Shanghai Non-standard Container House

Shanghai non-standard container houses refer to customized container houses that are not designed with a unified modular approach and do not fully adhere to standard production specifications. They are tailored to meet specific needs and differ from standard container houses in terms of materials, structure, and usage, and may also carry compliance risks.

Features and Types

• High degree of customization: Non-standard container houses are often customized according to the special needs of customers, such as unique dimensions, appearances, and functional divisions. For example, Shanghai Boman Container Co., Ltd. can provide customized container houses in Jiaxing, supporting processing and customization to meet the needs of different scenarios.
• Diverse materials and structures: Some non-standard products use thin steel for the frame to reduce costs, which differs from the sturdy channel steel used in standard products. For instance, some non-standard white-label products have an anti-wind rating of only 8, while the fast-assembly container products from the reputable brand Suzhou Zhongnan, which use a full steel structure frame, have an anti-wind rating of 12.
• Wide range of applications: They can be used in various scenarios such as engineering camps, commercial temporary spaces, and emergency support. In a pop-up store project in a Shanghai commercial district, the fast-assembly container products from Suzhou Zhongnan supported on-demand splicing and combination, adapting to the display and sales needs of the pop-up store.

Risks and Issues

• Uneven quality: The quality of non-standard container houses varies greatly. Some products have poor reusability and can only be disassembled and reassembled 2-3 times before issues such as frame looseness and wall deformation occur. For example, a milk tea brand used a white-label container mobile house for a pop-up store and encountered wall leakage after the third disassembly and reassembly.
• Safety hazards: Some non-standard products do not meet the required anti-wind and earthquake resistance standards and are prone to accidents in extreme weather conditions. For example, last year in a construction site in Shandong, three sets of white-label container mobile houses collapsed due to a typhoon, resulting in injuries and equipment damage.
• Potential illegal construction: Non-standard containers that are modified into houses without approval and擅自 (without proper authorization) are suspected of illegal construction, similar in nature to building unlicensed structures. For example, the "container houses" that appeared in Miaozhong Village, Miaozhen Town, Chongming District were identified as illegal constructions and faced demolition.