the relocatable buildings can be leased, and can be delivered quick, in as little as 24 hours.

 

In the past, we have written about worker safety and morale. The construction industry has risks and demands that call for on-site offices. Alert workers are more likely to stay ahead of the risks, whether it is inclement weather, long hours, or long hours operating heavy machinery. In addition, it helps reduce the workplace stress associated with these risks.

 

On the other hand, construction offices help solve inefficiency issues that slow down the project workflow. Studies show that up to 60% of construction worker time is wasted (CCMI), in large part due to failures in communication and coordination. On-site offices on construction sites provide workers a place to take much needed breaks, engineers a place to plan, and clients a place to meet.

 

The best indicator of the success of construction offices is our happy clients. Recently, our representatives were able to work with two return partners, Skybeck Builder (pictured below) and Weis. Having already enjoyed the benefits of modular construction offices, they were very happy with their new buildings, delivered right on time.

 

A close view along the side of a modular office raised on concrete blocks, with windows running down the side and an outdoor porch light at the top left corner of the door, all under a blue sky with fluffy clouds. A worker with a white construction hat and a yellow vest can be seen looking away from the building.

 

“We set it all up, and when they are done with the job, we come pick it up, get it out of the way and move on to another site,” says Richard Stephens, a veteran of the industry.

 

Physical spaces that bring us together to shake hands and make eye contact become more than the sum of their parts. Think of the way a Bostonian may speak of Fenway Park or the cultural significance of town squares and parade grounds. These spaces, and all the data on the construction industry, point to the necessity of social spaces in our workspaces, creating happier, safer, and more efficient workplaces.

 

At Aries, we hope to make this ideal a reality with our wide range of modular spaces perfect for any need. The construction trailers, modular offices, and GLO come ready-to-go with everything you need to begin operating as soon as the building touches down on your site.

 

Whether a place to meet and greet clients, bring all the players of the project to the same table, or simply as the central hub of moral support for the workers, these offices are a game changer.

 

The view along a gray modular building with three vertical, rectangular windows. The trailer is still attached to a large truck and is being installed on concrete blocks.

 

ABOUT ARIES

 

Aries is owned by Reliant Asset Management, a leading specialty rental company providing premier modular space solutions to customers throughout North America. From remote workforce housing to single and multi-story buildings for growing businesses and organizations, Reliant Asset Management and its subsidiaries support a wide range of modular needs including design, manufacturing, transportation, construction, and financing. Aries does not just PROVIDE extended-stay modular accommodations, Aries MAKES modular buildings… and provides everything from A-Z when it comes to modular solutions.

 

Become a customer today! Visit Aries: www.ariesbuildings.com or call (U.S.) 1-888-598-8869. You can also contact us via our website, or request a quote here.

Construction Trailers & Modular Offices Delivered Quick!2020-08-06T21:22:53+00:00
20 07, 2020

Need Additional Space In Response to New Social Norms? Aries Can Help!

2020-11-16T23:49:48+00:00
An infographic comprised mostly of Aries’ company colors; burgundy, black and white, featuring images depicting medical facilities, office trailers, portable labs, and modular classrooms with Aries’ phone number (1-888-598-6689) and a headline that reads, “Need Additional Space In Response to New Social Norms? Aries Can Help!”

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. Committed to bringing space solutions post Covid-19 and always, Aries offers fast delivery on emergency response buildings and space solutions to implement social distancing. Call us today! 1-888-598-6689

Need Additional Space In Response to New Social Norms? Aries Can Help!2020-11-16T23:49:48+00:00
7 07, 2020

The Positive Impact of Modular Building in 2020

2020-08-06T04:00:42+00:00
A slanted birds eye view of a compound of rectangular, trailer, portable buildings with red crosses on the top, and a few cars parked, and a fence around the compound.

A Silent Sentinel

Prefabricated buildings have witnessed the slow rise of humanity from the Serengeti in Africa, to the migrations across Europe and Asia, and finally into the Americas. They have been present in different forms –tents, houses, hospitals – at many of the pivotal moments of human history: silent sentinels accompanying the progress of humanity through the unpredictable swells of time. The youngest cousin to prefabrication, Modular construction, has been around since the Early Modern Period, interwoven into the technological leaps of the last centuries.

In and of themselves, Modular buildings are a construct of human imagination, and as such reveal a lot about the human psyche and the environmental contexts that shaped humanity through its long history. In short, they reveal the essential entrepreneurial spirit of humanity that is always active but is particularly capable of elevating itself to new height in times of crisis.

Modular Buildings in 2020 and the COVID-19 Crisis

In a gym with green floor and the lines for a basketball court, a line of medics in white, protective medical suites with masks and protective glasses and grey covering for their shows look at the camera while military guards mill about around them.

The decades leading up to 2020 were times of relative tranquility for the modular industry. Amazing new uses of the technology were seen across the Globe. Modular skyscrapers rose higher than ever before, and turn-key modules became more sophisticated and fine-tuned, offering customers fully functional buildings delivered to their door. The human entrepreneurial spirit was on full display, making modular technology faster, smarter, safer, and greener.

Without a doubt, 2020 marked a break from the previous decades for the modular industry. Although modular buildings have always been on the front line of disaster relief, the ongoing COVID-19 crisis that paralyzed the world was unique in its global scope.

Medical, educational, and research facilities required upgrades to meet new social distancing guidelines and remain functional. Modular buildings were the obvious solution for many industries looking for temporary, leased, customizable, and ready-to-use facilities that could be quickly installed with minimal disturbance.

Times like 2020 give us in the modular industry a renewed belief in our work and in the power of our buildings to help solve some of the day’s most pressing needs.

Portable classrooms, emergency buildings, and temporary space solutions have become critical components for allowing communities to establish a sense of normality amid the crisis. At Aries, we hope that our products help supply a sense of normalcy and help those facing new obstacles reestablish themselves and find a way forward.

 

 

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, 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.) 1-888-598-8869. You can also contact us via our website.

The Positive Impact of Modular Building in 20202020-08-06T04:00:42+00:00
22 06, 2020

Ten Article Picks about Schools and COVID-19

2024-10-16T23:49:36+00:00
A teacher prepares her classroom by measuring to make sure there is enough space between the desks in order to comply with social distance guidelines.

As the school year has come to a close, school administrators, teachers, and parents are finding that there is little to no information regarding what school will look like come the fall of 2020. We’ve decided to compile a list of articles and links to make it easier for those of you seeking information about the possible classroom social distancing guidelines, etc., for next year’s school year.

  1. Between 0 and 100%: Texas schools weigh the odds of students returning this fall. A journalistic piece in the Texas Tribune that presents the possibilities that schools are weighing: year-round-school, staggered schedules, online learning, and more.
  2. TEA COVID-19 Health Resources or TEA COVID-19 Support and Guidance. Both links are to the Texas Education Agency. The first gives information outlining the public health situation that COVID-19 potentially presents in school settings and social distancing and other health guidelines. The second provides more specific details about the flow of information from the governor to the school districts about the 2020-2021 school year.
  3. Coronavirus technical guidance for schools, workplaces, and institutions. An important page on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) website that provides information about the prevention and control of COVD-19 in schools.
  4. Getting your school ready. A PDF booklet created by the WHO with key messages, actions, and checklists for each age group.
  5. COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Return to in-person education schools. Here, the American Academy of Pediatrics provides extensive information about what schools should take into consideration when they reopen, including physical health, mental health, nutrition, special populations, and more.
  6. Schools reopening has not triggered rise in COVID-19 cases, EU ministers told. A journalistic piece in the Guardian that reports that the French education minister says it’s more dangerous to keep children at home, rather than going back to school.
  7. How feasible are school reopening plans for the fall? Education Dive explores the feasibility of the many plans and ideas for schools reopening.
  8. When will schools reopen? As part of The Cut series in the New York Magazine, this piece discusses the nuanced issues with schools reopening, and it also provides links to other sources about this matter.
A floor plan of a modular classroom that provides enough space that students can sit six feet away from one another.

Although there is a lot of news about what a school reopen might look like, and there are lots of helpful guidelines, there aren’t, so far, any specific lists of proven viable solutions. We here at Aries thought we would feature what we can do to help school districts and administrations with a solution to this issue.

Portable educational buildings have long been the answer to the problem of overcrowded classrooms. Aries now sees portable educational buildings as the perfect solution for schools to practice the safe and healthy guidelines recommended by the CDC. Aries 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.

For more examples of floor plans of our prefabricated classrooms, please visit our space solutions for social distancing page.

A beautiful aerial view of one of Aries’ award winning portable classroom campuses consisting of over twelve large grey and burgundy modular complexes at Austin ISD in Houston, Texas on a sunny day.

ABOUT ARIES

Aries is owned by Reliant Asset Management, a leading specialty rental company providing premier modular space solutions to customers throughout North America. From remote workforce housing to single and multi-story buildings for growing businesses and organizations, Reliant Asset Management and its subsidiaries support a wide range of modular needs including design, manufacturing, transportation, construction, and financing. Aries doesn’t just PROVIDE extended stay modular accommodations, Aries MAKES modular buildings…and provides everything from A-Z when it comes to modular solutions.

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.

Ten Article Picks about Schools and COVID-192024-10-16T23:49:36+00:00
18 06, 2020

Aries Provides Temporary Housing for Renewable Energy and Seasonal Workers

2024-10-16T23:14:12+00:00
Two venerable energy workers in yellow vests and blue helmets installing solar panels under a blue sky with a mountain range in the distance behind them.

 

While many citizens have either lost their jobs or have begun to work from home, the renewable energy and the agricultural sector are thriving, as both provide products that have become two of the essential daily needs of Americans: food and energy.

From avocados in California, apples in Washington, grapefruit in Texas, corn in Iowa, and blueberries in Maine, migrant workers generally travel from state to state to help harvest vegetables and other produce according to the optimal time of the season for each ripe and ready crop. This work is temporary, but very difficult, what better way to reward these essential seasonal employees than with comfortable housing?

According to the Environmental Defense Fund, “[the] renewable energy sector employs 777,000 people, roughly the same as the U.S. telecommunications industry. Bioenergy – which comes from organic material – remains the largest employer, while the solar industry is second.

The most rapid renewable energy job growth has come from the solar and wind sectors, which rose by 24.5 percent and 16 percent, respectively, from 2016 to 2017.” Like seasonal farmworkers, renewable energy workers travel to locations far from their home in order to install energy storage systems and advanced, modern power grids. They also construct and install energy-efficient equipment. Another highly respected, but also potentially backbreaking job, renewable energy workers, too, deserve a comfortable place to rest their heads each night.

Seasonal farmworkers picking vegetables with a grove of trees in the distance behind them and a clear, blue sky above them.

 

Aries is a full-service provider of residential housing with a focus on quality, value, delivery, and service. We understand the large scale housing needs of remote labor industries, like renewable energy and seasonal farm work. Composed of engineering, manufacturing, facility management, and sales professionals, our experienced team takes great pride in meeting the needs of remote residential housing construction and delivery. Aries can help you design, install, and operate the best possible accommodation for your project.

No matter how remote the location or challenging the environment, Aries can design, manufacture, and install a workforce housing complex that is specialized for harsh winter climates. Our goal is to provide state-of-the-art warmth and self-sufficiency through extended periods of extreme weather. We offer cozy sleeping accommodations, commercial kitchens, dining halls, recreation & workout facilities, restrooms & showers, offices, conference rooms, and laundry facilities. Our self-sufficient remote cold climate camp designs can, by request, include a sewage treatment plant and enough generator power for the entire complex.

An advertisement that reads, “Space Solutions to Implement Social Distancing” with Aries’ trademarked ram head logo and their phone number: 1-888-598-6689.

 

We also have a deep understanding of remote desert camps, or extreme hot weather workforce housing. By offering a large menu of entertainment, dining, and fitness amenities to help your workers get a good night’s sleep, we hope to increase the productivity and focus of your workers, so that they can do the best job possible.

Here are some of the services that our temporary housing suites include:

  • Land sourcing and development
  • Camp design
  • Building engineering
  • Custom and ready-made floor plans
  • Remote site readiness
  • In-house manufacturing
  • Delivery and installation
  • Camp operations
  • Extended product warranty
  • Project financing

Aries has thought of everything in order to make it easier for you! Companies must also provide food services and other accommodations for the workers, often for extended periods of time, and, so, here are some of the other special amenities that Aries also offers:

  • Food service and housekeeping
  • Security and transportation services
  • Laundry and tailoring services
  • Waste management
  • Vector control
  • Labor support and supply
  • Tailor-made maintenance
  • Contracts
  • Power transmission and design including generators
A row of Aries workforce housing units, white with blue panels, with satellite dishes and mechanical air handlers attached to the ends.

 

ABOUT ARIES

Aries has offices and operates in all regions across the U.S., including the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast, the Midwest, South Central, the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and Canada. For this reason, Aries features its modular short- and long-term housing in several locations across North America.

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.

Aries Provides Temporary Housing for Renewable Energy and Seasonal Workers2024-10-16T23:14:12+00:00

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