The manoeuvre was repeated as two more trucks brought shipping containers that were then stacked like oversized Lego blocks. Donaldson has built two side-by-side shipping container homes in Atlanta, where he lives in one and leases the other. In 2016, the company fabricated shipping containers for an upper addition to the Harlem Underground restaurant, on Queen St. W. They serve as living quarters for restaurant owner Carl Cassell and his family, and were the city’s first use of shipping containers as a residence. Usually 20- and 40-foot shipping containers are used for Storstac projects, says Ruggiero. ( Storstac )Many people tend to think that shipping container building is less expensive than conventional building, but that’s not the case.

Source: thestar April 21, 2018 16:07 UTC