The client operated a fleet of 12 welfare vans spread across multiple active construction sites throughout England and Scotland. The vehicles ranged from six to eleven years old and were beginning to show consistent maintenance issues — unreliable heating systems, deteriorating sanitation units and ageing water systems that increasingly failed HSE compliance inspections. Several units had already been taken off-site due to condition, creating welfare provision gaps that were affecting crew operations and project scheduling.
With vehicles split across four regional depots — North West, Midlands, South East and Scotland — managing a fleet replacement in-house would have required significant internal resource. The procurement, specification, conversion management, transport logistics and handover coordination across those locations presented a scale of complexity the client’s operations team was not equipped to absorb alongside live project delivery.
The additional constraint was time. With the construction season in full swing and several large contracts commencing within four months, the client needed all 12 replacement units delivered, site-ready and fully operational within 14 weeks of order — with zero interruption to welfare provision on active sites during the transition period.
