It may date back over a hundred years to Henry Ford’s Model T but it is the availability of assembly line mass production that makes temporary buildings so accessible in the twenty first century. Prefabricated structures have been around for quite a long time. In the early 1800’s a man named H. Manning created the first portable cottage made up of pre-cut easily shipped flat panels which could be fitted together at a destination. The idea of temporary buildings was further developed and improved by Sears Roebuck Company in the U.S. who built and sold a mail order home kit which included everything needed to build the house, including flooring, roof shingles and paint. Over 70,000 homes were built this way in hundreds of different styles and configurations, firmly establishing the idea of temporary buildings being moved to where they are needed rather than being built on site from scratch. It is this concept of portability, modularity and the flexibility of design possibilities that has led to there being so many varied and creative applications for today’s temporary buildings.

Whether being used for classrooms, medical facilities or construction site offices, all offer an extremely high level of comfort by providing excellent insulation, electricity and premium quality windows so that those working inside experience no difference in conditions from their colleagues toiling away in bricks and mortar structures. temporary buildings are the perfect alternative to new buildings when the need is not long term without sacrificing the conditions due faithful employees.