JOURNAL · FIELD NOTES

Writing from the engineers doing the work.

Practical notes on specifying, procuring and deploying modular buildings. No thought leadership. Just what we have learned shipping units to 60+ countries over twenty years.

2026-01-14 · 8 min read

Specifying a level-2 field hospital in under two weeks

A practical checklist — bed count, surgical capability, sterile services, pharmacy, imaging, lab, utilities, shelter — for procurement teams writing their first tender.

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2026-01-08 · 11 min read

Modular vs. expandable container vs. mobile trailer — which to choose

Three build systems, three transport envelopes, three deployment profiles. A side-by-side guide, with the trade-offs no one tells you about at the sales stage.

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2025-12-22 · 9 min read

72-hour disaster response: what has to be pre-built

If you are not holding stock, you are not responding. Our lessons from Türkiye 2023, Morocco 2023 and Ukraine 2022–24 — what we keep on the yard, and what we build to order.

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2025-12-10 · 14 min read

Modular construction below −25 °C: envelope, MEP, and what actually fails

What we learned building accommodation for high-altitude mining and Nordic defence clients. Thermal bridges, drain lines, start-up sequencing and cold-weather commissioning.

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2025-11-28 · 7 min read

FAT / SAT protocols: why two commissionings cost less than one

Factory acceptance and site acceptance are not duplicated work — they are the mechanism that keeps your unit on schedule. A walk-through of our 142-point protocol.

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2025-12-18 · 8 min read

EN 1090 execution classes explained: how EXC is actually determined

EN 1090 assigns four execution classes (EXC-1 to EXC-4) to structural steelwork. The class is derived from Consequence Class, Service Category and Production Category, not from the building type. How the determination works, with practical examples.

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