Office Cabin — Ready, Fully Fitted Workspace for Businesses, Schools & Sites

An office cabin from SAMAN is the manufactured kind — a complete, standalone steel-frame unit built and fitted in our factory, then delivered to your site as one piece. It is not interior partition design and not the wooden cabin you'd build inside a permanent office. This page covers what's actually inside the unit, the sizes that fit each team, what it costs and what moves the number, how to choose between the standard build and the variant range, and what your site needs ready before delivery. The full cluster overview is on our portable office cabin range hub.

What's actually built into a SAMAN office cabin

A SAMAN office cabin is built on a welded mild steel C-section frame, coated in zinc phosphate primer and a synthetic enamel topcoat that handles standard commercial weather without recoating for 4 to 6 years. The walls are 40mm PUF sandwich panels with a colour-coated PPGI outer face — the interior runs 8 to 10°C below outdoor mid-day in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai summer. The roof is a PPGI corrugated sheet over PU foam underlay, sloped for monsoon runoff. The floor is wall-to-wall vinyl over a BWP-grade plywood substrate — the same flooring used in commercial offices, not the textured rubber found on construction cabins.

Inside, every cabin is wired and finished before it leaves the factory — there's nothing for an electrician or carpenter to do on your premises beyond plugging into your power point. Lighting comes from LED panels recessed into a false ceiling, so the workspace has uniform light without ceiling fans or tube lights cluttering the head-space. Cooling is roughed in for a wall-mounted split AC: bracket fitted, 15A outlet placed, wiring run back to the MCB on a dedicated breaker, ready for you to bolt your chosen split unit on delivery day.

Privacy and circulation are handled by one factory-fitted internal partition placed where you tell us at order stage — most buyers split the cabin into a manager corner and a work bay; a few keep one open floor. Two sliding aluminium windows give cross-ventilation and natural light when you want the AC off, and a single lockable steel flush door secures the unit when nobody's there.

Power inside the cabin lands on an MCB board with four 5-amp sockets for desks and chargers, one 15-amp socket for a printer or kettle, and proper earthing tested before dispatch. The split-AC unit itself, premium flooring upgrades, attached toilet provisions, and any second partition are quoted separately so the base price stays directly comparable across enquiries.

Sizes from 2-person to 8-person — what fits at each size

10 × 12 ft is the most-ordered size for a single-room office — one full-size desk, two chairs, a small filing cabinet, and a wall-mounted 1-ton split AC fit comfortably. 12 × 16 ft and 16 × 20 ft cover the team-office band; both accommodate desks, a printer station, and a 3-seat meeting corner without crowding. Sizes between and beyond the standard ladder are fabricated to order — confirm dimension at the enquiry stage.

What an office cabin costs — and the 4 levers that move the quote

A standard 10 × 12 ft office cabin, fully fitted with the items above and delivered to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, or the Greater Noida zone, starts at ₹1,95,000. A 16 × 20 ft fully-fitted cabin reaches ₹4,50,000. Most enquiries land between ₹2,30,000 and ₹3,80,000.

Four levers move the number inside that band:

• Size — sq ft is the single largest driver. Each step up the size ladder adds ₹25,000 to ₹70,000.
• Panel grade — 40mm PUF is standard. 60mm PUF for hot or coastal sites adds ₹18,000 to ₹35,000. Glasswool or EPS alternatives drop the price ₹8,000 to ₹15,000 at the cost of thermal performance.
• Fit-out level — basic, standard (default), or fully-fitted with additional partitions and premium flooring. The fully-fitted upgrade adds ₹35,000 to ₹60,000.
• AC inclusion — AC point only is standard. Adding a fitted 1.5-ton split unit costs another ₹38,000 to ₹52,000.

Payment runs 50% advance to start fabrication, 50% on delivery day before offloading. GST is invoiced separately at dispatch.

Office cabin or one of the variants — how to choose

The standard office cabin is the right call for most buyers under a 3-year deployment in standard commercial conditions. The variant pages exist for buyers whose need is specific enough that the standard build trades against the wrong things.

• For a manager cabin, work bay, and meeting corner inside one delivered unit, see the configured multi-room build.
• For starting with one cabin and adding more as headcount confirms, see our expandable office system.
• For 5+ year deployments in industrial, coastal, or heavy-use environments, the MS-grade structural specification uses IS 2062 Grade A steel through the frame.
• For full factory build and quality check before dispatch, see the factory-built quality-checked variant.
• For 3+ identical cabins to multiple cities on one purchase order, see the multi-unit single-PO option.
• If you've decided on size and spec and are ready to pay, the stock & order page covers payment, delivery, and warranty.
• For projects that relocate the cabin 4+ times a year, the build for repeated relocation specifies the panel and door changes needed.
• For a cabin built and fitted whole and delivered as a single dispatch, see the delivered-whole prefab option.
• If your environment needs a container shell instead of a cabin shell, the container-based office option is the heavier, stackable, industrial-grade alternative.

Not sure which fits? Send your requirement at the bottom of the page — we'll confirm which build is right before quoting.

Delivery in 7–14 days, and what your site needs ready before the truck arrives

Fabrication runs 7 working days for standard 8 × 10 and 10 × 12 ft cabins shipping from Bangalore or Greater Noida, and 14 working days for build-to-order with custom partition position, coastal-spec panels, or larger sizes. Delivery to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, and the Greater Noida zone is included in the base price. Outstation freight is quoted on confirmed pincode at ₹80 per kilometre on a 40-foot flatbed, plus ODC and RTO charges where applicable.

Three things to confirm on your end before the truck arrives:

• A flat surface within ±20mm across the cabin footprint — a concrete pad, compacted earth, or existing floor slab works.
• Gate width of at least 10 ft for standard sizes (12 ft+ for cabins wider than 10 ft) and overhead clearance for the flatbed.
• A 230V power point within 10 metres of the placement spot for fan, lighting, and AC commissioning on the day.

Frequently asked questions

What kind of maintenance does the office cabin need each year, and what does it cost?

Two recurring items: a paint refresh on the MS frame every 4 to 6 years (₹12,000 to ₹22,000 for a 10×12 ft cabin, done in place over 2 days) and an electrical board check every 12 to 18 months as part of standard premises inspection. Vinyl flooring, panels, doors, and windows are usually replaced only on damage, not on a schedule. Annual recurring cost for a cabin in standard commercial use is under ₹3,000.

What lifespan should I expect from an office cabin at a standard commercial property?

A 40mm PUF cabin on a standard commercial property — not heavy industrial, not coastal — gives 8 to 10 years before any major refurbishment. The frame is repainted every 4 to 6 years (a low-cost refresh done in place). Panels and roof typically outlast the frame paint cycle.

What documents does SAMAN provide for procurement or company registration purposes?

Every order is invoiced with a GST tax invoice in your company's GSTIN. On request, we also provide a structural drawing, an IS 2062 material certificate, a pre-dispatch inspection report, and a dimensional specification sheet — the standard document set required for Shops & Establishments registration, GST business-address registration, MSME applications, and most industrial-zone procurement files (KIADB, GIDC, SIDCO, RIICO). All five documents are included with the order at no extra charge; specify in the enquiry which you need.

How does the office cabin handle monsoon, peak summer, and coastal salt air?

Monsoon: PPGI roof with PU foam underlay and panel-edge silicone sealing keep the cabin watertight through both the South-West and North-East monsoons. Summer: 40mm PUF panels run the interior 8 to 10°C below outdoor mid-day. Coastal: standard spec is not engineered for salt air — the 60mm PUF coastal upgrade with marine-grade enamel is the correct order within 30 km of the coast.

What AC tonnage suits each cabin size in normal South Indian summer?

For 8×10 to 10×12 ft (single zone, 2–3 people), one 1.5-ton split is right-sized. For 12×16 ft (4 people plus meeting corner), a 2-ton split or two 1-ton splits on either wall. For 16×20 ft (6–7 people), two 1.5-ton splits placed at opposite corners cool more evenly than one 3-ton centre unit. The cabin's wall and roof insulation does most of the work; the AC sizing follows the headcount and occupancy hours, not the cabin's outdoor exposure.

Can two or more office cabins be placed side by side as my business expands?

Yes, with planning. Two cabins of the same size can be placed flush side-by-side and the adjoining partition removed at site to create a single larger floor — quoted as a separate service. For phased expansion where each cabin stays a complete standalone unit, the expandable office system is built specifically for that addition pattern.

Tell us the size, the city you need delivery to, and the date you want to be operational. We'll send a priced quote with full delivery breakdown within one working day. Factories in Bangalore (Gopasandra) and Greater Noida (Jalpura, Dadri) are open Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm — visit before you order if you want to inspect a unit in fabrication.

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