A lay-down yard near I-495 that holds your material until the site is ready
Hold lumber, trusses, steel, and roofing on a gated, paved, camera-secured yard at the I-495 crossroads - then have Nichols flatbeds deliver to the jobsite on your schedule.
Store-and-haul on one schedule, one invoice
A lay-down yard is secured outdoor space where contractors and suppliers stage building materials - lumber, trusses, steel, roofing - before they go to a jobsite. It absorbs the gap when material is ready but the site is not, so you cut detention and avoid double-handling your loads.
- Stage material in advance and cut detention when a jobsite slips a week.
- Paved core and gravel overflow sized for flatbed loads and bundled material.
- Flatbed delivery from the same yard - store and haul on one schedule, one invoice.
- Gated, lit, camera-secured, and staffed - your material is watched, not exposed.
- On the corridor your loads already travel - I-495 / Route 24 / Route 44.
About pricing: staging is priced per section by week or month, with volume rates available. Request a quote and ask about the combined haul-and-store rate.
Built for suppliers and contractors on the corridor
Lumberyards and truss plants
Stage bundled material and finished trusses close to the South Shore, South Coast, and Cape job markets.
Steel fabricators
Hold structural steel on a paved yard with on-site rail siding for inbound loads, then haul out by flatbed.
Roofing and siding distributors
Overflow and staged loads on a watched yard when your own lot is stretched or a site is not ready.
General contractors
One partner that stores your material and delivers it when the site is ready. Need more space? See industrial outdoor storage.
Store-and-haul is a real capability, not a referral
Need flatbed delivery too? Our sister company, Nichols Trucking, hauls flatbed loads and we stage them right here - one call, one schedule. See nichols.jitai.co. Truckers delivering to the yard can also reserve truck and trailer parking.
Frequently asked questions
Building-materials staging in Middleboro, MA - what suppliers ask before opening an account.
A lay-down yard is secured outdoor space where contractors and suppliers stage building materials - lumber, trusses, steel, roofing - before they go to a jobsite. It absorbs the gap when material is ready but the site is not. Nichols offers a gated, paved, camera-secured lay-down yard on the I-495 corridor, with flatbed delivery to the jobsite from the same operator.
Yes. Nichols has run flatbeds since 1980, so the material you stage can be delivered to your jobsite when the site is ready. That turns storage and hauling into one coordinated step instead of two vendors. Lumberyards, truss plants, and steel fabricators use this to cut detention and avoid double-handling their loads.
The yard is fenced, gated, lit, and covered by 24-hour recorded video surveillance, with staff on site during business hours. Fragile or weather-sensitive loads such as finished trusses or millwork can move into roughly 9,000 square feet of indoor flex space. Your material sits on a watched, paved yard rather than an open, unmonitored lot.
Staging in advance means your material is ready the moment the jobsite is, so you avoid rescheduled deliveries and detention when a site slips. Because Nichols can both store and haul, you skip a vendor handoff and keep one schedule. The corridor location keeps the yard close to South Shore, South Coast, and Cape job markets.
The yard is in Middleboro at the I-495 / Route 24 / Route 44 crossroads, within easy flatbed range of Mansfield, New Bedford, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, Abington, and Cape Cod job sites. It pairs paved outdoor staging with on-site rail siding for inbound steel, precast, and lumber, plus indoor flex space for material that needs cover.
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Get a staging quote
Tell us what you stage and where it ships and we will price the yard - and the haul-and-hold option.