--- title: "In-Plant Offices in Chicago, IL | Chicago Modular Offices" url: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/modular-in-plant-offices description: "Modular in-plant offices in Chicago, IL, with heat for cold plant floors and assembly planned around operations. Free layout drawing and itemized quote." lang: en --- Image: Modular In-Plant Offices in a Chicago, Illinois industrial facility (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/inplant-office-O0BptG3p.jpg) # Modular In-Plant Offices in Chicago, IL An in-plant office puts your shift leads, schedulers, and QC techs inside a warm, quiet room that still looks straight out at the line. We lay these out for older plants in Elk Grove Village, Franklin Park, and Cicero every month, and we plan each one around the clear height and traffic of that building. Call (888) 697-6368: (888) 697-6368 ## Planning an In-Plant Office for an Older Chicagoland Plant Much of the manufacturing space around O'Hare and on the near-west side was built with 16 to 24 feet of clear height. In buildings like that across Elk Grove Village (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/elk-grove-village), Franklin Park (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/franklin-park), and Melrose Park (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/melrose-park), a single-story panel office is usually the right answer. It leaves room for lights and ductwork above and keeps the supervisor at eye level with the work. The room is built from three-inch insulated wall panels that lock into steel posts. A roof deck and drop ceiling go on, the walls get anchored to the floor, and modular wiring snaps together behind the panels. No framing crew or drywall work over your machines. Winter is the part out-of-town suppliers underestimate. Plenty of metal fabrication and machinery shops here run lightly heated, and every time a dock door opens the cold rolls across the floor. We size the heat for that, not for a closed office building, so the people inside are not working in coats. Multi-shift plants also need the install to stay out of the way. Panels get staged against a wall, the crew works the footprint only, and the assembly sequence is agreed around the operating schedule. If you need a second level later, or a sealed process room, see our two-story modular offices (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/two-story-modular-offices) and modular cleanrooms (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/modular-cleanrooms). Both use the same panel family. Image: Modular In-Plant Offices interior detail (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/modular-office-windows-BMzaUAg5.jpg) ## What Goes Into the Office Every item below is chosen on the drawing, so you see the cost of each line before anything is built. - Steel binder posts holding three-inch insulated panels, white or gray standard - Through-the-wall or split HVAC with heat sized for a cold plant floor - Plug-together electric: breaker panel, outlets, switches, conduit inside the wall - Picture windows, sliding service windows, and 20-gauge steel doors - Drop ceiling with acoustic tile and LED fixtures under a steel roof deck - Load-bearing roof option for storage above or a later second story - Non-combustible and one-hour rated wall assemblies on request - Bolted construction that can be extended, split, or moved to another bay ## Rooms Plants Ask Us For - Shift-lead stations with glass facing the line - Dispatch rooms beside the dock doors - QC benches that need steady light and less noise - Tool cribs with a pass-through service window - Small training rooms for new hires ### From First Call to Move-In \1. Free design consultation \2. Layout drawing \3. Itemized quote \4. Delivery & installation ## In-Plant Offices We Have Installed Panel offices standing on working floors, from single supervisor rooms to multi-room layouts. Image: Single-story modular in-plant office installed inside a warehouse (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/project-office-single-story-iEr_kYEg.jpg) Image: Two-story modular office with stair tower installed inside a warehouse (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/project-office-two-story-BxpLCojA.jpg) Image: Modular in-plant office with windows and HVAC in an Illinois warehouse (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/project-office-lebanon-44egBr_v.jpg) Image: White modular in-plant office with entry door in a warehouse (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/project-office-brenham-5xjlxq9c.jpg) Image: Exterior modular guardhouse with large windows at a facility entrance (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/project-guardhouse-Js6zUHSU.jpg) Image: Modular in-plant office with white walls and windows on a plant floor (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/inplant-office-O0BptG3p.jpg) Image: Prefabricated modular office with window wall in an industrial building (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/modular-office-windows-BMzaUAg5.jpg) Image: Modular office building exterior inside a warehouse (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/warehouse-office-exterior-CpvC49Rx.jpg) Image: Modular office built on a structural steel mezzanine (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/pb-mezzanine-office-D_Em1RZX.jpg) Image: Modular cleanroom panel enclosure inside a manufacturing plant (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/assets/pb-cleanroom-DmXXlH3z.jpg) Image: White modular in-plant office installed along a warehouse wall (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/__l5e/assets-v1/b7584778-7824-44d7-83cc-d30a63af2f87/casella-modular-office.jpg) View More Projects: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/projects ## In-Plant Office Questions From Chicago Plant Managers What operations teams in O'Hare-area and west-suburban plants ask before they sign off. ### Will an in-plant office stay warm in a lightly heated building? ### Our building only has about 18 feet of clear height. Is that enough? ### Can the room go up without stopping production? ### What happens to the office if we move buildings? ## Where We Set In-Plant Offices Most Often Pick a town for notes on the buildings we work in there and the questions local plants raise. Chicago modular offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/chicago Elk Grove Village modular offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/elk-grove-village Bensenville modular offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/bensenville Franklin Park modular offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/franklin-park Des Plaines modular offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/des-plaines Schaumburg modular offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/schaumburg Wood Dale modular offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/wood-dale Melrose Park modular offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/melrose-park Bedford Park modular offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area/bedford-park View all service areas: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/service-area ## Pair It With These Many plants start with one office and add a second room type within a year or two. Two-Story Modular Offices installed in an industrial facility (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/two-story-modular-offices) ### Two-Story Modular Offices: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/two-story-modular-offices Stack a second level when the floor is already full of racks and machines. See details (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/two-story-modular-offices) Break Rooms & Conference Rooms installed in an industrial facility (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/break-rooms-conference-rooms) ### Break Rooms & Conference Rooms: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/break-rooms-conference-rooms Give second and third shift a warm place to eat away from the line. See details (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/break-rooms-conference-rooms) Machine & Equipment Enclosures installed in an industrial facility (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/equipment-enclosures) ### Machine & Equipment Enclosures: https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/equipment-enclosures Wall in the compressor or press that drowns out the office next to it. See details (https://chicagomodularoffices.com/products/equipment-enclosures) ## Chicago Modular Offices — Our Location Based in Rosemont next to O'Hare, we serve Chicago and the surrounding suburbs with modular offices, prefab in-plant offices, and warehouse space planning. ### Chicago Modular Offices #### Address 9400 W Higgins Rd Unit H Rosemont, IL 60018 #### Phone (888) 697-6368 #### Business Hours Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed ## Get an In-Plant Office Layout Send a sketch or a few photos of the area. We return a drawing and an itemized price at no cost. 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