Libraries - Modular Building Applications
When your community requires a new library or you want to expand the current library floorplan to accommodate technological advancements, modular building provides you with a complete turnkey media center solution.
Working closely with you during the design process, Williams Scotsman can provide a practical and attractive modular public library that can be:
- Built to complement existing structures in the surrounding neighborhood
- Single or multi-story
- Completed in half the time of conventional construction
- Customized to serve patrons' research and leisure needs
Our Concurrent Construction™ process speeds the time to completion while reducing construction waste, optimizing quality control and minimizing community disruption. Depending on specific needs, our modular libraries can include:
- Reference areas
- Computer areas
- Children's and teen-focused areas
- Public restrooms
- Staff offices
- Community meeting rooms
- Information desk
- Computerized catalog stations
- Shelving units
- Book return and checkout area
- Sorting and cataloging area
- Quiet study areas
- Vending and lounge areas
In 2007, Williams Scotsman supplied modular library facilities to 14 communities in Louisiana and Mississippi as part of hurricane recovery efforts supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation U.S. Libraries Initiative. Read more here.