Construction trailer
Construction trailers are mobile structures (trailers) used to accommodate temporary offices, dining facilities and storage of building materials during construction projects.
Hook-ups
Typically, trailers need to be equipped with telephone lines and electrical power. Lavatories are usually provided for separately. They are often skid-mounted, on trailers, or put on piles. Construction trailers are often manufactured using traditional stick-frame construction. Intermodal containers are also being converted into construction trailers.
Use in different countries
=United States=
Municipalities can require the use of construction trailers to be subject to permit proceedings. The City of Fremont, California, for example, publishes its permit requirements on its municipal website.{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.fremont.ca.us/Permits/BuildingPermits/ConstructionSiteTrailer.htm |title=City of Fremont, California municipal website |accessdate=26 November 2010 }}
Enclosed Cargo Trailers are a very popular tool used by many in the construction industry. Keeping equipment and materials clean and dry are a high priority to anyone in the construction industry. These trailers are very user friendly and are multipurpose. Hauling generators, ladders, air compressors and other small to medium-sized power tools from one job site to the next is a necessity.
Construction trailers are ordinarily moved by heavy trucks but may also be moved by rail.
=Europe=
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There are people in Europe, especially in German-speaking Europe, who live in trailers of this type, and in German there are words for a congregation of these trailers, Bauwagenplatz and Wagenburg. These trailers, usually lacking modern-day comforts like heating, electricity, toilets and running water, have become a popular form of eco-friendly alternative lifestyle among people mainly from hippie, punk and environmentalist subcultures.{{Citation|title=Galileo - Mein Leben im Wagendorf|date=2012-02-14|url=https://www.prosieben.de/tv/galileo/videos/mein-leben-im-wagendorf-clip|language=de|access-date=2020-09-20}} The scene bears similarities and can be seen as a European counterpart to housetruckers and the Tiny-house movement.
In 2008 Norwegian media reported that two construction sites (of Byggmester Harald Langemyhr AS) had been housing Polish workers in construction trailers — 4 workers in each.{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.no/forsiden/naringsliv/article1352815.ece|title=Forsiden|website=www.dn.no|accessdate=8 August 2018}}
See also
References
External links
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- [http://www.abheritage.ca/abinvents/inventions/inv_bu_atco_portable.htm Alberta Heritage treatise on construction trailers]
- [http://www.securitymagazine.com/CDA/Articles/SEC_Highlights/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000244119 Article on construction site security and theft, including trailer contents]