PFNC Designs and Builds Container Homes For Workers In Mexico
- PFNC Shipping Container Home
These ISBU shipping container homes will soon reside in Mexico according to the PFNC Company based in Corrales, New Mexico. As most readers quickly realize, these units are not U.S. or even European standard but they are very acceptable for housing in Mexico near the factories.
To build an ISBU home in the U.S. or other country the Building Codes are much stronger and also seldom allow shipping containers of this vintage. These are similar to the units that have been benefiting the South African communities for more than a decade.
Brian McCarthy, the owner of PFNC was moved by the conditions he saw in Mexico, then in 2007 used the same concepts and example of Professor Martin at Global Peace Containers; SAF Marine in South Africa; and even the trendier TempoHousing in Amsterdam. He applied their pioneering of shipping container housing and of course ceramic insulation paints as the thermal coating, to establish his project in Mexico.
In South Africa the containers are donated free of charge by SAF Marine, the VAS partner of Maersk to the local communities and contractors so they can be used for housing, schools and community centers. Although the PFNC containers are not being donated, they are giving the workers and factories a much needed housing option at a very low price.
You can read more about the PFNC construction company at their website. Our best wishes for their success with this in Mexico. We sincerely hope the factories in Mexico will take it upon themselves to provide this housing free for their workers as is done in China and many other countries.
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