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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ISBU Association Names John C. Stangel “2009 Member of The Year” The ISBU Association has chosen to honor Mr. John Stangel as the 2009 Member of The Year. The “Member of The Year” award is given annually to ISBU Association members who have contributed the most in promoting ISBU technology globally. John is preceded by [...]
Business Is Booming For This Shipping Container Restaurant Concept The thought of a shipping container restaurant was quite negative to almost everyone until they actually opened their doors. Now it’s packed every night by reservation only, and even the economic recession has not slowed it’s success. This very unique restaurant is in Rotterdam, Netherlands and was brought [...]
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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” [...]
Business In A Box: Condo Office Made Of Shipping Containers A solar powered Condominium Sales office in Houston Texas has been constructed from recycled 20′ shipping containers. METLAB and their design partner Ttweak have chosen recycled ISBU shipping containers to house their temporary sales office for the Mirabeau “green” condominium project in Houston. Since the [...]
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Easier Member Registration Process Finally the Member sign up process is automated. We have received daily email from frustrated readers who want to join ISBA but feel the process was too complicated. Others thought we really didn’t want new Members. The solution was not so simple. The process [...]
Business In a Box — Put Them Anywhere Hot businesses for 2008 are drive thru BizPods, and even more exciting, BizPods™ are constructed off-site using an ISBU shipping container as the core frame, just as Sun Microsystems has done. Fast, strong, secure and easy installation. Just drop [...]