Consider the Value of On-Site Health Centers with Modular Options

As a business owner or operations manager, do you find that your productivity suffers when employees need to take time away from work to attend doctor’s appointments or miss entire workdays due to illness? To combat this ongoing workplace challenge, many businesses have taken the step to host and operate an on-site health center for their employees.

Although they date back as far as WWII, when employers provided clinics to care for shipyard and steel mill workers, on-site health centers have grown considerably in the past several years.

Surveys from both Mercer and the National Association of Worksite Health Clinics show the growth trends for this employer sponsored health benefit.

• 29% of survey respondents with 5,000+ employees provided a near-site or on-site health center.
• 37% of survey respondents with 500-1,000 employees had a near-site or on-site health center.
• 48% of survey respondents with less than 200 employees provided some type of worksite health program, including access to multi-employer health facilities or mobile units.

When asked about barriers they face in implementing an on-site health center, businesses frequently note the lack of space and the initial capital expense. Since most businesses are utilizing every square inch of their facilities, the space needed to efficiently and properly operate a medical clinic on-site will need to be constructed. Traditional construction can require long timelines and big budgets. On the chance that unused on-site space is readily available, there is still the expense of remodeling the space and adding the necessary medical equipment to meet service needs.

Many organizations are turning to modular construction to remove the barriers of space and cost all at once. Modular construction adds value to on-site health centers because businesses can take occupancy and begin serving their employees up to 50% faster than they could, building with traditional construction.

How is that possible? When businesses utilize modular construction for their on-site expansions, timelines are cut in half. While the foundation is prepared on the project site, modular components are constructed, electrical and duct work is installed, and exterior and interior finishes are applied at the manufacturing facility. These efficient and precision assembly processes make it possible to stay on-budget and off-site construction means weather delays (notorious budget busters) are non-existent.

A modular health clinic can be delivered on-site, nearly 90% completed. Final assembly is done quickly and with little disruption to the daily operations of the business.