Modular E-Houses are an excellent solution for industrial projects that require a lot of electric equipment. They can help reduce project delays by lowering lead times and can be customizable to suit your needs.
An eHouse is a prefabricated transportable substation that houses medium and low-voltage switchgear, critical power equipment, and automation cabinets. These buildings are built at a factory, and then the crane is lifted into place.
Faster Lead Times
An e-house is a prefabricated integrated power assembly that houses industrial control equipment and power distribution systems. Design, construction quality inspection, and solution testing are completed in a controlled manufacturing setting before shipping to a project site. This allows the e-house to meet additional ratings and environmental conditions impossible with standard brick-and-mortar construction.
The equipment inside the e-house connects via control wiring to a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) that conducts electrical system processes and sends commands to machinery. The e-house is shipped to the site fully enclosed and can be crane lifted onto existing equipment. This helps reduce installation time on the project site.
Modular e-houses can also be customized to your specific needs, decreasing lead times for the entire project. In addition, since custom E-Houses are fabricated in a factory, these buildings aren’t subject to weather delays that can impact traditional stick-built construction projects. This helps speed up the project schedule and gets your team back to work sooner. This is especially important for projects located in remote areas where it may be challenging to find qualified workers to provide stick-built construction on the project.
Customizable
E-Houses are prefabricated transportable substations for housing medium and low-voltage switchgear, critical power equipment, and automation cabinets. They are ideal for power distribution centers, motor control rooms, and switchgear buildings in remote areas. E-Houses are also an excellent solution for locations where qualified personnel cannot provide stick-built construction or where site-specific environmental conditions make traditional construction more difficult.
In addition to lowering lead times, modular electrical houses are highly customizable. Suppliers often design a building with the customer’s unique specifications in mind. For example, customers can request a more rugged design for outdoor use or a specific set of windows for natural light. Other customization options include increased wind loads or even ballistic-rated protection.
Depending on the project, an E-House can be designed as a completely enclosed building for equipment to be installed inside or a “drop over” design that allows it to be delivered and craned onto existing equipment at the project site. This saves site time and enables the building to be ready for equipment installation much faster than a conventional electrical building.
Space-Saving
A custom electrical house allows more equipment to be installed in less space. This reduces the number of individual pieces of equipment that need to be shipped to and from a project site. This can lower freight and delivery costs and increase overall project productivity.
E-houses are also made to be more durable than stick-built construction buildings. They are often built to withstand seismic and transport loads through welded steel framed designs. They can be designed to meet state and local building codes and ADA compliance.
The welded frames can be configured to be a “Drop Over” design, allowing the building to be delivered to the starting site and easily craned over existing equipment and switchgear. This means there is minimal on-site work, and it can be completed faster. This is an essential benefit for many industries that operate in remote areas. This can save money and prevent delays due to insufficient qualified labor. In addition, it can reduce the amount of downtime a project experiences.
Durability
Durability is the quality of something that makes it last longer and endures more wear and tear than others. It’s often confused with reliability, but the two are different.
The dictionary defines durability as “the ability to resist decay or dissolution.” It is one of the most essential features companies look for in a product, especially electrical equipment.
Modular E-Houses are becoming increasingly popular because they offer a more reliable solution than traditional stick-built construction. They can also reduce project lead times by up to 50% because they don’t need complicated civil engineering strategies and are not dependent on weather conditions.
They can even be delivered to sites where qualified personnel are only available for various building methods. This makes them ideal for remote projects. In addition, they can be fabricated in a “drop over” design where they are simply crane lifted and installed on top of existing equipment in the field. This saves time and money for the customer. It also prevents the unnecessary exploitation of new raw materials and reduces environmental impact.