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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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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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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Shipping Container Projects From Tempo You Haven’t Seen
In an exclusive interview last week with Quinten de Gooijer President of TempoHousing, we not only got new and better photos of the original TempoHousing projects but the inside story of their new projects and expansion programs globally.
TempoHousing is famous for their Keetwonen student housing in Amsterdam, but there is [...]
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 Condo project [...]
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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 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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