Containers are not only sustainable, but they save time and money. A prefabricated shipping container home makes the construction process much simpler and more efficient than ever before. Why spend months building when it could be weeks? Containers can reduce traditional construction time by up to 40%. A prefabricated shipping container structure makes the construction process much simpler and more efficient than ever before. They are pre-plubmed, pre-wired, and delivered completely assembled. As long as the required services (water, electric, sewer/septic) are onsite, they can be set, secured, and hooked up the same day. You can be up and running that night. Containers are much stronger than normal wood construction methods. Shipping containers are able to resist snow, wind, hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes. Hard and soft costs can also be lower by as much as 20%-25%.
Containers can substantially offset a development’s carbon footprint and reduce the use of natural resources by eliminating the need of millions of acres of forest in traditional building methods. With more containers being imported than exported, we have an opportunity to recycle something that is desperately looking for a new home.
Containers are much stronger than normal wood construction methods. Shipping containers are able to resist snow, wind, hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes. They were required to withstand all kinds of abuse as they journey through some of the world’s harshest climates. From salt water to freezing temperatures, a shipping container is meant to handle the worst of the worst while protecting some of the world’s most precious cargo. Comprised of Corten steel, it is in a shipping containers DNA to protect itself from any corrosion or rust. There not subject to rot or mold damage. Termites and other pests don’t like to eat steel.
When shipping containers were originally created, they were designed with modularity in mind. Imagine them as life-size lego blocks and you will start to see the vast possibilities and opportunities. Build a single level or multi-story building. Place one in your backyard and 10 years later move it somewhere new. Modular just means flexibility without jeopardizing quality. Pre-manufactured modular construction is a more versatile and predictable way to build.
When it comes to construction methods and building materials there are few alternatives that are as durable, portable and sustainable.