5 Lesser-Known Features of Construction Site Welfare Units

Alongside juggling construction schedules and meeting deadlines, site and project managers must fulfil certain building site regulations. Building sites are often physically and mentally demanding environments where workers are exposed to harsh weather, long hours, and strenuous tasks. All these factors and more can take a toll on on-site workers’ well-being. Ensuring the well-being of construction workers with the proper provisions that meet health and safety laws and regulations must be at the top of a manager’s list of priorities. 

Often, welfare needs are an afterthought, with more focus, energy, and time to procure the necessary materials and equipment and hire the right team. However, meeting workforce welfare needs is as important as hiring the right people and equipment. Moreover, the Health and Safety Executive Regulations mandate a list of provisions and requisite standards to ensure workforce welfare facilities at work on construction sites are adequate.

A common misconception of welfare facilities is that they’re tiny, confined compartments with only a toilet and washing area. However, construction site welfare facilities examples are varied and can include facilities that provide a welfare unit with a shower and a welfare unit with a generator. Modern welfare units have a lot more to offer than just basic hygiene facilities. With a number of useful features, modern construction welfare units modify your perception of a modern welfare facility, surprising you with its lesser-known innovations. 

Hireforce Welfare has been supplying portable state-of-the-art welfare trailers and units on construction sites for years. As the needs of building sites have evolved, so have our welfare units supporting comprehensive facilities. 

In this blog, we’ll look at the 5 lesser-known features of building site welfare units.

1. Efficient and Eco-Friendly

Building site welfare units aren’t just convenient; they also operate in an environmentally friendly way. Working on the power from generators, the units’ power source runs the lighting, hot water supply, and temperature control features. 

Hireforce’s remarkable range of welfare units with generators uses innovative hybrid eco-technology. It’s the latest development in sustainable and modern welfare facilities, where there are two power sources instead of one, boosting efficiency. Our units use a battery and generator to ensure the smooth running of your operations. Additionally, the unit’s components require little maintenance, meaning there’s less chance of breakdowns or interruptions in your schedule.

Welfare units equipped with this technology and environmentally friendly features work best to cut down on energy consumption and costs and, in turn, reduce your organisation’s carbon footprint.

2. Comfortably Accommodates up to 16 People

Modern welfare units go beyond the definition of a one or two-person hygiene facility. Modern welfare facilities examples have adapted to changing site welfare needs and are available in multiple sizes and can accommodate up to sixteen workers simultaneously.

Provide your workers with a comfortable space to relax, recharge and unwind in Hireforce’s 16-person Ecosmart Welfare Unit with an office. It has seating and canteen facilities with a table and underseat storage—a comfortable choice for all sites, regardless of size.

3. 45-Second Setup

The general perception of welfare units is that they’re slow to set up and require a lot of workforce support. On the contrary, Hireforce’s welfare facilities at work have a record-breaking setup time of just forty-five seconds!

Our construction site welfare units are quick to set up and even quicker to use. Our range of Ecosmart units is equipped with hydraulic axles and can be easily propped up and moved wherever you need them. Whether you choose our 6-person Ecosmart setup or the 10-person with office one, we deliver welfare trailers according to your needs and requirements.

All of our units are stable and allow the flexibility of a towable trailer to move conveniently across large or small construction sites.

4. Units With an Office Space

Of the various welfare facilities examples out there, those with dedicated office spaces stand out. Units with a space to hold meetings, training, and catch-ups go above and beyond the traditional idea of welfare units with showers, washrooms and other hygiene amenities.

With a heated 3-person office with a separate entrance, Hireforce’s EcoSmart welfare unit offers you all the benefits of meeting HSE site welfare regulations as well as an exclusive space for managers, site supervisors and workers to interact.  

5. Different Setup to Portaloos

Portaloos or chemical toilets only cater to the hygiene needs of your construction site workforce. Modern welfare units with generators offer more than just toilets, wash basins, and running water. To ensure the comfort and convenience of workers, Hireforce’s units provide a sink, kettle, and microwave device in the kitchen and 240v and 12v USB sockets for charging phones, laptops and other electronic devices. 

Hireforce also organises regular emptying of the unit’s toilets. These features ensure that our welfare trailers provide more utilities and convenience than units that just contain portaloos.

Contact Hireforce Welfare for Feature-Rich Welfare Facilities at Work for Your Construction Workforce

With state-of-the-art amenities, Hireforce provides 6 to 16-person Ecosmart welfare units to adhere to hygiene and safety rules and meet your site’s workforce welfare needs. Since 2012, we’ve been an established and dependable tool and equipment hire company. Our satisfied customers put their faith in us to meet all their site welfare requirements.

Our expertise in this field fuels our determination to deliver exceptional services to all our clients.