Storage Containers & Mobile Offices - Applications - Guard Shacks

Guard shack built using storage containers

Providing portable guard shack solutions for manufacturing plants, construction sites and more

United Rentals carries a vast supply of storage containers and modular buildings that are excellent for use as guard shack enclosures. Our selection features ultra-secure PV3 safety containers or customizable shipping containers, available in 10-foot, 20-foot and 40-foot sizes. Using a storage container or mobile office as a guard shack is more cost effective than employing traditional stick-built construction for your security booth. Our portable guard shack buildings can be expanded upon, renovated or relocated at any time, allowing you to tweak or move them whenever necessary. We also offer prefabricated guard shacks that serve as more permanent installations, yet still offer cost savings over traditional construction methods.

We offer guard shacks for sale and guard shack rentals to suit our customers’ specific needs, and all our units can be built offsite to reduce downtime on a jobsite. We encourage our customers to customize their structures with some or all of our optional custom features, including large cutout windows, doors, desks, locks, HVAC units and more. United Rentals is here to work with you to deliver the ideal guard shack solution for your needs, whether they’re temporary or permanent.

Delivery

United Rentals will construct your guard shack offsite and deliver it safely wherever you need it.

Since your portable or pre-manufactured guard shack will be constructed offsite, you won’t experience any of the downtime typically associated with construction.
We will professionally install your mobile security booth onsite
Save costs over traditional stick-built construction

Relocation

Prefabricated or shipping container guard shacks are easy to relocate, expand, or modify. United Rentals offers pickup, drop-off and relocation services for any of our guard shacks.

Customization

United Rentals will customize your permanent or temporary guard shack to best fit your needs, from sizing to custom features.

Cutout windows
Doors
Desks
Locks
HVAC units
Electrical outlets
Lighting (including solar-powered lights)
Insulation
Exterior paint
Turnkey services

Power Plant Guard Shack

This 9’6" by 21' custom steel guard house is in the mountains of North Carolina at a brand new 560-megawatt natural gas power plant. A general contractor needed a pre-manufactured guard shack at the main entrance for personnel. Built with safety and energy efficiency in mind, the building consists of 4-inch-thick steel walls, a polyiso foam core roof with mineral wool insulation, a 20-gauge insulated steel door, a climate control system, a sprinkler system and an ADA-compliant bathroom with fixtures. The windows are 3-foot by 3-foot with quarter-inch tempered safety wired glass and are an integral part of the wall panel. The doors are one-hour fire rated, and the windows are 45-minute fire rated. The flooring is an attractive white marbled vinyl composite tile with 4-inch black vinyl cove molding. Further, we matched the new guard shack's paint to the surrounding buildings our customer was constructing onsite.

After construction, the building was approved by the NCECC (North Carolina Energy Conservation Code). With the guard house built offsite, the risk of personnel injury was reduced, which saved our customer costs related to insurance, workers' compensation and lost worker hours.

Wisconsin Utility Company Container Guard Shack

A Wisconsin utility company needed a guard shack for an electricity generation location. Made from a 10-foot container, this unit was fitted with vertical and horizontal sliding windows, a steel door with a window and locks, an HVAC unit, electricity and lighting. The container is easy to transport with forklift pockets located along the bottom of the container. This unit only took three weeks to produce, presenting unique savings on time and budget.

Copper Modular Guard Shack

When a customer needed a temporary security booth for their facility, we were able to help. This Resolution Copper 14-by-28-foot modular guard shack comprises a single module booth. We built this modular guard shack with a steel perimeter frame atop a finished concrete slab. The prefabricated guard booth also features an aesthetically pleasing mono-pitch roof slope and 7/16-inch Smart Panel exterior walls. Finally, the portable security guard booth has two 6080 steel patio doors on each side of the building, and the front of the booth offers excellent visibility through a 6040 dual-glazed window.

Power Plant Guard Shack

This 9’6" by 21' custom steel guard house is in the mountains of North Carolina at a brand new 560-megawatt natural gas power plant. A general contractor needed a pre-manufactured guard shack at the main entrance for personnel. Built with safety and energy efficiency in mind, the building consists of 4-inch-thick steel walls, a poly-iso foam core roof with mineral wool insulation, a 20-gauge insulated steel door, a climate control system, a sprinkler system and an ADA-compliant bathroom with fixtures. The windows are 3-foot by 3-foot with quarter-inch tempered safety wired glass and are an integral part of the wall panel. The doors are one-hour fire rated, and the windows are 45-minute fire rated. The flooring is an attractive white marbled vinyl composite tile with 4-inch black vinyl cove molding. Further, we matched the new guard shack's paint to the surrounding buildings our customer was constructing onsite.