Why Shipping Containers
Why Use Shipping Containers To Build Self Storage?
It's Less Expensive Faster
Shipping containers are fabricated in a controlled environment where tight tolerances and quality control are top priorities. The containers provide the structure, floors, walls, ceilings and halls of the facility.
Shipping containers are manufactured to carry about 29 tons of cargo on ships in which they are stacked up to 8 high. When used in construction, the loads required by building code are much less than the 200+ lbs. per square foot that container floors are built to support. Plus, the thickness of the containers’ steel walls are 3 times that of conventional facilities.
They are made to withstand 20+ years of marine weather (salt water and salt spray environment on the seas). When repurposed in a temperature and humidity-controlled environment, they will last as long as the structural supports used in typical construction.
Shipping containers can be modified off-site so that once stacked, the building is ready for roof installation, exterior cladding and interior finishes. There is no need for workers to be on-site erecting studs or structural supports, floor by floor. Once containers are in place, the building is structurally complete.
Shipping containers are affordable and provide 320 square feet of floor space each.
Using shipping containers to construct self-storage facilities greatly reduces the amount of concrete needed to build a multi-story facility. Plus upcycling the containers into a new, long-term use means there is no need to re-smelt them into other steel products. This results in reductions to electricity power consumption and CO2 emissions. In fact, on GreenSpace's first facility, electricity savings was enough to power about 600 homes for a year. And CO2 emissions were reduced by more than 600 tons.
Shipping containers are manufactured to carry about 29 tons of cargo on ships in which they are stacked up to 8 high. When used in construction, the loads required by building code are much less than the 200+ lbs. per square foot that container floors are built to support. Plus, the thickness of the containers’ steel walls are 3 times that of conventional facilities.
They are made to withstand 20+ years of marine weather (salt water and salt spray environment on the seas). When repurposed in a temperature and humidity-controlled environment, they will last as long as the structural supports used in typical construction.
Shipping containers can be modified off-site so that once stacked, the building is ready for roof installation, exterior cladding and interior finishes. There is no need for workers to be on-site erecting studs or structural supports, floor by floor. Once containers are in place, the building is structurally complete.
Shipping containers are affordable and provide 320 square feet of floor space each.
Using shipping containers to construct self-storage facilities greatly reduces the amount of concrete needed to build a multi-story facility. Plus upcycling the containers into a new, long-term use means there is no need to re-smelt them into other steel products. This results in reductions to electricity power consumption and CO2 emissions. In fact, on GreenSpace's first facility, electricity savings was enough to power about 600 homes for a year. And CO2 emissions were reduced by more than 600 tons.
