Container Housing | Container Structures | Container Dwellings
We are amazed everyday with the designs, ideas and uses people have come up with for containers. Having years of experience in this industry we have witnessed the shipping container structure boom in popularity and feasibility. We are committed to provide you the best quality and pricing for your project. Please contact us or the Container Alliance partner in your area. We also would like to share with you some of our favorites. Many of these images were collected from the Internet. We are not claiming and do not want credit for anyone else’s content. Thank you for visiting.
Containerized Housing Unit, usually abbreviated as CHU is the name given to an ISO shipping container pre-fabricated into a living quarters. Such containers can be transported by container ships, railroad cars, planes, and tucks that are capable of transporting intermodal freight transport cargo. Container Housing units are related to the site and land occupied during a certain amount of time by the need of water supply and evacuation, electricity, telecommunications, etc. Although people typically picture these containers as houses, there are thousands of different ideas people have come up with. Coffee shops, traveling art exhibits, prisons, commercial buildings, ski lodges, gondola and tram stations, weather stations and many more.
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PreFab Construction- pre-modified units
- Construction offices
- Work shops, home
- Work shops, business
- Sales offices
- Laboratories
- Shower modules
- Restrooms & Toilets
- Kitchens
- Canteens
- Business Kiosks
- Classrooms
- Refrigerators / Freezers
- Emergency Housing
- Emergency Office
- Computer Data Centers
- Garages
- Recreation Vehicles
Modular Construction Blocks- multiple container units
- Housing, traditional architecture - Housing, low income
- Apartments
- Condominiums
- Campus housing
- Mountain homes
- Trendy homes
- Office buildings
- Storage units
- Multi-car garages
- Commercial U-Store type storage units
- Emergency Shelters
Benefits of ISBU construction
- Strongest building construction on the planet
- Earthquake proof
- Fire proof
- Tornado / Hurricane proof
- Strong non-corrosion Corten steel
- Extreme security
- Recyclable - Green construction and modifications
- Saves trees
- Unibody construction
- Ideal for multiple floors and levels
- Fast construction
- Insulation: bonds easily with space-age Ceramic insulations
- Exceeds U.S. Building Codes
- Easily adapted to Prefab automation
- Easily adapted to Custom homes
- Economically covered with traditional stucco, vinyl siding, woods, or brick






























