Shipping Container Housing Proving to be a Flourishing Industry

With the world economies in a downturn, it is refreshing to see one industry flourishing--"shipping container housing".

With more and more people looking for cheaper housing alternatives, shipping container homes have been the answer they've been looking for. Not only can containers be constructed cheaper than standard housing, they can also be constructed faster than modular housing. SnapSpace opened their shop doors early February and just after a couple months of forming partnerships and perfecting schematic details, they began turning shipping containers into beautiful houses.

Shipping containers are perfect for any construction project, and with minimal effort they can be used to create something as simple as a single bedroom, or can be stacked on top of each other to create office buildings, schools, or even military training facilities.

SnapSpace recently constructed a bunk house for Northwood Management. The interior was insulated with foam, and the exterior covered with Vinyl siding. Bangor resident Chad Walton, president and CEO of SnapSpace Solutions Inc. says, "It doesn’t look like a shipping container, does it?.. It looks like a ranch-style house..."

Companies such as SnapSpace are helping pull America’s economy out of the stagnant state it is currently in. For instance, this recent bunk house project added 23 jobs to the economy. In addition to the 23 jobs from transforming the shipping containers into housing, 5 construction jobs were added during installation of the bunk house.

As more Americans lose their jobs, more people are realizing stable careers at corporations are a thing of the past. More Americans are creating their own jobs, by starting companies around the skills they have acquired. Rather than purchase a foreclosed building from the banks that caused this mess, if more Americans chose to utilize shipping containers for their construction needs, they would help restore jobs to this great nation, while they forego on restoration costs for renovating dilapidated foreclosed buildings.

Source: Bangor Daily News