How Modular Classrooms Can Benefit School Boards With A Fluctuating Student Population

This blog contains content specific to our BOXX Modular branches in British Columbia, and was formerly featured on our Britco website. As of 6/19/2024, the Britco brand has been fully integrated under the BOXX Modular name.

Many parents in British Columbia and across Canada are familiar with the struggles their local school board might be having with expanding populations and a lack of space in schools. It is difficult for school boards to keep up with infrastructure as the number of children in any given area fluctuates over time.

For example, parents near the Olympic Village in Vancouver have been waiting almost 10 years for a new elementary school to be built. In the meantime, waitlists for surrounding schools can climb to over 300 and many students end up being placed in schools far away from their home. This blog post will provide an overview of how modular classrooms can help solve some of the space constraints that many school boards face.

Benefit #1: Scalable Buildings

One of the reasons it's so difficult to build new schools is that it's hard to predict what the school-aged population will look like in 3-5 years once the construction of a traditional building is finished, or how the number of students in a neighbourhood might fluctuate over the next decade and beyond. With modular classrooms, not only can they be set up in a matter of days or weeks, but the buildings can easily expand or contract as your needs change. Walls, doors, windows and even whole floors of a building can be added or removed, so you are left with the ideal amount of space for students. BOXX Modular offers buildings for rental or purchase, so whether you're looking for short- or long-term options, we can help you find what will work best for you.

Benefit #2: Quick to Deploy

Whether you have last-minute maintenance or an influx of students for the next school year, with one call to Britco you can get the ball rolling on portable classrooms to be set up at your school in a matter of days or weeks. We can provide you with options from short-term rentals to purchasing a custom modular classroom that can stay on your school grounds permanently. One of the main benefits of using modular building techniques is that since building fabrication and site preparation happen simultaneously, your schedule could be shortened by 30–50% versus traditional construction methods.

Benefit #3: Customizable & Affordable

Depending on your budget and timeline, our knowledgeable modular experts can work on you to customize your modular building to match the aesthetics of surrounding buildings, or we can even design and fabricate a fully custom building for you. For example, this daycare project in Burnaby, BC is a modern, fully accessible and environmentally conscious daycare center with custom space-saving solutions and open concept layout.

Benefit #4: Better for the Environment

Did you know that nearly 40 percent of landfill waste comes from construction materials? Modular building construction continues to be a front-runner in the field of green building techniques and sustainability through off-site operations that result in effective and responsible inventory control, material reuse, and work automation. Our rental units are maintained and kept in excellent condition, so they can be reused many times. And if you want to go even greener with a building purchase, Britco can work with you to design a custom building that meets your exact specifications.