MARKET REPORT WELFARE UNITS continued


An all-terrain Groundhog has also been developed, for use in demanding off-road environments, and it incorporates a raised chassis, special tyres and built-in steps to facilitate access to the cabin. “There is growing demand for this sort of product, as well as those offering environmental benefits, from users in non-construction related industries, such as forestry, environmental agencies and water authorities, and this illustrates the breadth of the market and its opportunities,” said Peter Beach.


“However, green issues are becoming a more important consideration for customers generally, with an increasing number of clients looking at ways of reducing their carbon footprint. We can also customise Groundhogs with solar panels to trickle charge the batteries, and compact wind turbines.”


GenQuip and Groundhog have also developed a new static welfare unit, measuring 7.9m by 2.7m, which has achieved an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘A’, the highest possible. This is an indication of a building’s energy efficiency and carbon emissions, based on fuel costs and its energy user per square metre of floor area, giving lower running costs. Peter Beach adds that


GenQuip’s sales into the hire industry remain strong, “with recent significant orders


having been delivered to A-Plant and the specialist suppler, Wernick Hire, as well as to local and regional businesses such as Portable Space of Bacton, Suffolk, and Southampton-based Philspace. A lot of toilet hirers are also adding Groundhogs to their fleets as a logical adjunct to their main business, and they obviously already have the personnel and equipment to service the cabins as part of their routine site visits. More and more hirers like these are recognising the market potential, and, given the on-going importance of Health & Safety and green issues, demand will remain strong.”


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Options such as wind turbines are available to enhance the units’ environmental benefits.


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