Global Leader In ISBU Shipping Container Housing
Quinten de Gooijer, the President of TempoHousing enRoute from projects in Australia and Philippines meets in China with ISBU Association Director Barry Naef to discuss the new growth and marketing plans of Netherlands based TempoHousing company.
Although most of us know TempoHousing for their famous 1000 unit Keetwonen project in Amsterdam, however TempoHousing [...]
September Was The Month of Contrasts For SG Blocks & ConGlobal
September 2008 was the best month or the worst month, depending on where you live.
An Eco-Green show was a rave for SG Blocks and shipping container building contractors in the U.S. while Canada and other countries have put them on their “Black List” as the [...]
ISBA Founder’s Son Is Casualty of Contaminated Milk In China
On Friday, September 25, physicians in China confirmed that Jie Naef, the 2 year old son of Barry Naef and his wife Yanhua was another victim of China’s wide spread Melamine Milk scandal. The head of the World Health Organization said yesterday this was the largest global health safety event in recent years.
For months they knew [...]
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Shipping Container Home Project Gets Approval In North Carolina
Congratulations to DwellBox, they are only the second ISBU shipping container housing project to be approved and built in North Carolina, the other project was the Military offices at Fort Bragg.
We are especially proud of them because they are ISBU Association members and besides their success at [...]
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Luxury Shipping Container Home Near Completion In France
A prominent French architect brings another shipping container project to France. This project is a luxury home built in the beautiful French country side.
We have the project very well documented with more than 50 construction photos including the house plans. You can see the full construction project at our new Cubic Inspirations [...]
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A Mobile Sporting Goods BizPod Near The Beach- Or Anywhere
Business In A Box Mobile Store
A “Business In A Box” mobile shipping container store. This very awesome shipping container BizPod is sure to draw maximum traffic and interest in any location. …small investment-big profit.
You can see this first at our new Cubic Inspirations website which will open [...]
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LabZero Awarded “2008 ISBU Best Designs Award”
Best ISBU Designs Award
As you have seen there are many shipping container designs and architectures out there, although inspiring, most are either very plain or simply not realistic or usable.
The ISBU Association has reviewed nearly two hundred which our ISBA Members have submitted but this LabZero architecture by Italian architect-designer Flavio Galvagni [...]
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The American Red Cross Use ISBU Shipping Containers For Disasters
As hurricanes hit again the Red Cross in the U.S. and other countries prepare shipping containers for immediate food, medical supplies and housing. The stock piles of shipping containers have many uses and benefits. Later the ISBU shipping containers can be easily recycled and used again for [...]
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The Truth Is Confirmed
…purchased from ISBU Association Member
Not that we actually doubted that this mysterious Atlanta home was made of six (6) 40HC ISBU’s but since there was no “official” information, and even incorrect information posted by some websites. Obviously we were quite reluctant to say anything for sure.
Way back in March of this year we posted [...]
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ISBA Names Professor Richard Martin “2008 Member of The Year”
The ISBU Association has chosen to honor Professor Richard Martin, the founder of Global Peace Containers as 2008 Member of The Year.
Professor Martin is one of many prominent ISBA Members who could be chosen for this award, but since he was also one of the earliest pioneers of ISBU shipping container construction [...]
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