Quick answer: Shipping containers come in four standard lengths: 10 feet, 20 feet, 40 feet, and 45 feet. Almost every standard shipping container size is 8 feet wide and either 8’6″ tall (standard height) or 9’6″ tall (high cube). The 20-foot and 40-foot containers are by far the most common. If a standard length doesn’t…
Shipping container offices have shaken off their utilitarian reputation. What used to be a bare steel box with a desk crammed inside has turned into a genuine design category — clean lines, big windows, warm interior finishes, and layouts that feel more like a boutique studio than a jobsite trailer. If you’re picturing a cold…
If you own remote or rural land, off-grid acreage in Nevada, a back parcel in the Sierra foothills, high desert in Arizona, you’ve probably weighed the two fastest ways to get a livable structure on it: a mobile home or an off-grid shipping container home. Both get you living space without a full custom-build timeline….
A backyard shed sounds simple until you’re the one dealing with a leaky roof, a door that won’t latch right, or wood siding that’s already showing rot three years in. A shipping container shed skips all of that. Instead of spending weekends framing, siding, and shingling, you get a weather-tight steel structure designed for ocean…
If you own rural acreage in California, you already know the trade-off that comes with the view: the further you get from town, the further you get from utility hookups, paved roads, and contractors willing to drive out to build something. For a lot of landowners, that’s exactly why a traditional cabin never gets built….
Office space is one of the biggest fixed costs a growing business carries… and one of the slowest to set up. Leasing ties you down. Building from scratch takes months and a permitting marathon. Somewhere in between sits an option a lot of companies overlook: the shipping container office. If you haven’t worked with one…
Public agencies don’t work the way private businesses do. Budgets are scrutinized, timelines are public record, and every procurement decision has to hold up to a higher standard of accountability. At the same time, city departments, county agencies, utility districts, and public works operations face the same logistical challenges as any large organization: they need…
Nevada is one of the most sparsely populated states in the country, and that’s not a bug for a lot of people — it’s the whole point. Rural Nevada offers land that’s genuinely affordable, wide-open space, and a level of independence from neighbors, HOAs, and municipal codes that’s increasingly hard to find anywhere else. What…
Traditional tack rooms are expensive, time-consuming to build, and vulnerable to theft, weather damage, and pests. That’s why horse owners across California, Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona are making the switch to shipping container tack rooms—secure, customizable spaces that protect valuable tack and equipment at a fraction of the cost of conventional construction. Whether you’re managing…
If you own horses, you already know that a well-organized tack room is the backbone of a smooth-running property. Your saddles, bridles, blankets, feed supplements, and grooming supplies all need a dedicated, secure, weather-resistant home — and for a growing number of horse owners across the West, a shipping container tack room is the answer….
We’ve built cabins, garden sheds, and tack rooms with our containers. Have an idea for your shipping container? Let us know!
