Portable Offices

What Are Portable Offices?

Portable offices are a temporary solution to a permanent problem: space. Whether you’re renovating or expanding quicker than your current set-up allows, portable offices offer an immediate and affordable solution to your space-related needs. 

Let’s start with the basics. Container offices, also known as portable offices, are just what they sound like. These portable, temporary workspaces can be easily moved and reconfigured to accommodate outdoor job sites, office moves or renovations, and much more. In short, the spaces that container offices can work in are endless. 

Now, at Mobile Mini, we like to think that our container offices are unique. They’re extremely versatile and can be turned into whatever you need them to be. For our construction clients, these rental offices are often a place to take care of administrative tasks. Meanwhile, our restaurant owners have turned container offices into portable dining stations, check-in windows, and even waiting areas. We offer versatile rental offices that meet our customers’ needs, even as those needs change, grow, and evolve.

The beauty of a container office is that it lends itself to customization, providing a safe, comfortable workspace for any industry and anyone. With HVAC included, you get maximum comfort all year round. 

Here are some of our customers’ most frequently asked mobile office trailer rental questions:

What Industries Use Container Offices

The beauty of container offices is that they work for a wide range of industries. They are easy to move around and reconfigure, offering many sectors the ability to customize their unit to meet their exact requirements and to use one unit to meet changing needs and demands.

Mobile Mini is proud to serve over 20 industries nationwide, including:

• Agriculture 
• Automotive 
• Construction 
• Education 
• Government 
• Healthcare
• Hospitality
• Outdoor events and festivals 
• Retail

Who Needs Mobile Offices, and Are They For Me?

Container offices work across a range of industries, but how do different businesses use portable offices to optimize their jobsites and operations? Some of the more common uses for these units include:

• Construction: Our construction clients use container offices to establish safe, secure workspaces right on their jobsites. These spaces are perfect for tackling administrative tasks, vendor meetings, really anything that requires a door and four walls. 
• Schools: Container offices provide temporary space for computer labs, classrooms, and faculty rooms, offering schools an opportunity to safely accommodate growing populations. 
• Hospitals: In hospital and medical settings, container offices offer a space to handle patient check-in or to provide ambulatory services to patients in a setting that leaves larger spaces for more critical needs. 
• Government agencies: Government agencies use container offices to set up mobile command centers (police and public safety officers) and temporary on-site offices during emergencies or public events. They also use them to establish field offices before permanent structures can be constructed or acquired. 
• Restaurants and hotels: When you’re managing a restaurant or hotel, every square inch of your space is valuable. With this in mind, hospitality sites use container offices to provide waiting areas for customers — reserving indoor space for dining. These offices are also put to work as check-in locations that spare the lobby of guest bottlenecks, and to house administrative operations which leave more space for meeting rooms, extra dining tables, and so on. 
• Retail businesses: In retail, every inch of showroom space matters. Our retail clients use container offices to house administrative and accounting staff and warehouse and sorting functions, leaving indoor space for customers and current inventory. Some clients even turn their container office into a dual storage/work space to securely store unused or excess inventory. 

When Do Portable Offices Make Sense?

Portable offices are a great resource for businesses that are looking for office space to bridge temporary situations, like running out of space in a pre-existing building. They are also ideal for those times when a permanent office space just isn’t necessary. More specifically, these units work well for those seeking: 

• Temporary office space during a move or renovation
• A safe and quiet space to work on an active construction or municipal jobsite
• A place for a smaller business to establish itself before finding a more permanent site.
• An extra on-site location to house bookkeeping and financial services for retail locations and other commercial outlets.

Benefits of Mobile Offices

• Versatile: One of the great things about mobile offices is that they lend themselves to low-cost, easy reconfiguration. For example, some of our retail clients use their mobile offices as standard office space during slow seasons. These offices can even be outfitted with shelving, furniture and appliances to make your work space complete.

• Portable: Mobile offices are easily transported from site to site, which makes them ideal for people managing multiple jobsites or companies that have frequently changing locations. 

• Cost-Effective: Office renovations and remodels are expensive; some cost upwards of $1 million. Portable offices are a much cheaper alternative to costly renovations; they also allow you to meet changing or growing needs at a mere fraction of the cost of other options.

What Value Do Container Offices Offer Companies?

One of the greatest values that container offices provide to a business is that they offer a safe, secure, and cost-effective way to enhance operations and productivity. Have you ever tried to coordinate vendors on an active construction site with machines and materials flying everywhere in the background? 

If you have answered yes, then we don’t need to tell you the value of a portable workspace where you can quietly tackle the administrative aspects of the job. 

Container offices give you a secure area to establish a functional work environment anywhere, which creates room to develop, plan, and execute the administrative frameworks that help businesses stay profitable and productive. 

How Do I Find the Right-Sized Portable Office for Me and My Business?:

The size of your portable office will depend on what you will use it for. Looking for temporary classroom space? You’ll probably want to check out our 40-foot portable office building option, while our 20-foot options work well for more basic office needs. All of our portable office space features textured drywall ceilings and walls and vinyl tile flooring, giving you a permanent office feel in a temporary space. 

Our advice is to make sure that you get a unit that’s slightly bigger than you think you need. We say this because when you have your team, furniture, tech, and other equipment in your space, you want to ensure that there is still room to walk around, collaborate, and move comfortably. For our construction and municipal clients, some outfits even use their extra office space to house more delicate or sensitive equipment that could potentially be damaged outdoors. 

• Will My Employees and Supplies be Secure? Absolutely. Our office rentals are 100% steel, weatherproof, and come with our tri-cam locking system. These drill-proof locks are inaccessible without a key.

• Ground-Level vs. Mobile Container Office: Think of ground-level offices as functional shipping containers. These temporary office spaces aren’t fancy, but they get the job done. 

Contact our team today and see how portable offices can handle your office space needs!