One thing that is commonly misunderstood is that our portable buildings are considered “tangible property” and often depreciate over a seven-year period. In this case, the shorter deprecation life means there is an end in the near future. However, these same rules do not apply to traditional construction projects. Any structure built under the classic methods is considered a permanent addition and is classified as “real property”, with a 39-year depreciable lifespan on the structure.

This drastic difference in depreciation life will reduce your overall project budget, saving you money!

Also, the time it takes to construct a modular cleanroom is about 30 percent shorter than traditional construction. This shorter process means you’ll be shelling out less money for a construction crew.

Starrco, a leading supplier of modular cleanrooms, safety guardrails and inplant offices, is committed to providing custom-designed solutions. If you’re considering a portable building—or any other type of modular office system—call us today!

With our modular cleanrooms, Class 100 to Class 100,000 alterations are easily achievable. Our cleanroom wall systems allow you the flexibility to easily and conveniently expand, reconfigure or relocate as your needs change. These modular office systems can be erected and dismantled with little effort and modified multiple times to adjust to new situations. There is no limit to what our modular cleanrooms can do for your business. Since all material is pre-cut, mitered and completely finished, installation is completed in a timely manner. This process presents minimal construction waste and disruption to your business.

Starrco, a leading supplier of modular offices, cleanrooms, safety guardrails and inplant offices, is committed to providing custom-designed solutions. If you’re considering a portable office—or any other type of modular office system—call us today!

Key:

1) Wall Panel—wall finishes are available in vinyl, fiberglass, pre-finished aluminum

2) Aluminum Wiring Stud—allows for installation of electrical & communication devices

3) Corrugated 22 gallon Steel Roof Deck

4) Steel Beam—for load bearing capabilities

5) Sealed Light Fixture

6) Fan Powered HEPA Filter Unit

7) Gasket Tee Grid Ceiling

Return Air Grille

9) Fixed Window—Pre-glazed with ¼” Tempered Safety Glass in Aluminum Frame

10) 3068 20 gallon Steel Door with Window & Steel Frame

11) Duplex Receptacle

12) Return Air Case

Starrco, a leading supplier of modular offices systems, modular cleanrooms, safety guardrails and inplant offices, is committed to providing custom-designed solutions! So if you’re considering a portable office—or another type of modular building—call us today!

At Starrco, we offer sound, paint and dust enclosures that are designed for your modular office to assure compliance with all government safety regulations. Our portable enclosure systems can protect against escaping contaminants and sound proofs your cleanroom for excessively loud equipment.  A portable cleanroom can also be configured to contain dust and airborne debris with a pre-fabricated unit to house industrial processes.

A modular cleanroom from Starrco is a cost-effective and timely answer to all your enclosure needs. The pre-fabricated design and quick installation allows for your facility to be put to immediate use. Our modular cleanrooms are designed to be easily movable whenever the need arises. All of our components are manufactured to our precise standards, labeled and delivered with a complete set of CAD drawings to make on-site installation quick and convenient. Our quality packaging minimizes damage and the resulting delays sometimes associated with shipping.

From initial design to finished installation, Starrco can ensure that your project runs smoothly. In summary, you have a substantial opportunity to save yourself and your company time and money with a modular office or a portable building. Give us a call today!

At Starrco, the industry’s leading cleanroom manufacturer, we take pride in constructing cost-effective cleanrooms that serve an array of needs including: training rooms, office space, healthcare clinics, etc. Our interfacing cleanroom walls, floors, ceilings and mechanical components will provide a contaminant-free environment, effectively allowing control of air flow, pressure, temperature, humidity and filtration. Also, tax benefits are offered in several states because of the positive impact modular construction has on the environment.

Our experts are well seasoned and have a vast knowledge of the ins and outs of the modular cleanroom industry.  Knowing the importance of quality in the construction of cleanrooms, we begin planning all of our modular buildings with a careful needs assessment. Is this a space for equipment enclosures or the aerospace industry? What are the size requirements? Each of our modular cleanrooms are designed and engineered specifically to meet our client’s needs.

Want to know more about Starrco modular cleanrooms? Check out this exclusive Starrco video below.

Starrco Modular Cleanrooms

Thinking about installing a modular cleanroom? Need a portable building? Call Starrco at 800.325.4259.

Less Cost:

It’s no secret that modular cleanroom construction has a lower lifetime cost than conventional construction. First, conventional construction is permanent; making future modifications more difficult, pricey and disruptive to current operations. Second, material such as walls cannot be reused requiring new material and added labor, thus causing your budget to balloon. Also, several states offer tax incentives due to modular construction’s positive impacts on the environment.

Contamination Control:

As we mentioned earlier, it’s the manufacturer’s responsibility to ensure the safety of their employees as well as the consumer.   The only way to control contamination is to administer the total environment. Air flow rates and direction, pressurization, temperature and specialized filtration all need to be closely monitored. There is more to a cleanroom than air filters. Modular cleanrooms are planned and manufactured using strict protocol and methods.

At Starrco, our cleanrooms feature interfacing walls, floors, ceilings and mechanical components that will provide a contaminant-free environment, effectively allowing control of air flow, pressure, temperature, humidity and filtration.

Less Time:

Modular cleanrooms reduce construction time by up to 40 percent through parallel construction while also greatly reducing the mess in post construction clean-up. Additionally, using modular components significantly reduces design, architecture and engineering time and associated costs. Also, since our material is pre-cut, mitered and completely finished, installation is completed in a timely manner; with minimal mess, dust and disruption.

Thinking about installing a modular cleanroom? Need a modular office? Call Starrco at 800.325.4259.

Because a cleanroom is often the site of laboratories, medical device assembly, or animal housing, the carefully controlled environment is a necessary and important component. Contamination can lead to downtown and increased production costs. Many factors contribute to contamination, including the people and tools in any particular environment, but so too does the actual building itself. Before a cleanroom is even constructed, consideration must be given to the materials and method using in building it.

As a leader in the industry of modular office systems, Starrco is also experienced and knowledge in modular cleanroom systems. Knowing the importance of quality in the construction of cleanrooms, Starrco begins planning all of their modular buildings with a careful needs assessment. Is this a space for equipment enclosures or the aerospace industry? What are the size requirements? Each modular office is designed and engineered specifically for our client’s needs.

The materials in a modular building are pre-cut, mitered, and completely finished, so the installation is quick and does not create any mess to contaminate or disrupt your operation. All of the studs in Starrco modular cleanrooms are made to accommodate easy installation of electrical, data transmission and communications lines, accessible from a removable cover plate. Using modular systems can mean the difference between 500,000 particles and 100 particles.

Looking to plan your next modular building or cleanroom? Call Starrco. 800.325.4259

The purpose of this post will be to describe three additional applications for modular cleanrooms. As mentioned in our last post, Starrco cleanrooms all share that they are pre-engineered for your specific solution and are the most cost-effective modular cleanroom environments available.

Here’s a breakdown of our three featured applications:

Sound/Equipment Enclosures

There are a variety of enclosures that need cleanroom capabilities. Many companies have to comply with government regulations and manufacturing standards that often require sound and contamination control. These types of requirements are consistently met by Starrco’s cleanrooms. In addition, our modular wall construction provides for a sound proof environment, another highly sought-after feature.

Equipment enclosures are another common application for modular cleanrooms. You’ll be able to provide outdoor or in-plant shelter for valuable, sensitive equipment from unfavorable contaminants. While protecting your equipment, your equipment enclosure still offers employees and surrounding personnel with an area to work comfortably.

CMM Rooms

A Coordinate Measuring Machine room, more commonly known as a CMM room, is an ideal application for a modular cleanroom. The real value in implementing a modular cleanroom for a CMM room is the ability to execute exact temperature stability. This is because Starrco CMM rooms are often used for situations involving extreme temperatures, such as casting molds of molten metal. As an added benefit, HVAC, filtration, thermal equipment and other features in modular cleanrooms allow for an environment free from any nearby material handling contaminants.

Wafer Fabrication Rooms

When it comes to the most intensive of manufacturing processes, semiconductor wafer fabrication for modular cleanrooms tops the charts. As most in the cleanroom industry are aware, wafer fabrication is a procedure composed of many repeated sequential processes to produce complete electrical circuits. Simply put, wafer fabrication involves many sensitive products, making it critical to construct modular cleanrooms with precisely measured components that help produce high yields.

When you look at the big picture, you’ll see that with a wide variety of applications for modular cleanrooms, your provider needs to be experienced in all of them.  With the six applications we’ve showcased, we at Starrco hope we’ve better prepared you as cleanroom-related business decisions arise.

Are there any other applications for modular cleanrooms that apply to your business?

A closer look into specific cleanroom applications shows that these contaminant-free spaces are being used far more than most of us ever would have imagined.  So, let’s explore some of the different cleanroom applications:

Compounding Pharmacies

One of the emerging modular cleanroom applications is for a compound pharmacy.  Since compound pharmacies prepare specialized drug products that require flexible conditions, their facilities need to be configured to meet specific design and functionality requirements.  A great fit for those requirements is a modular cleanroom from Starrco, which enables the compound pharmacy customers to prepare customized medicines to meet patient needs with ease. 

How does this happen?  Through use of a myriad of advanced design and manufacturing methods, Starrco can meet some of the most complex stipulations. And in the changing pharmaceutical world, a facility solution that can keep up is invaluable.

Environmental Rooms

Another common modular cleanroom application is the environmental room.  As mentioned earlier, Starrco cleanrooms are known for their versatility… and this is especially beneficial for controlling all types of environmental factors.  For example, if you require control of meteorological conditions like humidity and temperature, Starrco can apply a variety of products to produce a fully-functional environment.  So no matter what the stipulation, a modular cleanroom allows you to simulate a multitude of environmental factors.

Animal Housing Labs

For quite some time now, there has been a need for facility solutions for laboratory animals.  There are a number of factors included in maximizing the efficiency of these spaces, including square footage, sanitation and noise control.  Starrco modular cleanrooms accommodate these needs with specific designs to ensure a stress-free laboratory environment.  The components of our cleanrooms allow for controlled air flow, pressure and many other conditions. 

Other features include:

• Specifically designed filtration systems
• Lighting regulation, HVAC, noise and vibration control
• Anti-vermin measures

 As with all of our modular products, Starrco modular cleanroom materials, in all applications, are pre-cut, mitered and completely finished.  This allows for a quick installation with minimal mess, dust and disruption. Our cleanrooms also have the capability to be modified or moved as your organization expands.

In closing, the aforementioned list of applications is a small preview to our modular cleanroom capabilities.  Look forward to our next post, where we will explain the features of additional cleanroom applications and their associated benefits.

What will be the overall purpose of your cleanroom?

Modular cleanrooms can be used in many ways, so whether you will be using the facility for a pharmaceutical application or an equipment enclosure, it’s very helpful to understand exactly what activities will be performed within your cleanroom.  This is especially important because there are so many cleanroom solutions available.  With your specifications, your builder can deliver the most customized design to fit your needs.

Where will your cleanroom be located?

The placement of your modular cleanroom is also very relevant.  A benefit of Starrco cleanrooms is that they are built with the ability to be moved from location to location.  For business owners, this allows for ultimate flexibility for future decision-making.

How much space do you have?

Evaluating space restrictions is another crucial step when planning your modular cleanroom project.  In turn, the communication between customer and modular cleanroom provider is paramount.  At Starrco, all of our components are manufactured to our precise standards to ensure that your project runs smoothly. 

When Starrco takes on a modular cleanroom project, these questions help us to understand exactly what it is that you require, thus allowing us to design a customized solution.  Following this quick guide will not only give you peace of mind, but also lead to a seamless modular cleanroom project.