Shipping Container Medical Clinic Arrives In Haiti The first shipping container based medical clinic arrived in Haiti last month and is now serving Haitian refugees as Haiti continues to heal from January’s earthquake. Containers, also known as ISBU’s are a growing trend globally for clinics, temporary housing, as well as luxury homes. The non-profit group Containers [...]
Not Just Concept Drawings, But The Real Thing… Prefab and “ready-to-use” ISBU container units are in big demand. There are many companies out there that advertise designs and concept drawings but have really never produced their first unit. Too often, architects and housing manufacturers want the media attention they know is available when they shoot out Green prefab [...]
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Shipping Container Architecture And Container Technology Combined Here is the complete shipping container construction “How To” and container technology “Resource book” you’ve been waiting for from the ISBU Association. For the past three years everyone has been asking for a complete and credible book on shipping container architecture and container construction. The new BizGuide named “Container Technology [...]
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The Never Ending Need For Containerized Emergency Rooms It’s obvious that big disasters get the biggest news. But even on a calm week, every country in the world has a shortage of emergency rooms, medical facilities, and hospitals. Shipping containers and ISBU technology is a global solution to almost everything; and a profitable technology no matter what economic [...]
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Professional 3D Shipping Container Drawings For Google SketchUp Is it professional 3D CAD, or simply a 3D High Definition template for Google SketchUp? It’s actually a combination of both and they are a very big hit for engineering professionals and novice designers alike. These are the new G-Series Pro templates from the ISBU Association and are [...]
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Modular Construction To “Green” The Caribbean Here is a container construction company in Puerto Rico that has found the secret to success in any country. Their modular construction with multiple exterior designs fit every country, culture and neighborhood. Many people don’t fully realize that Puerto Rico is a very stable U.S. Territory with all the [...]
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The Feasibility Of Container Construction In Haiti Since January 12 our office has been flooded with calls and emails wondering if we will get involved with the relief work, aid, donations and re-building of the new Haiti with shipping container housing. Every time such disasters happen, the first thoughts of many intelligent thinkers is “container [...]
The Amazing Story That Needs To Be Told (Enlarge photo) If you are a building contractor, HVAC contractor, architect, engineer, LEED professional, or simply a DIY consumer, this story is for you. Here is the new Green Energy technology that is here, now, and available “free” to virtually every home owner in every country [...]
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The “Small Is Smart” Container Home Concept Is Growing… Architects Geoffrey Fulton and Carla Salomon have been designing ISBU container based housing for a few years now but their “Small Is Smart” container home concept is making waves all the way to the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The ISBU Association has been growing quite rapidly [...]
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Engineers Prepare For Eco-Green Container Construction Trends Many global engineering companies have prepared for the Green technology trends. Kimley-Horn is not just one of the engineering firms following the Eco-Green trends, they are one of the most recognized engineering leaders setting the trends. Kimley-Horn joined the ISBU Association in April of 2009 as Corporate Members and since then they have [...]
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