Engineered once, deployable many times.
An expandable clinic trailer is a road-legal medical facility that ships at standard trailer width (2.55 m) and triples its operational floor area through hydraulic pop-out walls — typically expanding to 7.5-8 m wide deployed footprint. structmod expandable clinic trailers combine the transport efficiency of a road trailer with the floor area of a fixed clinic, delivering primary care, specialty consultation or screening capability to sites where deployment speed matters and ground space is available for the expanded footprint.
Standard configurations include 3-4 examination rooms (sized to clinical workflow), reception and waiting area, pharmacy dispensary with controlled-drug storage, point-of-care laboratory bay, and supporting spaces. The pop-out walls extend symmetrically from each side of the trailer chassis through synchronised hydraulic rams, with floor and ceiling sections unfolding to maintain full ceiling height across the expanded zone. Total deployed floor area is typically 60-90 m² depending on trailer length, compared to 25-30 m² in transport configuration. Deployment from arrival to clinical readiness takes 2-4 hours including positioning, jacking, wall extension, utility connection and basic commissioning.
structmod expandable clinic trailers serve healthcare programmes where the deployment combines transport efficiency with clinical depth — outreach campaigns visiting multiple sites per week, rural primary care programmes, corporate workforce health screening, festival and event medical cover, and humanitarian missions. Lead time is 10-14 weeks from contract signature. EN 1090 EXC-2 chassis construction, DOT/E-mark vehicle homologation, IEC 60364-7-710 medical electrical, and hydraulic system per industrial machinery directive ensure regulatory compliance for road operation and clinical use.
Typical deployment sequence
- Hour 0 — trailer arrives on tow vehicle, positioned and chocked
- Hour 0–1 — stabilizer jacks deployed, leveling verified
- Hour 1–2 — hydraulic walls or slide-outs extended where fitted
- Hour 2–3 — utility connections (power, water, wastewater)
- Hour 3–4 — functional test per FAT protocol
- Hour 4 — operational handover with user training
Spec sheet — STR-2515
| Overall length | 15.5 m · 50.9 ft |
|---|---|
| Width (transport) | 2.55 m |
| Width (deployed) | 7.50 m |
| Height (transport) | 2.80 m |
| Floor area (deployed) | 116.3 m² |
| Dry weight | 13.5 t |
| Chassis | EN 10025 S355JR hot-rolled steel · EN 1090 EXC-2 |
| Welding quality | EN ISO 3834-3 |
| Envelope | Sandwich panel, PIR core 80 mm · λ ≈ 0.023 W/(m·K) |
| Fire resistance | EI-30 · tested to EN 13501-2 |
| Floor | Marine plywood on EPDM · R-10 slip rating |
| Electrical | 400 V / 50 Hz · 3-phase · IEC 60364 compliant |
| HVAC | VRF multi-split · HEPA H13 (medical) |
| Operating range | −25 °C to +50 °C ambient |
| Wind rating | Designed for 140 km/h basic wind (EN 1991-1-4) |
| Transport | ISO 668 footprint · CSC plate eligible (container variants) |
| Setup time | 2 hours · 2-person crew |
Full drawings, calculation notes, DoP, O&M manual and FAT report included with every unit. Specs indicative — configurable to project requirements.