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Plumbing in Shipping Containers
In this video, I go over the issues with putting plumbing systems in a shipping container building.
Read MoreShipping Container Homes – The Pain and How It’s Done
This morning a good question came in to me by e-mail. It was: Can you give me the ins and outs of purchasing a container home and having it built and buying land? Can you give me the ins and outs of purchasing a container home and having it built and buying land? How long is the…
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 MoreHow We Design Buildings from Repurposed Shipping Containers
In this video I cover the procedure we use to design shipping container buildings. It really doesn’t matter how big or small the building is, the way it’s designed is still the same.
Read MoreHow US Building Codes Work
In college professors never explained how building codes work. Supervisors never explained Codes to me anyplace I worked. I’m going to save you trouble and layout how Building Codes work here in the US. This is of crucial importance to us as designers. This should help if you are working from another country, or just…
Read MoreBetter Travel for the Road Warrior – Easing the Agony
In the past year, many of us have had to restrict our travel, but it still is a fact of life for many of us. It’s hard to accomplish everything over Zoom, so I found business travel to be a necessity. Even in the worst of the epidemic, I did have to make one trip…
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…
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