Brooklyn Heights firm gives old shipping containers a new life
About 20 million steel containers are used to transport cargo around the world, but what happens to old freight containers when they’re no longer needed? Well, a company in Brooklyn Heights known as SG Blocks now transforms them into homes and businesses.
The company has completed projects in all 50 states, including a Starbucks in Salt Lake City and a Bareburger on Long Island, according to CBS New York. The containers are 8 feet wide by either 20 or 40 feet long, and up to nine of them can be stacked on top of each other.
Paul Galvin, the founder of SG Blocks, pointed out that using the structures costs substantially less than traditional buildings: “Anyone involved in construction, either personally or professionally, knows the outrageous prices being charged by general contractors,” he said.
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