5 Welfare Hire Providers to Consider for Your Next Housing Project
At a Glance
Welfare facilities are essential on UK housing sites to meet compliance requirements and keep teams safe, comfortable, and productive. Choosing the right hire provider depends on unit type, capacity, sustainability features, site access, and service support. Here are 5 providers to shortlist from.
Welfare Hire for Housing Projects
On-site welfare facilities are essential for any and every UK construction project, including housing and development projects. Providing welfare facilities for your site is a compliance requirement and a practical solution to support on-site teams with essential amenities that keep them comfortable and productive.
However, selecting a welfare hire provider from the plethora of options available can get confusing. You’ll have to consider how well a hire provider can help you with the right unit type (towable or static), capacity, sustainability needs, and working around site restrictions.
This article lists 5 welfare hire providers worth shortlisting for your next housing project. They can support your site’s needs through practical welfare hire solutions.
1. Hireforce Welfare
Hireforce Welfare is the welfare hire specialist division of the Hireforce Group. Their range of welfare products and services follows the parent group’s reputation for leading service standards and well-maintained equipment.
Their welfare range includes HSE-compliant units under the Ecosmart range. Each hybrid-powered welfare cabin combines cutting-edge technology with compliance with health and safety requirements, employee well-being, and environmental requirements.
Hireforce’s Ecosmart range supports essential on-site amenities and comforts, combining practicality and convenience while upholding your workforce’s well-being and comfort.
Welfare Solution Includes:
• Modern, self-contained and towable welfare units in multiple capacities. Useful for housing sites with space constraints.
• HSE-compliant welfare facilities built into the unit, including toilets, washing amenities, eating spaces and storage spaces
• Units support a 3-person office space with a separate opening
• In-built hybrid generators for power generation to support independent operations
• Built-in energy-saving features for environmentally conscious projects
Operational/ Service Strengths:
• Hireforce Welfare highlights rapid deployment times of 30-45 seconds, supported by hydraulic systems.
• Units run independently with their own power and water supply and on-site waste management systems. This arrangement is handy during the early stages when the mains supply is unavailable.
• They offer regular emptying services with every hire, which helps maintain on-site hygiene standards without using third-party cleaning partners.
2. Kelling Group
Kelling Group is a welfare hire provider serving sites across England, Scotland and Wales.
Welfare Solutions Include:
• A vast range of modern, eco-friendly welfare units and vans
• Hybrid-powered welfare units to reduce fuel consumption and emissions
Operational/ Service Strengths:
• Offers X-Eco 10, a 10-person unit with a canteen area, drying room and WC
• With a strong focus on hygiene, Kelling’s range offers more water capacity for handwashing with hot water. They also include a ceramic WC using a non-chemical system that recycles grey water
• Unit with integrated tower lighting option with LED mast and remote control
3. Reactive Hire
Reactive Hire is a UK-based welfare hire provider known for its environmentally friendly, on-site welfare options.
Welfare Solutions Offered:
• A broad welfare portfolio beyond welfare units, including mobile welfare accommodation, storage, portable toilets and tool charge stations.
• Nationwide delivery with fast turnaround times.
Operational/ Service Strengths:
• Reactive Hire’s key focus is on sustainability-led features. They highlight a generator-less towable welfare range and a silent-running solar option without a backup generator.
• Their cabins can run on HVO biofuel and claim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
4. Davlav
Positioning as an all-round supplier, Davlav offers a comprehensive range of site solutions, from welfare amenities to modular buildings.
Welfare Solutions Offered:
• The unit range is divided into static units with 8-12-person capacity and mobile units with 6-10-person capacity.
• Welfare solutions are built around HSE and CDM 2015 expectations, including toilets, canteens, drying rooms, and hot-water washing facilities.
Operational/ Service Strengths:
• A unit can be deployed within 3 minutes.
• Static units can be used for long-term hire and include separate office spaces, larger fuel tanks and multiple generator options.
5. LOC Hire
LOC Hire offers a wide range of welfare solutions for UK construction projects, available for both short and long-term hire durations.
Welfare Solutions Offered:
• Each of their 12’ to 25’ units features standard amenities such as a seating area, a canteen with a microwave, a hot water facility and a toilet.
• Larger units have office space with natural lighting.
• LOC 6 to LOC 15 is the mobile range that can be towed by any commercial vehicle.
• Static 25 is the static welfare option.
Operational/ Service Strengths:
• Eco-friendly variants are aimed at better energy efficiency, lower noise generation and reduced emissions.
• Hydraulic axles support quick setup times.
• Designs support railway compliance. A good option if your housing project includes rail works or trackside constraints.
In Conclusion
You can make an informed decision after going through the welfare solutions offered and the operational and service strengths of each of the five welfare hire options. It’s equally important to do your own research, contact providers, get quotes and compare them.
In short, before choosing the best provider for your site, ensure that, in addition to delivering a cabin to your site, they offer a practical, all-round welfare solution.
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