ISBU Construction Business May Be Stronger In A Recession
Certainly an economic recession can hurt virtually every type business in every economic sector but some types of business will do much better in a recession than others.
Today Reuters news agency reports that 20 of the worlds most stable countries are officially in a recession, however the sun is shining even [...]
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Flex-Box Unveils DuoCon Shipping Container Modules
The new Flex-Box DuoCon was unveiled last week and Managing Director Henrik Neilsen gave us a personal tour of this most innovative 2-in-1 ISBU shipping container module.
Flex-Box is an ISBU Association member who actually designs and manufactures their own line of ISBU shipping containers. They are not new to the shipping container [...]
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Envision Prefab Manufactures ISBU Based Housing
Our ISBU Association members continue to prove that ISBU shipping container based housing can be as beautiful and trendy as any conventional housing but with greater strength and easier construction.
Envision Prefab based in Boca Raton Florida promises to be one of the finest examples of quality design and construction. They prove [...]
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Interest In ISBU Housing, Construction and Storage Climbs
We’ve been holding our breath every week as the economic roller coaster continues downward, but by the end of each week, again new ISBU Association Memberships and sales of Architectural Drawings continue to climb. …possibly it’s the only U.S. construction technology that is stable and growing in 2008 [...]
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The ISBU Association is the only recognized organization to the ISBU and Shipping Container home industries. Their purpose is to organize, educate, and promote the use and awareness of shipping container construction and the related Eco-green technologies. All our research and information is Member supported.
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DwellBox Visionaries- The Customer, The Contractor and The City
The DwellBox Project in Boone, North Carolina is a prime example of ‘What’s Right With America’, or what should be. The CNN program of What’s Right With America always comes to mind when we see the unusual, which should actually be common.
ISBU shipping container housing is growing [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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