Modulate is a manufacturer of rugged portable container-based buildings built to the high standards required by Australia’s leading companies is introducing a cost-effective range of standardised designs built to the same top standards of OH&S compliance, portability, comfort and durability.
Modulate’s new standardised Express six and 12-metre models – designed for fast delivery, within a few weeks for urgent needs – have a design life of 25 years under heavy use, with low maintenance, in common with Modulate custom-fabricated buildings already proven service with major companies in localities ranging from marine, desert, city, Outback, and the jungles of Papua New Guinea.
The robust, cyclone-rated* High-Cube standardised Express container-based buildings are fabricated and finished for rapid delivery, with the work being handled totally in-house at Modulate’s 20,000 sq m modern production facility in Mayfield, Newcastle, where end-to-end precision manufacturing, quality control and on-time, on-budget delivery are managed on the one site. (*All 2.4m wide containers are cyclone rated, provided they are held down correctly, according to the design manual.)
“With a design life of 25 years under heavy use with low maintenance, these quality buildings can be engineered to cost-effectively meet the repeat-use needs of sectors such as mining, energy, infrastructure, construction, government projects, defence, and water and power utilities,” says Modulate General Manager, Jack Adams.
Interior of the 12m x 2.4m Express Office. Modulate portable buildings are spacious and fitted with premium, durable materials, can be used for site offices, cafes, ablution blocks, lunchrooms, and workshops, which are common requirements for mining, resources, construction, infrastructure, education, events, agriculture, and any remote sites
Such organisations – often needing to nimbly shift resources to satisfy changing market dem
ands – typically require buildings to be delivered reliably on time to prevent expensive downtime.
“The Express range was created in response to demand from industries with rapidly changing needs, where they did not require high levels of customisation, but delivery to site and set-up needed to be fast,” says Jack.
“Because all Modulate containerised buildings are prefabricated in-house and delivered fully assembled, lead times, disruptions, and costs are significantly reduced,” says he adds.
Fast Turnaround
Rather than providing piecemeal answers involving multiple contractors and potential delays each step of the way, Modulate Group has invested in its a major 20,000 sq m, modern production facility in Mayfield, Newcastle, including a seamless series of production facilities including zones for assembly, construction, fabrication, painting, and final fit-out, to deliver efficient and high-quality final product.
Benefits of this “under one roof” approach include scrupulous premium quality control, reliability of delivery, engineering to statutory compliance requirements, and top safety and comfort features, says Jack Adams, whose family has decades of experience in the establishment, relocation rehabilitation of major mine, construction and infrastructure sites.
The pictured container, under construction at Modulate’s Newcastle NSW facility, is 12m x 2.4m
Clean design brief
“Modulate Group set out with a clean sheet of paper to produce flexible ranges of buildings that speak the language of markets focussed on quality, safety, compliance and cost-efficiency. This approach – many elements of which are patented – has attracted repeat interest from major mining, construction and infrastructure groups that prefer to deal with single-source suppliers who match their own world standards of performance,” says Jack.
Modulate’s Express range is engineered for rapid deployment and immediate use. Modulate buildings are easy to transport over long distances and can withstand harsh transport conditions that may buckle and twist flimsier structures. Easy to load and unload, Modulate buildings can be tilted off or lifted off using a suitable crane with spreader bar. Twist-lock secure fixing, adapted from standard container lock configurations, anchor buildings in place on trucks during transport, eliminating the need for extensive, expensive and time-consuming ad-hoc securing to guard against damage and accidents during relocation.
Both the 6m and 12m Express Office variants have high quality inclusions, such as:
- Paint – Touch-up welds, colour-matched to the shipping container
- PA Door – Personal Access (PA) Door, 2040mm x 920mm
- Windows – Aluminium-framed, 1200mm x 1200mm, black frame. Two for the 6m building, three for the 12m.
- Insulation – 50mm Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) panels
- Air Conditioning – Teco 2.75kW Reverse Cycle Window/Wall – includes one single GPO
- Flooring – Modulate vinyl planks
- Lighting – Batten lights – two for the 6m building, three for the 12m.
- Power Outlets – two double GPOs
- Switches – Light switch
- Switchboard
- External Power Access – Junction box with 15amp caravan plug
“Whether it’s a remote mining site in need of a new lunchroom to accommodate more staff at short notice, or a construction site needing a new ablution block, these ready-to-go buildings are designed to get teams up and running without delay,” says Jack.
“These demanding industries move fast, and Modulate is ready to deliver the high quality portable building solutions to enable them to continue without delay,” he adds.
