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  • 20
    Nov

    “Hermit Consumers” – Affordable Luxury with Repurposed Shipping Containers

    You are no-nonsense individualists valuing self-sufficiency, lots of space, frugality and privacy. Those who love to apply labels, such as The Economist and LinkedIn, call you “Hermit Consumers.” But we at SteelSTORED celebrate you as Innovators. You have learned how to live by your wits, on your own terms...

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  • 19
    Sep

    Refrigerated Shipping Containers – Energy-efficient, Flexible, Low-Cost, Resaleable and More

    This has been a disruptive era of extreme weather, inflation, increased regulatory scrutiny and non-stop shifts in the market. If your business or nonprofit demands temperature-controls that means you also are being hit with critical energy issues, everything from reliability to cost. More products are temperature-sensitive.  There is good...

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  • 28
    Jun

    Shipping Containers – The Wow Factor

    SteelSTORED was recently featured in the June 2023 issue of ST Magazine. Retail has been continually changing, among the shifts has been adopting shipping containers for both standard functions such as inventory management and new uses like downsizing the real estate footprint. The Shipping-container is right up there with...

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  • 30
    May

    Cost-Efficient Facility Managers Are Using Shipping Containers for Temporary Storage – 8 Reasons Why

    Generative AI, it is predicted, will soon exceed human intelligence. But already it is plenty smart. We at SteelSTORED prompted ChatGPT4, one of the generative AI platforms, with this question: Why are construction companies, government agencies, schools, hospitals and other organizations using mobile shipping containers for temporary storage? After...

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  • 30
    Jan

    Construction Sites: Boosting Profit Margins with Shipping Container

    For 2023, the construction industry is a tale of two demand patterns. One is about decline, the other about explosive growth. But in both, the objective, of course, is to maximize profit. That is not easy: The construction industry is a tough business, with many factors which cannot be...

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  • 08
    Sep

    Converting Shipping Containers into a Tiny House

    The Tiny House makes the American Dream of home ownership still possible. According to the National Association of Realtors, the median price for a single-family home is $403,800. Meanwhile, Property Management documents that the Tiny House costs less than one-fifth of traditional housing. In addition, utilities are more affordable – and consumption is...

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  • 08
    Aug

    Airbnb for Retail: “Housing” for Inventory in Shipping Containers

    Airbnb – which facilitates hoteling in homes – revolutionized the lodging industry. Costs immediately came down. A version of that could reset how retailers do business. That is taking the form of “housing” excess merchandise inventory in low-cost shipping containers. Then when a decision is made about the merchandise...

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  • 01
    Jul

    THE RESTROOM: Business Had To Think Differently

    What was once simply thought of as the “restroom” has evolved into a facility business has to strategically plan, design, maintain, and upgrade. Research by Bobrick found that the majority of facility professionals currently designate restrooms as their second biggest priority and that they are “extremely important” to clients...

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  • 21
    Jun

    Warehouses Go Mobile With Shipping Containers

    The warehouse had once been a lowly stand-alone stationary storage facility. It got no respect. That was in the days before “normal” ended in business. And no one expects “normal” to return again, at least not to business. The Warehouse Has Become Central Hub of Business Now business recognizes...

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  • 01
    May

    Construction Industry’s Love Affair with Shipping Containers: And The Romance Spread …

    In the 1980s, the US construction industry made a remarkable discovery. That helped it to grow to where it is today. According to the Construction Association, currently it employs 7.6 million and annually creates structures valued at $1. 7 trillion. Shipping Container as Swiss Knife So what was that...

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