A house without a garage leaves the American Dream incomplete. But for most current homeowners adding on a garage has become financially and logistically difficult. The Associated General Contractors of America attributes that to soaring materials costs, supply chain systems in gridlock, and project delays as the new normal....
“What are these shipping containers made of?” That is the question we at SteelSTORED are being asked frequently. That is because more and more businesses and individuals are exploring repurposing shipping containers into houses, garages, aboveground swimming pools, pop-up stores, corporate headquarters, art studios, and storage facilities. Specifically they...
When Malcom McLean invented the shipping container in 1956, the concept made so much obvious sense that it was adopted rather quickly. Today, according to the International Maritime Organization (ISO), there are 34,000,000 of the containers around the world. Statista documents that about $14 billion of the global economy’s...
Innovation in retail has become in the box – that is, in the shipping container. What has been happening is this: Together the shipping-container industry and retailers have reimagined the standard pop-up store. They have expanded that concept from the usual short-term selling space, anchored in a shopping center,...
Shipping containers used for low-cost housing has been a popular story in the media. The budget-conscious usually start out with purchasing a used container, ranging from $4,500 to $6,500. Then they gladly do the necessary spending for the plumbing ($7,000 average cost), windows ($4000 average), and more. The glee...
Climate change, shippers’ demand for lower costs, repurposing, and developments in technology – those are driving innovation in shipping containers. Our industry is circling back to the inventive spirit of Malcolm McLean. Back in the 1950s, he revolutionized the transportation of goods. That was first by creating the shipping...