5 Ways Portable Welfare Cabins Improve Employee Experience
Whether on-site for a short or long duration, construction project workers can face harsh conditions, such as bad weather, and inconveniences like poor hygiene. With the UK construction and building sector facing a chronic labour shortage, firms must invest in amenities delivering better experiences to their workforce.
While certain weather and site conditions are unavoidable, project managers can implement measures to improve employees’ overall experience on site.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) mandates a list of minimum welfare requirements on construction sites, but the long-term well-being of your workforce goes beyond meeting these basic requirements. Site welfare cabin hire, such as a portable welfare unit or towable office, provides additional facilities, ensuring worker security, comfort, convenience and well-being.
Positive employee experience is essential across all sectors and industries, and no less so in building and construction. Let’s explore how a well-maintained portable welfare facility resolves the below employee experience issues.
1. Uncomfortable or Inadequate Facilities
In addition to meeting minimum welfare requirements on construction sites, modern welfare units also come equipped with various amenities for added comfort and convenience. These can include a full-furnished kitchenette with appliances like a kettle and microwave, separate changing rooms, a drying room, running hot water, LED lighting, and power sockets.
All these features add to the comfort and convenience of your employees on-site experience. Having these facilities is essential to ensuring that employees feel that their health and welfare are considered, especially when working long hours and in difficult conditions.
2. Increased Setup Times
Portable welfare cabins are quick to set up, taking as little as two minutes! The hassle-free setup doesn’t eat into your project timelines, which means your workforce can start using the facility as soon as it’s up.
Most importantly, it reduces the time and effort required to meet the essential requirements for construction site welfare facilities. Hireforce’s Welfare range includes 6 to 16-person portable welfare units that can be set up and ready for use in no time.
Our 6-person welfare cabin can be up and ready for use in less than 30 seconds thanks to the unique hydraulic system, saving on significant setup time. Our 16-person Ecosmart welfare cabin with a site office can be ready for use in 45 seconds flat.
Having easy-to-setup facilities boosts your employee experience by providing immediate access to areas where they can rest, recharge, train or attend meetings.
3. Poor Access & Portability
Project sites come in all shapes and sizes, sometimes in remote locations. While access to welfare facilities on small sites tends to be easier, it’s more challenging for your workforce to access portaloos on large and remote project locations.
The problem of restricted or limited access to minimum welfare requirements on construction sites can be resolved by strategically placing multiple mobile welfare units. In cases like these, having easy-to-move welfare facilities is an added plus.
Contact us for the best movable Ecosmart welfare facilities for your project. Our clients recommend our welfare units for their low weight and stable towing behaviour, enabling easy portability.
4. High Upfront Costs
Permanent setups on site require time to build and come with high upfront costs. Increased project costs have a knock-on effect on developers and contractors and affect the workforce, too. Extra costs can delay or halt projects, putting workers’ jobs or contracts at risk.
Hiring portable welfare units can avoid delays and extra costs for your project. Having welfare cabins and offices ready on-site means your workers can immediately start work in a safe and comfortable environment.
Modern welfare cabins are built to last, whether it’s for a short or long-term project. Hireforce Welfare offers exceptional towable office and site welfare cabin hire. You specify the number of cabins and facilities required for your site, and our team will promptly deliver them.
With us, you ensure a hassle-free and robust welfare solution for your workers and project, avoiding extra building costs and delays, and instantly providing worker safety and convenience.
5. Poor Hygiene & Cleanliness
Modern portable cabins offer various personal hygiene facilities, such as toilets, hand wash basins and changing rooms, but they must also be serviced well. You don’t want your employees falling ill after using unserviced toilets or unclean units.
We know how important it is to have adequate and clean amenities for your employees, which is why Hireforce Welfare offers regular emptying services. This service is a part of your site cabin welfare hire to ensure and maintain proper hygiene and cleanliness measures throughout the duration of hire.
Another common issue that work sites face is slow servicing times, particularly when the generator of welfare units is faulty or stops working. Our team will address your concerns as quickly as possible. They can guide you through the troubleshooting process for minor issues. For larger issues, we arrange a site visit.
You’re guaranteed first-class products and services with Hireforce as your welfare amenities partner.
Partner with Hireforce Welfare for Site Welfare Cabin Hire
Small changes can make the biggest impact. Similarly, adding improved welfare facilities to your work site not only helps meet the minimum welfare requirements on construction sites but is one of the simplest and most effective ways of improving employee experience.
Hireforce Welfare is among the leading providers of eco-friendly towable office and portable welfare cabins in the UK. We are a division of the Hireforce Group, a specialist in the tool and equipment hire business. Our well-maintained and services worker welfare cabins have served countless building and construction clients in their projects, helping improve the overall employee experience.
Contact our team with your requirements on 0345 3503793.