New 14x34 foot veterans center office. Now 36 foot

[steve ramsey]

I'm sure you've thought of this, make sure the covered walkway isn't attached to the buildings so it can not be considered 1 structure.

 

[John Bartley]

I know this topic is a bit stale, but ..... I'm doing some renovating of my own up here and one of the "options" I have for creating space is a couple of twenty foot long cargo containers (aka: sea cans). These, if able to be moved are classified as "temporary" in every sense of the word, are lockable, weather tight and transportable on your average tilt-n-load. A twenty footer is 160 sqft. (20x8 foot print)

Any reason why you couldn't put in a pair of these ..... say about 10-15 feet apart, build a shallow pitched truss, tin-clad roof to cover both containers and the space, but make the roof in say ... four parts so that an average excavator could lift it off in sections if necessary, and then put a deck under the open air covering?
Build your offices inside, with quick-disconnect power cabling and put a front door just inside each container door so that at night you swing the container doors closed and drop in a padlock.

Anyway ... I was just daydreaming about this recently so I thought I'd share my idea for "temporary" under 200 sqft per unit.

cheers

 

[Don Baer]

Any reason why you couldn't put in a pair of these ..... say about 10-15 feet apart

John we looked at that but from a cost stand point there is no advantage and from an aesthetics stand point they lack a lot. The concept we came up with allows us to have the ability to move them at a late date just like the container but they will look like they were built as offices not cargo containers. and 8 foot container makes a very narrow office.

BTW this is not a stale thread just been on hold. The people who gave us the grant (the Ak-Chin Indians) have to approve the new design and like some are fond of saying "tonight's the Night" the tribal council meets tonight to approve the changes. So hopefully this is the last hurdle on getting this project started. I am hoping to place the order for the structures next week.

 

[Ryan Mooney]

one of the "options" I have for creating space is a couple of twenty foot long cargo containers (aka: sea cans).

Be aware that a lot of these have floor treatment using, interior treatment/paint made from, or carried chemicals that are very much in Not Good catagory (there are reasonable reasons for this considering their use case and travel conditions.. it's just not something you'd want to.. live in..). They're super useful for storage or other uninhabited spaces but after reading some more about them I'd be real cautious about using one as an office space or a workshop area. Some folks have addressed this fairly successfully with encapsulation (basically use Really Good Paint to lock in the icky stuff).

The "portable office" type setups Don's looking at are generally more habitable out of the box so to speak... If you're in a fire zone do pay a bit of attention to sealing/skirting the underside as I know people who've lost them to a stray ember...

 

[John Bartley]

John we looked at that but from a cost stand point there is no advantage and from an aesthetics stand point they lack a lot. The concept we came up with allows us to have the ability to move them at a late date just like the container but they will look like they were built as offices not cargo containers. and 8 foot container makes a very narrow office.

Don,
Thank you for the reply. I'm glad you found a good solution. I've owned several containers and found that while they are lacking in some things, they do a wonderful job of meeting the "temporary" requirement for building permits.
cheers, I hope your project gets the go-ahead you need.

 

[Don Baer]

FINALLY we placed to orders for the three structure. The two side building are 14x12 with a center deck between them that will be 10x12 so the overall foot print is 38x12. Delivery is expected in 4-6 weeks so the build out will start mid June...lo right @ the middle of our summer....

 

[Don Baer]

Got off the Phone with the guy who is delivering the Buildings and he will be on site @ 0800 tomorrow, Pictures to follow.

 

[David Johnson]

And it's off and running fora great benefit. Best of everything.
David

 

[Don Baer]

Here are few still I shot from the ground, I still need to upload the drone shots. Both offices are mirror images of each other

 

[Darren Wright]

That's a good looking building.

 

[Jim DeLaney]

You gonna spray foam it, or just use batts? Drywall or paneling?
It'll be really nice office space(s).

 

[Don Baer]

You gonna spray foam it, or just use batts?

right now I am planning on R15 Batts for the walls and R 30 for the attic.
The wall are gonna be paneling, prefinished so we don't have to mess with taping, mudding sanding, primering and Painting.
The floor will be Laminate. Ceiling will be a drop ceiling. Ceiling max makes a really neat drop ceiling grid system the eliminate the need to mess with all the wires and such

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[Ryan Mooney]

The wall are gonna be paneling, prefinished

I'm curious what products you've looked at for that part.

It's kind of relevant for a couple of "shop" (and adjacent space.. more adjacent space) walls I've been eyeballing solutions for but haven't made any real decision points on.

 

[Don Baer]

Here's some more pictures of how it arrived on site. One man one truck he set up the whole building in less than 1 hour. I tried to video the whole procedure but forgot to turn on the camera on the drone until the last building was being unloaded. I publish the video when I get it up on You tube.

 

[Don Baer]

I'm curious what products you've looked at for that part.

Right now I am looking at this from Home Depot. The store near us is working with us on some deep discounts because it's for the Veterans Center. I am going to orient it with the long side vertically to make hiding the seams since the wall are all 8 ft.

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[Don Baer]

So as I mentioned I intended to film the entire setting up of the building from the drone so I sent the drone up and parked it in a spot where I thought it could film the operation. I go busy watching the guy do his thing then I went and checked on the drone and noticed that I had forgotten to hit "record". My bad. So here is what I got after I made the discovery. Notice the trailer the guy used to make the deliveries and you can tell this guy know exactly what and how to "get er done."

 

[Brent Dowell]

are there wheels under the building hes moving?

Thats interesting how the trailer self lowered after he pulled it off.

 

[Don Baer]

are there wheels under the building hes moving?

No just skids

Thats interesting how the trailer self lowered after he pulled it off.

Actually if you watch him close he has a small remote which he uses to control the trailer from afar.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

You can tell this isn't that guy's first rodeo. Nicely done.

 

[David Johnson]

I watch Josh and Sarah on youtube who repo those sheds in Ohio. The trailers they use are amazing. Up, down, sideways. They have wheels which will move the whole trailer laterally. Plus the remote control for the mule. Looks like you are going to have a neat office "complex"
David