Custom Modular Building

How Portable Buildings Simplify Special Events

Aug 9, 2023

Holding large-scale events is stressful even if things are running smoothly. From figuring out locations and logistics, many moving pieces need to be defined before the event begins.

One way you can eliminate stress is using portable buildings. They can be used almost anywhere and can positively benefit any event.

In the following, we’ll explore how portable modular buildings can be used for different events, what specific products work best, and the benefits of working with Britco.

The Olympics

It’s not just smaller events that can use modular buildings—even the Olympics have seen the benefits of modular.

The 2010 Winter Olympics used Britco modular units as host residences and avoided the “white elephant” issue of maintaining structures after the Games ended. After the Olympics were over, the units, which were from recyclable steel frames, were disassembled and could be used for another project down the line.

Modular buildings have become innovative and sustainable, which makes them a valuable asset for events.

Festivals/Concerts

Festivals, whether they be music, art, or comedy, are events that bring your community together. These can be smaller events like local art shows or outdoor concerts or major productions like Canadian Music Week or Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.

Modular buildings can be used for:

AV production offices
Artist green rooms
Secure storage areas
First aid offices
Fan meet and greet areas

Having portable buildings helps make your festival and special event management easier and your event run smoothly.

Charity Events

A charity event is one of the more stressful events you can throw. Everything is designed to raise the most money possible for a specific charity so everything needs to be planned and executed to perfection.

Charity events need spaces for:

Information centres
Artist green rooms
Secure storage areas
First aid offices
Backup event or gallery space

Using portable buildings can help your event run smoothly by serving several functions. They can be used as secure storage for not only event supplies, like tables, chairs, tents, or even raffle prizes, but you can also use them as coat checks to improve your guest's experience.

A benefit of a Britco structure for your event is you can either lease or purchase a building. So once you’ve completed filming, the buildings can be removed and sent back or easily moved to another location.

Breezeways

Sometimes at events, people need to get from one place to another safely. Breezeways are a perfect solution for that. They can be used for artists or athletes getting from their green rooms to the stage without going through the crowds and keeping them safe.

They can also be paired with one of our second-storey office solutions with our other buildings to provide office spaces, breakrooms, and meeting spaces for your event. For example, this can be helpful if you’re having an art festival because you can move the artists inside in case of bad weather.

You can use them with storage containers to keep your valuables safe during your event.

Mobile Offices

Mobile offices are equipped with frames and wheels so they’re easily movable to wherever you need them to be. They’re also multi-purpose so they work well as a temporary swing space for events, like information centres, waiting areas, security offices, and production offices.

So you don’t need to buy or rent multiple kinds of trailers. You can customize a mobile office to fit your needs.

If you need to, you can easily upgrade them by adding a convenient package of practical furnishings, so your space is ready to use as soon as installation is done.

Storage Containers

Storage is something that’s in short supply in life but especially at a special event.

Britco’s storage container offices are made of steel and can be used to store equipment, supplies, or important documents. They also come with lockboxes where you can supply locks for extra security and with bracket-mounted shelving to make storage easier.

While you try your best to keep crime down at events, things happen and it can happen at events like Glastonbury Festival. The Avon and Somerset Police recorded 120 incidents including 27 thefts.

If you find that you’re running out of meeting space at your event, you can also use storage containers as meeting rooms or planning spaces.

Washcars

When hosting an event, one thing to never forget is the bathrooms. Luckily, we offer modular washcars/laboratories that can be used at any event site and offer a higher level of comfort and cleanliness. They come with wheelchair-accessible options, like stairs, landings, and ramps.

Our washcars come with male and female sides. They can also be delivered with built-in or external water and waste tanks so you won’t have to worry about finding water hookups.

Kiosks

Kiosks are an essential part of any special event. They have various uses on event grounds since they’re compact, durable, and easily relocatable to different areas of the event grounds.

They’re made from solid steel with vinyl-clad walls and have huge double-pane glass windows with sliders. This makes kiosks ideal for ticket booths, security offices, or information booths.

Another benefit is that since they’re installed at ground level, our kiosks are accessibility friendly, in compliance with the Accessible Canada Act.

Up-to-Date Safety Standards

When you hold an event, you’re responsible for the health and safety of everyone who attends the event from the staff, to spectators, and participants.

Safety is a big part of modular building construction. We make sure that all of our modular structures are up to British Columbia’s building codes so you don’t need to worry about the legalities of the modular building construction process. We handle that for you and apply it to every product we manufacture.

When you arrange delivery and set up the building, its safety has been addressed so you can focus on other aspects of the event.

Time-Saving Measures

All events have a tight schedule. If one piece is off then that can throw off the whole event. That’s why a Britco portable building makes sense because the fabrication and site prep takes place at the same time in a factory setting.

This allows us to have environmental control so weather delays aren’t an issue. All of this means that we can deliver your building in a shorter time frame so your event won’t be affected

Our crew is also used to working in both city centres and remote locations so wherever your job site is, we can deliver. This means our process is faster than a traditional build.