A shipping container garage can be quick to set up, relatively affordable, and seriously tough. At its simplest, it's a steel box that gives you a dry, lockable place to park a vehicle or tackle ...

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A Manchester business that converts shipping containers into mobile offices and bars — and, occasionally, secret bunkers — is quadrupling the size of its production facility as part of a $5.9 million ...

Aparna Zalani is an award-winning CBS News journalist with over 25 years in journalism. She has reported on major stories at MSNBC and CBS Texas. She began her career in India and now lives near ...

What happens to shipping containers when they return to land after a trip across the ocean? Increasingly, they have become a place to live on both a short- and long-term basis. Eko Solutions offers ...

The Austin yard of Bob's Containers echoes with the typical sounds of home construction: drilling, hammering, sawing and more. "Except our medium is a metal box," says co-owner Robert Balderas.

After one of my most recent Alibaba import adventures, I was left with a shipping container in my yard. These engineering wonders are great for many uses outside of merely transferring goods around ...

An affordable housing project under construction in San Diego’s El Cerrito neighborhood is getting ready to become homes for people who are currently homeless. With the number of unsheltered residents ...