Container Houses in Heishui County

Container houses in Heishui County have a variety of application scenarios, including rural tourism homestays, emergency shelters, hazardous waste storage rooms, and temporary construction site buildings.

In the context of rural tourism homestays, villagers in Tibetan villages in Heishui County have transformed containers into homestays by joining two containers to form a small house. These houses are equipped with underfloor heating, independent bathrooms, and other facilities, while retaining traditional Tibetan wooden beams and stone wall decorations. This approach meets modern living needs while preserving traditional architectural styles. The cost of such homestays is only 30,000 yuan, and they can be flexibly relocated, providing a low-cost and highly flexible accommodation solution for rural tourism development.

In the field of emergency shelters, container houses (expandable containers) serve as "emergency pioneers" and play a crucial role in earthquake relief efforts. They can be used to establish temporary shelters within three days, equipped with beds, tables and chairs, simple kitchens, and other facilities to meet the basic living needs of disaster victims. For example, after heavy rain in a county in Ganzi Prefecture, more than 100 disaster victims were accommodated in expandable container shelters on the same day. In the post-disaster reconstruction project in Muli County, Liangshan Prefecture, more than 200 sets of expandable container houses passed earthquake resistance tests, with costs only one-third of those of traditional houses. Villagers could move in as quickly as three days, significantly improving the efficiency of post-disaster reconstruction.

For hazardous waste storage, Heishui County uses container-type hazardous waste rooms to store hazardous chemicals and waste. These rooms must be equipped with safety equipment such as fire prevention, explosion prevention, leakage emergency response, ventilation, and monitoring systems. They also strictly adhere to management standards such as classified storage, clear labeling, and record-keeping to ensure the safe storage of hazardous waste and prevent environmental pollution.

Additionally, container houses are also used for temporary construction site buildings. For example, Sichuan Aishangguizu Container Co., Ltd. constructed a container complex building in Heishui County in September 2019, providing container houses for temporary office and accommodation facilities at the construction site, meeting the living needs of personnel during the construction period, with a construction period of 30 days.