Qdos Location Facilities has grown into a leading of supplier of temporary accommodation and welfare facilities to the UK’s film & TV industry. Its work supporting Apple TV at multiple studios and locations has undoubtedly added to the Qdos team’s experience and allowed it to cement its role in the sector.
Work began for the streaming service back in November 2020 when several of its cabins and jackleg toilets were installed at a location site in Longcross. These included double-stacked 24’ and 32’ cabins for the SFX and construction teams along with medics, who all required offices and welfare facilities.
This was followed in January 2021 with the installation of a further 20 double stacked cabins for construction, SFX, props and costume departments, security and transport teams and a Covid testing unit at Apple TV’s studios in Aston Clinton. There was also a further requirement for welfare facilities.
An 8-bay modular building inside the studio was quickly added, which is used as ‘The War Room’, this is where the team hold meetings to discuss important production issues. As time has progressed and more people have become involved, a larger area was needed and Qdos has been able to add a further 8 bays and double stack these to create the necessary space. This is an excellent example of how flexible all Qdos’ products are and how the team can work with its clients to deliver the solutions that they need. Qdos has also installed a VMR technical room which feeds the green screen technology and is used for rendering on particular scenes.
Since then, the Qdos team has gone on to install cabins for a Covid testing facility at a location in Chalfont; workshop space and cabins in High Wycombe and they’ve recently taken on another location at Bovingdon which requires additional cabins.
The units installed are from across Qdos’ extensive range and include 6’ x 5’, 8’ x 5’, 10’ x 8’, 12’ x 9’, 24’ x 9’, 32’ x 10’ and 40’ x 10’ cabins and 24’ x 9’ mixed jackleg toilets. Many of the units have been hired on a long term basis and are regularly maintained to ensure that their efficiency.
Working with Apple TV really highlights the levels of customer service that Qdos offers and demonstrates how the company works closely with a client to gain an understanding of their requirements. This coupled with the array and quantity of equipment within its fleet and the multitude of applications it offers ensure it can be deployed to create an exact solution for any production.
Qdos was then asked to help support with temporary facilities at number of filming locations, where it utilised a its fleet of mobile units.
As the production prepared for studio based filming, in a new studio location Qdos was there to deliver a further 20 double stacked cabins and toilets, supporting all elements of the production team.
This was followed by a purpose built 8-bay modular building which was constructed inside the studio. As the requirement for space grew, Qdos was able to add a further 8 bays and double stack these to create the necessary space.
This is an excellent example of how flexible all Qdos’ products are and how the team can work with its clients to deliver the solutions that they need.
The Qdos team went on to install cabins for three additional sites supporting location filming and set building.
Working with this high profile client highlights the levels of customer service that Qdos offers and demonstrates how the company works closely with you to gain an understanding of your requirements. This coupled with the array and quantity of equipment within its fleet and the multitude of applications it offers ensure it can be deployed to create an exact solution for any production.
