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Converting Steel Shipping Containers to Housing

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Bob talks about the vast number of steel shipping containers abandoned in America’s ports. Because America is no longer an exporting nation, only an importing nation, it is too expensive to return the 700,000 containers clogging American ports. Tampa Armature Works (TAW) converts these containers to intermodal steel building units (ISBUs). David Cross of TAW explains how, from the basic structure of the container, almost anything can be built.

 
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