Performing well during the tests out on the ice, the time has now come for the support team to leave Crown Bay on the SA Agulhas leaving the ice team on their own with only the thoughts of the challenge ahead. Built on sledges that will be pulled behind the expedition, 2 – 30ft containers […]
Sometime you wonder “What can you do with a container?” Well with a little imagination and a lot of creative thinking these owners created a great little bistro that the people on the Canary Wharf in London enjoy daily. Trinity Buoy Wharf, 64 Orchard Place, Canary Wharf, London With views of the river Lea, this […]
The Environment Trust commissioned Urban Space Management to create a cost effective youth centre in Mile End Park, East London. Set within a park, 7 containers were used over a single storey to create an interesting and inviting space that blended in with the surrounding area. BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS: ?Installation time: 1 day, Architect / Developers: […]
Commissioned by the Corporation of London, Mansell Street Community Centre occupies a narrow irregular site in a dense area of the City. Craned in in only one day, the two self contained units make the building totally demountable so that should the need come to move it, the process will be very simple. For the […]
Commissioned by Chelsea Space Management, the three new shop units were craned into the busy Farmers Market in only 1 day. Clad in timber with pitched roofs, the new retail space fits seamlessly into? the surroundings of chalet style shops and restaurant. BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS: Completion date: August 2006, Estimated Installation time: 1 day, Developer: Urban […]
Situated on former wasteland, the new marketing suite was designed to fit within a larger community that is being developed along the Thames waterfront in Barking and Dagenham. Commissioned by Barking Riverside, the project has been designed within the environment in mind. Wind turbines, solar panels, biomass heater and re used structure ensures the projects […]
In the late 2007 Solar Decathlon, students from the University of Colorado had a beautiful entry to show off: this beautiful energy-efficient home built around existing shipping containers. The group?s goal was to shift conventional thinking about both construction and energy consumption. By making the home more efficient, they eliminated the need to heat and […]
New ones and single trip containers for re-sale and storage were few and far between but that changed a few years back and re-sale of new containers became mainstream. The recession has made everyone resourceful and we are finding new opportunities.? Suddenly we are finding many more containers available on sites like e-bay as people […]
In the next couple of years, the British forces have $4 Billiion of equipment deployed and – as you can imagine – managing the repatriation of that equipment will be a very significant logistical challenge.? In all military withdrawals a lot of equipment is left behind but the challenge is to minimize this.? In modern […]
Time was that trading in storage containers was straight forward.? Like many, we came into the business from the freight industry, knowing our way around containers and where we could buy the from when the shipping lines were finished with them.? It was all nice and straight forward.? Shipping lines bought lots of containers every […]