Construction trailer
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Building material
Building material is any material which is used for a construction purpose. Many naturally occurring substances, such as clay, sand, wood and rocks, even twigs and leaves have been used to construct buildings. Apart from naturally occurring materials, many man-made products are in use, some more...
s during construction projects.
Hook-ups
Typically, trailers need to be equipped with telephone lineTelephone line
A telephone line or telephone circuit is a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system...
s 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 container
Intermodal container
An intermodal container is a standardized reusable steel box used for the safe, efficient and secure storage and movement of materials and products within a global containerized intermodal freight transport system...
s are also being converted into construction trailers.
Permits
Municipalities can require the use of construction trailers to be subject to permit proceedings. The City of Fremont, CaliforniaFremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...
, for example, publishes its permit requirements on its municipal website.
Transport
- Construction trailers are ordinarily moved by heavy trucks but may also be moved by rail.
Germany
There are people in Germany who live in trailers of this type, and in German there is a word for a congregation of these trailers, Bauwagenplatz.Norway
In 2008 Norwegian media reported that two construction sites (of Byggmester Harald LangemyhrHarald Langemyhr
Harald Langemyhr is a Norwegian businessman who been indicted by Norwegian prosecuting authority and is scheduled for a 14-week trial in Oslo Tingrett starting September 5, 2011.-Reports in media:...
AS) had been housing Polish workers in constructiction trailers — 4 workers in each.