Site offices and welfare units are among the first things to arrive on a construction site and the last to leave. Once the build is finished, they need to be lifted and taken away so the site can be handed over.

It is easy to leave cabin removal until the end, but by then the site team is often stretched and the access may have changed. Thinking about it earlier helps keep the handover on track.

Plan it early

Let us know the likely finish date and send photos of the cabins while the site is still running. That gives time to agree an approach and a date that fits your programme.

Include photos of the route from the site entrance, where a lorry could stand, and anything overhead such as cables, trees or scaffolding. Tell us too if the layout will change before the finish, for example when landscaping or new surfacing goes in.

Detail of a HIAB lorry lifting a blue portable cabin — Mid-lift

Before we arrive

Empty the cabins of furniture and equipment
Have power, water and drainage safely disconnected by a qualified person
Keep a route clear from the site entrance to the cabins
Remove or tell us about steps, ramps and handrails

Check the ground where the lorry will stand. Finished surfaces, soft landscaping and newly laid areas may not be suitable for a lorry and its stabiliser legs, so it is worth agreeing a standing area in advance.

Several cabins at once

We take any quantity, including stacked and linked units. Photos of the whole compound help us plan the order of the lifts and the number of loads.

Units we collect

Site offices and portable offices
Welfare units
Steel anti-vandal units
Shipping containers used as site stores, from 8ft up to 45ft

Part of a portable cabin on an articulated lorry on the M6 — On the M6 near Cranage

On the day

We use our own HIAB lorries, so there is no separate lifting vehicle for you to book. Our team is trained and experienced in lifting, loading and transporting cabins. Please keep workers and visitors clear of the lift, and let us know about any other vehicles or deliveries expected at the same time.

What it costs

Depending on their condition, cabins may cost you to dispose of, be collected free or be worth buying. We will tell you which once we have seen them, before anything is booked. If we buy a unit, the amount is agreed with you first. See our portable cabin removal page or request a quote.

After collection

Cabins we collect are sold on and used again, refurbished, or scrapped so the steel can be recycled, depending on their condition. We collect from construction sites across England, Scotland and Wales.

Portable cabin removal at the end of a construction project