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Builder | Blocks Container Structures |
Containers | Six 40 ft |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Year | 2018 |
A first for Bow Valley housing is being regarded as an affordable option within pricey mountain communities.
As six sea can containers were lowered onto screw piles and locked into place this past February on a lot in Exshaw, there was curiosity as to what was springing up in the Municipal District of Bighorn hamlet
The modular home, after all, is the first of its kind in the Bow Valley.
A single sea can, or shipping container, is a closed cell, high cube, steel structure of eight by 40 feet (320 square feet) that can carry up to 47,000 pounds.
Sea cans are one of the pieces in a building phase that could potentially lead to providing an affordable housing option in the Bow Valley, said Chuck Lemieux, owner and president of Blocks Container Structures, which put the modular house together.