Projects
Shipping Container Apartments – New Haven, CT
This shipping container apartment complex was challenging because it was located in a coastal flood zone and a high wind area in New Haven, CT. It sets up above the ground about 10 feet. This added a bit of complexity for stability of the foundations and the walls supporting the building. The developer of this…
Read MoreLeveling Up and Stiffening a Sagging Floor
In this video, we are leveling up and stiffening a sagging floor. The floor sagged over time because the builder didn’t provide properly designed trusses. We stiffened the trusses and jacked up the floor to fix the problem, and this is how we did it. The contractor is David Moore with Structures, Inc. I found…
Read MorePressurized Waste Plumbing In A Container Building
Most of the time the waste lines in a container building work by gravity. Basically on the principle that water and…well other stuff go downhill. It presents a lot of challenges in shipping containers to keep all the waste pipes at a decent slope. In this earlier video I talk about the challenges. On this…
Read MoreI Really Hate Designing Plumbing in Container Buildings
In this video, I go over the issues with putting plumbing systems in a shipping container building. Of all the things I do in design, this is a task I absolutely hate. Doing a gravity sewage system can be especially tough becasue it’s difficut to route the pipe in a way that makes sense and…
Read MoreVacation Home in West Virginia Made From Repurposed Intermodal Containers
This is one of our latest designs. It’s an existing cabin that the owner is putting an addtion around it made from shipping containers. In this design, I’m not touching the existing structure for the most part. The only modification I am doing to the existing structure is adding a beam in the basement. The…
Read MoreArt2Park Intermodal Container and Steel Structure in Orlando, Florida
Introducing Art2Park: Transforming Orlando’s Parking Spaces with Art People know Orlando, FL, for its vibrant culture, iconic theme parks, and bustling urban life. But now, the city is about to get a creative makeover with Art2Park, an innovative project that transforms ordinary parking spaces into extraordinary works of art. Project Overview Art2Park is a community-driven…
Read MoreAluminum Exterior Cladding, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Our client, Seco Architectural Systems, Inc, was to provide aluminum screens for the parking garage exterior. Here is a typical elevation view of the panels: To develop this, we designed a system of aluminum sheets supported on aluminum tubes. Then, in the design process, we developed the wind and dead loads. Using those loads, we…
Read MoreUnderground Detention – The Best and Practical Way to Design
The Project: This project was an underground detention pond that we designed with reinforced concrete. I have seen large underground detention ponds, but never one this large made from concrete. With this one, the desire by the developer was burying the basin, with soil cover and planting. The Challenges of an Underground Detention Pond: Loading:…
Read MoreWhen You Don’t Want To Do That Foundation Repair
Surprisingly, it’s not necessary or advisable to repair every defect in a house. Normally what we will do in that case is give a number of alternatives in our report. We then layout the pluses and minuses of each alternative. Many times it our foundation repair engineering indicates it’s flamingly obvious that repairing the house…
Read MoreShipping Container House Construction In Atlanta
This video of shipping container house construction in Atlanta. It was the second one we designed in the City. It’s located in Old Fourth Ward, and is a very simple house, but it looks good. It was built in 2008. These videos show its construction when it was fairly close to completion. This is a…
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