Satellite Shelters, Inc. is a private, family-owned small business entity supplying Mobile Offices, permanent and relocatable Modular Buildings, Ground-Level Offices, and Storage Containers.

Satellite Shelters offers nationwide service, with local branches in 21 cities across the country. Branch locations are based out of all of the following cities:

• Atlanta, GA
• Austin, TX
• Bismarck, ND
• Charlotte, NC
• Chicago, IL
• Cincinnati, OH
• Cleveland, OH
• Dallas, TX
• Denver, CO
• Detroit, MI
• Houston, TX
• Kansas City, MO
• Minneapolis, MN
• Nashville, TN
• New Orleans, LA
• Omaha, NE
• Orlando, FL
• Philadelphia, PA
• San Antonio, TX
• St. Louis, MO
• Tulsa, OK

That’s a great question and one that many people ask. Generally speaking, a mobile office is a single, self-contained unit that can be moved from site to site easily. Modular describes a building system that allows the construction process to take place in a controlled environment. A customer’s design is engineered and built in sections. These sections, or modules, are then transported to the site and assembled to achieve the customer’s desired floor plan.

We have a wide range of customers at Satellite Shelters. That’s the great thing about our product – it’s designed to be flexible and meet a wide variety of needs. Some of the major industries we serve include the following:

• Administrative & Commercial Offices
• Education
• Energy & Power Plants
• Financial & Banking
• Government
• Institutional
• Medical, Healthcare, & Dental
• Petrochemical & Refineries
• Religious

“The nice thing about our product is that it meets a wide variety of needs.”

Rachel Lamport, Territory Sales Manager, Kansas City, MO

As a leading provider of mobile office trailers for rent or purchase, Satellite Shelters understands your need for fast, reliable workspace. Whether a business wants mobile or modular depends on the following factors:

• The amount of space they need
• How long they need the space
• How they are going to use the space

Since modular offices are usually more than one module and require more time to assemble, they are selected for long term/semi-permanent use. Mobile offices, on the other hand, can easily be moved and set up where temporary space is needed.

Mobile Offices

The construction sector, a major client of Satellite’s mobile offices, frequently seeks our services for on-site office and storage solutions to accommodate their machinery and equipment needs.

Modular Buildings

Modular buildings, also known as prefabricated buildings, offer many of the same benefits as mobile offices, only on a bigger scale. Any industry that needs a large amount of temporary space, usually more than one floor or several side-by-side offices would benefit from a modular building. Typically, where conventional construction is used, modular buildings can take their place. Read more: Modular Building Buyer’s Guide.

Modular buildings can be used for any of the following:

In short, most of the industries Satellite Shelters serves use BOTH: mobile offices and modular buildings. It just depends on how much space they need and how permanent they want that space to be.

Think about education. When enrollment levels change, the need for space changes, too. Modular classrooms give educators the flexibility to add space when they need it and remove it when they don’t. This additional space can be completed quickly, causing less disruption.

We offer a wide range of sizes, dimensions, and building types designed for any of the following:

Satellite Shelters also rents out a lot of modular buildings and mobile offices for disaster relief. We make sure that each mobile and modular building is individually coded to meet the different requirements of each state (since requirements can vary from state to state).

Yes, definitely. One that I will never forget was when the tornado in Joplin, Missouri happened. My cell phone went off immediately. The contractor at Mercy Hospital in Joplin had Satellite Shelters listed as part of their disaster plan. They made one phone call and we had mobile offices arriving hours after the tornado hit. By providing temporary space for the hospital office staff, they were able to continue caring for patients in the midst of a disaster.

We are privately held and nationally located – a family-owned business with big business resources. Collectively our team of brand managers, sales representatives, major projects, business development, marketing, operations, and administrative support will go the extra mile to ensure you are satisfied with our services and products.

“Satellite is a team full of local industry experts leveraging a vast network of knowledge to address our customer’s needs. We strive to be the best and when we do our best, everyone wins.”

Chuck Walen, VP Major Projects & Business Development

Our goal at Satellite Shelters is to be a valued resource for our customers. Besides providing safe, comfortable space we can also provide:

“We come up with solutions. We’re never surprised. If somebody asks for it, we make every effort to make it easy for them.”

Rachel Lamport, Territory Sales Manager, Kansas City, MO

Yes. One of our most honorable moments was when Al Hilde, our company founder and owner, received the Hall of Fame Award from the Modular Building Institute (MBI) in March of 2014.

Satellite Shelters also received the Key Supplier Award In Recognition of Valuable Contributions to Bechtel Power Projects from Bechtel, a prestigious engineering, project management, and construction company in 2012.

Satellite Shelters is affiliated with all of the following organizations:

Once the sale was made, every phase of the project was handled expertly by Satellite. We feel fortunate we came across Satellite Shelters in our research and feel that it was one of the major reasons for the project being completed as a major success. I would recommend Satellite to anyone who was considering this type of project in the future. 

M. Wingert