Office on the Go Logs over 60,000 Miles during Landscaping Season

A driver and his office on wheels allow David Van Zelst to cover his firm?EUR??,,????'???s 1,500 sq. mile operating territory.

A typical day for David Van Zelst, founder and president of Van Zelst, Inc., a landscape design/build firm serving clients from downtown Chicago throughout northeastern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, is to spend six hours a day on the road in the firm?EUR??,,????'???s mobile office inspecting job sites and meeting clients.

?EUR??,,????'??In the past, I would make phone calls and try to take notes as I drove,?EUR??,,????'?? he explains. Aside from the safety issues, it was hectic and inefficient. He?EUR??,,????'???d work 11 to 12-hour days six days a week.

Then he learned of a Florida company that converts vans into offices on wheels. Now his hours on the road are productive office time.

He has a driver, a GPS and a basic office set-up in the van: a desk, cell phone, TV, wireless internet, a laptop computer, printer, fax and filing cabinets.

Van Zelst believes the mobile office will pay for itself in the first year. ?EUR??,,????'??We?EUR??,,????'???ve already sold some new projects as the result of face-to-face service and quick turnaround,?EUR??,,????'?? he noted.