Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Container Dome Shelters Offer Effective Protection against the Heat


Australia is famous for its warm climate, which can sometimes be excruciating, especially during the summer. Apart from causing temporary inconvenience, the scorching heat can also cause significant damage to your property, be it your vehicles, equipment, or livestock. You don’t have to worry about it though, because there is an effective shield against the sun’s destructive radiation that you can use: container dome shelter.

Prefabricated container dome structures are a popular storage option, and for good reasons. Not only are they economical to build, but they are also customisable, durable, easy to install, and easy to maintain. It’s true that sometimes a container dome shelter may not be as comfortable to occupy as you may expect, but there are ways to make it cosy. Here are some considerations you should keep in mind if you want to maximise your storage space’s ability of to protect you and your property from the heat. Read more from this article: http://bit.ly/2BczkUz

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

The History and Evolution of Container Shelters and Domes


From being simple freight holders and preservers, cargo containers have been found to have other valuable purposes. They can be modified to form temporary shelters and domes for industrial and mining sites. They are commonly used as storage rooms, laboratories and lodging areas for workers. Companies prefer them to concrete structures due to their compact design and high mobility.

Backtrack to the Origin

The shipping container, built to last and conceived merely for no-fuss, heavy-duty, utility transportation, has been around for a long time. As early as 1830, “simple, rectangular wooden boxes”, very similar to the containers that we know today, were used for carrying coal along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The pure practicality of transferring just one (albeit large) item from one means of transportation to another (in this case from train to horse-drawn carts), rather than unloading and reloading, has streamlined shipping practices ever since. Read more from this article: http://bit.ly/2jeWl0L