When the river comes up
Anyone who has lived near Big Bend Lake or the blocks off River Road knows the Des Plaines River does not stay in its banks every spring. After a flood, restoration crews descend on whole streets at once to gut basements, replace furnaces and rebuild garages, and each crew needs a unit on the driveway because the plumbing inside is out of commission. We can stage several standard units on a single block in one trip and service them together until the work is done.
The same wet ground affects normal construction. Foundations and additions in the low-lying neighborhoods east of the river get scheduled around the water table, and units are set on the driveway rather than the lawn so they do not sink. Contractors pouring in those neighborhoods often ask for ground mats under the unit during the wettest weeks of April.
Warehouses, offices and the O'Hare edge
South of Oakton and along Touhy and Elmhurst Road, Des Plaines is a working district of cargo warehouses, light manufacturing and office parks that never stop renovating. Roof replacements, parking-lot repaving and tenant build-outs there take deluxe flushing units and handwashing stations for crews of twenty or more, placed on the loading side of the building. The hotel and entertainment district near the casino has a steady stream of renovation projects too, where the unit sits in a service lot out of guests' sightlines.
Downtown events and the weekly loop
Summer in Des Plaines centers on Lake Opeka, the downtown Metra district and the parks along the river trail, with concerts, a farmers market and the July celebration all pulling crowds. Event units go on the park district's paved lots with the district's approval and are serviced between event days.
Delivery reaches Des Plaines from I-294 at Touhy or I-90 at Elmhurst Road, and weekly service is bundled with Park Ridge, Niles and Rosemont so the driver knows the area's one-way streets and viaducts.