Interim office complex

Rapid growth at Jaguar Land Rover prompted the need for high-quality interim office accommodation for the car manufacturer’s sales and design teams. The interim modular building, which will be in situ for three years, is based at the nearby Heritage Motor Centre.

The specially-designed building has space for 550 sales and design staff, enabling Jaguar Land Rover to bring its sales and design teams together under one roof.

The two-storey facility comprises more than 100 steel-framed modules and was fitted with a lift, stair pods, toilets, tea points and upgraded internal partitioning and doors.  Portakabin installed a high-specification air conditioning and ventilation system within a suspended ceiling and the scheme accommodates a commercial kitchen. Other features included fire alarms, access control, CCTV, steps, smoking shelter, ramps and a cycle store.

Portakabin was able to provide an extensive service for this bespoke project, including managing the Building Control application for all works on site, giving Jaguar Land Rover the speed of delivery it required for the building.  Despite exceptionally heavy rain which delayed ground works, Portakabin still achieved the programme with careful co-ordination between contractors.

James Howells, project manager, said, "It is fair to say that I have never encountered such continuously atrocious weather during a project.  The torrential rain meant that everyone had to work closely together to ensure progress.  It is testament to the hard work of all those involved that the building was completed on time.”

Portakabin provides fully equipped buildings for interim use which can be delivered very quickly to help companies manage rapid growth or the redeployment of staff.

The modular approach allows buildings to be constructed to accommodate from 10 to more than 1000 people, with the capability to create multi-storey schemes with a high degree of flexibility in size and configuration.  Modules can be linked to existing buildings to create fully-integrated facilities.

Portakabin manufactures a wide range of buildings for both interim and permanent applications and can deliver bespoke projects and standardised accommodation solutions to challenging timescales.