Posts Tagged ‘intermodal shipping container buildings’
Discover The Ulmus Apartments: A Unique Courtyard of Container Dwellings
The Ulmus is a multi-family project made of shipping containers in Tempe, AZ. It is a courtyard of containers that provides for 11 dwelling units and a workout/community room. It is located in Tempe, Arizona. The Architect was Local Studio, Runkle Consulting, Inc did the structural design. The Layout The Architect laid this out in…
Read MoreSimulated Hotel For Urban Warfare in a Dystopian Future
This project was a designed as a simulated hotel for urban warfare at Muscatatuck Training Center. It’s basically it is a building for training for an event no one wants to see – ever. To quote the website for MuTC: “Muscatatuck Training Center (MuTC) offers users a globally unique, urban and rural, multi-domain operating environment…
Read MoreArt2 Park Project Orlando, Florida – One Of The Toughest Projects
This project is an outdoor events space driven by technology to showcase Orlando’s best artists and performers. The project mixes conventional construction with shipping containers. The result is a unique structure that will provide an art museum, concessions, a movie screen, and performance space. Structurally, we used the shipping containers to provide the wind load…
Read MoreA List of Our Shipping Container Projects
We often get asked how many shipping container building projects have we designed. We finally pulled together a list that may miss a couple of projects, but is pretty much all inclusive. They are listed by date, project name, and city. We’ve put links to projects that we have web posts for, we’ll be adding…
Read MoreContainer Buildings Not Made in USA? Go or No Go?
Periodically I get e-mails from companies in China about container structures fabricated offshore. I also get calls from people that want to fabricate in an offshore location for the US. I have also talked to people in other countries that successfully built container structures that were fabricated in China, so it’s not impossible. SeaCon –…
Read MoreThe Tallest Container Building in North America
Ida on McKinley is a multi-use development made from shipping containers on 3rd Street and McKinley Street in Phoenix, AZ. The architect is Local Studio, the structural engineer of record is Schneider Structural Engineers. Runkle Consulting, Inc worked under Schneider to design the shipping container part of the structure. The building is 7 stories high,…
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 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 MoreSeaCon – Washington DC
The Architect on this project was Travis Price Architects, and we (Runkle Consulting, Inc) were the Structural Engineers. The project is a three story apartment building built for student housing near Catholic University. It was challenging for us because it was such a short time frame. We started design in March, and the project was…
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