Qidong Small Container House

Qidong small container houses are built primarily using cargo containers as structural materials, featuring low cost, fast construction, and environmental friendliness, and can be applied in various scenarios.

Construction Materials and Features

Qidong small container houses mainly use cargo containers as the primary building materials for their structure. This construction method is not new and has become relatively widespread in Europe and the United States. It offers numerous advantages:

• Low Cost: Building houses with cargo containers is significantly cheaper than using traditional materials, effectively reducing construction costs.
• Fast Construction: Most modifications required to convert shipping containers into houses are relatively simple, resulting in short construction periods. For example, a three-story multi-purpose office building in the Nantong COSCO Shipping Shipyard area was precisely assembled from 96 specially made housing containers, with container manufacturing taking 6 days and on-site assembly taking 5 days, completing the building structure in just 11 days.
• Environmental Friendliness: Container houses align with the concept of green, environmentally friendly, and energy-efficient construction, reducing the use of traditional building materials and minimizing environmental impact.
• Mobility: Container houses are mobile, making it easy to relocate and rearrange them according to needs.

Application Scenarios

• Residential Use: Residential container houses can be built to provide living spaces for people. For instance, there are luxurious two-story container houses for residential use in Qidong city.
• Commercial Use: They can be used to construct offices, pop-up shops, restaurants, café streets, and other commercial venues.
• Public Facilities: Mobile public restrooms, exhibition halls, galleries, campsites, and other public facilities can be erected.
• Emergency Relief: In disaster areas, container houses can be quickly erected to provide temporary shelters for affected people. For example, after the earthquake in Dingri County, Tibet, Tibet Qi'an Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. swiftly erected container houses to help affected people withstand the cold winter.

Construction Enterprises

Several enterprises in Qidong are engaged in the construction and related businesses of container houses, such as Nantong Anjia Container Co., Ltd. and Nantong Zhongxiang Integrated Housing Co., Ltd. These companies have professional workers, production lines, and machinery, capable of providing customized container building and housing services, offering one-stop solutions from design, production, transportation, installation, to after-sales service.