Container Conversions
Container Conversions to Site Offices, Secure Stores, Sound Proof Generator Containers, Fire Proof Cabins, Plant Housing, Enclosures, Etc...
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ISO shipping containers are such a good basic design they are perfect for converting to an almost infinite number of alternative uses, principally for extra security, mobility, housing and enclosing equipment and processes, and as a secure work environment.
We add value to the basic design through:
- Product knowledge of containers and ancillary equipment,
- Design experience with structural assessment and CAD,
- Thorough project investigation to ensure suitable specifications,
- High quality workmanship and customer service.
We can also design and manufacture non ISO containers to form enclosures and frame structures of any size and dimension to contain and house your equipment.
You receive the benefit of our 35 year knowledge of containers when planning a business solution using our container conversions.
We have supplied a considerable number of container conversions to a lot of people for a lot of different uses, many of which are exported to all parts of the world. - there isn't much we haven't seen, so Speak to Us for honest and thorough service and advice!
- Integral strength ready tested for lifting up to 25 tonnes of internal weight
- Weather tight
- Strong and robust
- Tidy and professional appearance
- "Anonymous" appearance
- Designed/ tested/ certified for intermodal transport
- Easily relocated, people "understand" what a container is
- Site accommodation, offices, canteens, gate houses, laboratories
- Blast proof accommodation for oil refineries
- Sound attenuated cabins for: generators, compressors, vacuum pumps, high pressure gas processes
- Fire suppression for fuel processing units
- Fire proof cabins
- Single skin tanks
- House and home shipping containers
- Site office containers
- Secure stores
- Sound proof generator containers
- Refrigerated containers
- Insulated containers
- Plant housing
- Enclosures
- Accommodation lining/ insulation
- Electric wiring, lighting, heating, air conditioning/ HVAC units
- Sound attenuation and ventilation
- Ventilation, louvers, fans, ducts, rated air change rates
- Gland plates, fixed, bolt-on, laser cut flange plates, spot faced, open apertures
- Blast proofing
- Doors, highly secure windows, shutters, grills
- Linings, plywood, aluminium sheet, galvanised sheet, plaster board, sound attenuated panels
- Internal lifting beams and lifting gear
- Racking, bunding
- Local Government
- Education
- Power Generation
- Air/ gas generation/ handling
- Boilers
- Compressors
- Vacuum pumps/ water treatment
- Petrochemical
- Waste management/ processing
- Construction
- Nuclear
- Process control
- Timber treatment
- Self storage
- Ship building/ refurbishment
- Exhibition
- Security
Our role in your project - what do we offer?
Whether you require a basic sports club changing room, tropicalised living accommodation or a highly modified, attenuated, thermally lined, temperature controlled unit with apertures and gland plates galore, we see our role as the provider of a finished product ready to use or receive your equipment/ process/ control panels without further modification by you.
We want to get involved in your project. We will ask a lot of questions to ensure all the container related issues have been correctly dealt with, e.g. structural loading and integrity, and also ensure other specialist features have all been thoroughly thought through and designed.
Please Contact Us to discuss your requirements.
CAD Capabilities
We are equipped with advanced CAD capabilities offering the ability to see a virtual representation of your final product, be it container conversions, general fabrications or container enhancements.
Our CAD capabilities provide our customers with validation of form, fit and function prior to build. Read more about our CAD capabilities.
Below we show the original CAD drawing of a recent project together with the finished product:
Container Conversions Photo Gallery
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School room
This 40ft unit was supplied to a primary school to enable children to be cared for before and after school hours.
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Ply lined 20ft container
This is a basic ply lined container for use as a general equipment store with optional additional air vents. Whatever customers require we are able to advise accordingly to ensure the end result is as suitable as possible for the application and budget. Click Here to view our ply lined container accessory page.
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Generator/Equipment container enclosures
Our customer required non-attenuated units with full louvres at both ends (one being removable) for the fitment of generators. Our task was to provide units that their generators could be installed into with the minimum of fuss.
Non-sound attenuated generator enclosure including radiator bulkhead.
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Switchgear Enclosure Containers
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Packaged biomass boilers
Container conversions for packaged biomass boilers with integral fuel stores providing the most cost effective commercial / municipal heating solutions.
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Coffee sales promotion unit
Coffee sales promotion unit with vinyl wrapped company advertising and self contained kitchen unit. Fully weatherproof and secure for inside and outside use.
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Mobile and secure container studio
Fully lined and insulated, air conditioned, carpet walled and partitioned broadcast control studio. Fully shippable.
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Joined containers for larger working areas
40ft high cube units were modified to fit together as a weatherproof pair and were lift tested to 15 tonnes each with a 2mm deflection along the 12m length. Different methods of joining containers together can be employed to suit the application.
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Specialist container lining for nuclear industry
Aluminium / stainless steel lining including specialist ventilation fixing points for the nuclear industry.
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Process enclosure container
Process enclosure incorporating two lifting beams allowing heavy equipment to be handled for servicing, etc.. Exact positioning of various apertures for connections of the process equipment to external systems meant that a complex roof framework was required for the mounting of the beams in exactly the correct position for lifting. High ventilation through put with fans.
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Air conditioning for containers
We can fit a wide range of air handling and air conditioning / HVAC equipment, including frame arrangements that allow containers to be shipped and the equipment then deployed on site.
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Containers for Exhibition Use
Within the field of unusual requests we were asked to supply and were happy to oblige with 40ft containers to the Ford Motors stand of the 2004 Motor Show at the NEC (the Thunderbird theme). The units were subsequently also used for the Paris Motor Show. We worked with the customer to paint the units a suitable colour that was then specially lit on the stand.
S Jones Containers also use containers for exhibitions on a regular basis. Pictured are containers used at The Midland Game Fair at Weston Park. The exhibit consisted of two 10ft containers stacked with a fabricated banner frame so that the stand could be seen all around the park, a 20ft open sided container was also utilised with a similar fabricated frame for signage, finally, a 20ft standard container was converted into a split office/store unit and sprayed with anti-condensation coating.
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Site workshop container with work bench
Site workshop with work bench, bund tray floor and internal partition with 110v transformer in the atrium.
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Blast retardant containers
Converted from standard 40ft steel shipping containers to protect workers on refinery sites during maintenance shutdowns, these units are designed to withstand a 5PSI chemical blast. Across the four units we converted in this project we installed over 1 kilometer of steel section! We also provided our customer with full technical records for steel, welding standards, etc.
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Din type apertures
This unit is destined for the Middle East and we provided laser cut plates for the customer to connect an internal water treatment system to other equipment and vessels. We can also have plates spot faced should applications require it. This unit also required a specialized paint system and so the unit was fully shot blasted to SA2.5 and painted with a customer specified paint system with full manufacturer inspection records for inclusion in a technical file that was supplied with the unit.
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Sand-trap louvre
Sometimes we have to come up with solutions to requirements, and in this case it was a sand trap louvre, designed and fabricated in our workshops and then galvanized.
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Electrical conduit
Within our workshops we are able to fabricate specific non-standard items for incorporation into customer designs, as this cable ducting arrangement shows.
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Security hut container
This unit was for positioning on a site and for use as a security hut. The narrow windows shown are opening louvres.
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Equipment enclosure container
This equipment enclosure continues to show that customers need us to be able to position apertures and ventilation outlets specifically to suit the processes or equipment they contain.
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Sound attenuation container
Due to noise restrictions on the site where this 20ft unit was to operate we fitted it out with sound attenuation paneling and louvres. In this case the forced ventilation fan was also silenced.
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20ft open side unit
This complete open side unit (one of a number of specials we generally stock) had the cargo doors replaced with a solid corrugated wall, chequer plate floor and louvres fitted as a boiler enclosure.
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Secondary gaskets
This unit was for a very cold operating environment and we not only lined the 20ft double-ended container with high performance insulation, but also built in secondary gaskets to refrigeration specification to assist with the overall insulation of the unit.
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Control unit container
This unit was to container electrical equipment cabinets, so we installed Unistrut in the floor and around the walls for secure fixing of the units, given that these also had to withstand the dynamic forces associated with transportation. We also supplied forced ventilation with plenum mounted fans in order that heat generated by the units could be expelled. We are also able to supply air conditioned or, in extreme cases, refrigerated units for equipment operating in very hot regions such as the Middle East and Africa.
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Pump Enclosure Container
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Laboratory container
Laboratory units supplied with specialist resin-based chemical resistant worktop.
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Container side wall roller shutters
This 20ft unit was for use a bar, but also could easily have been used as a food outlet, etc.
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Aluminium lined container
Our customer installs a specific process inside this unit for which we insulate a standard 40ft container and line with aluminium sheet, plus a personnel door.
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A-frame container unit
The customer wanted the versatility of a 20ft container and a hook-lift A-frame so we combined the two. This unit has a permanently welded A-frame chassis attached to it. If a customer needs to be able to separate the two we can supply an A-frame platform with twistlocks that a container would attach to in the same way as to a vehicle trailer.
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Site workshop container
The unit ended up welded to the deck of a ship for ship refurbishment.
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Container fitted crane / lifting beams
Crane beams of various forms are relatively easy to install within workshops and equipment houses, i.e. pump rooms. They are fully load tested and certified. We typically supply complete with beam trolley and hoist, not shown.
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Site Office Container
A very common request is to convert containers to site offices, mess room, or storage cabins.
Armoured and normal personnel doors are commonly fitted into the sidewalls of the container. However, in the example below the customer decided to use the original doors for security and had an internal bulkhead fitted just behind them, with a wooden internal door.
You can have as many windows fitted as required to your container conversions and we supply security shutters that make the box more vandal/thief resistant.
We have stud lined the walls and roof, infilled with ISOWOOL insulation and over-laid this with plastic coated white-face plywood.
Electrics are an option but most requests include a minimum of some 13 amp sockets and strip lights.
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Sound and vandal proof containers
We were approached by a blue chip customer requiring a vandal-proof shell for mobile generators, which were also insulated for sound deadening to improve the attractiveness of their product in the mobile generator rental market.
We created 10ft unit conversions from standard containers, fitted custom design louvered vents for air in-let and out-let that also reduced noise emissions, insulated the box for sound proofing, installed a mounting structure for the generator unit to be held securely in place, and ducted the air-out and exhaust outlets direct to atmosphere, leaving a box that was extremely quiet and virtually anonymous as a generator unit.
Thefts of generators and fuel, and damage to the generators themselves have now stopped and more customers are specifying ‘armoured’ generators as a result!
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Mill house Container
A large project management company asked us to convert a 40ft container into an integrated mill house and control cabin to their design.
We constructed two 5ft doors to give an overall 10ft doorway to install the mill, put in a bulkhead to separate the control cabin from the mill room.
A large raw material silo was to be mounted over the top of the mill feeding raw material into the mill for processing (at 3,500rpm!). We built an integrated silo frame into the structure of the container, which also became the door posts on the one side. This approach enabled the load of the silo to be carried on the bottom rails of the container, which are the main load bearing structure of a container.
The silo sub-frame is designed and built to withstand the forces of 100 mph winds on the silo attached it.
20mm thick steel mounting plates were inserted flush into the floor and welded onto the floor cross members, onto which the mill was mounted.
With other various duct ports, we then completely sound insulated the main mill room in fire resistant materials that were built and fitted to withstand many years of vibration, without any deterioration.
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Tools stores / cupboards
We can provide modified units complete with tool stores, cupboards and work benches to general or exact requirements.
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Specialist fabrications
Fabrication of a specialist container-type frame for carriage and deployment of 40ft long air handling units.
Bespoke design and built 'cupboard' with a total weight holding capacity of 18 tonnes for steel items.
Frame for raising container to a required height, prior to galvanizing. Supplied complete with lockable twistlocks.
Detachable roof base frame with bolted assembly and bolt-one pillars for carrying customer equipment.
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Professional container paint facility
Our large paint booth enables painting of containers and larger units to high quality finishes. The booth features filtered and heated air in to create a prefect environment for paint application, and temperature controlled baking cycles for paint finishing. We are able to apply single and two pack products of varying types. Click Here to view our container painting accessory page. The blue container shows a before and after example of container painting.
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Hiab type top lift container delivery method
The most common method of container delivery is with a hiab type single point lift crane. We work with a number of specialist vehicle operators who manage our site deliveries and site positioning throughout the UK.
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End lift container delivery method
One of the two common methods of lifting containers which can be used for especially heavy units as these vehicles can lift and transport fully loaded (30 tonnes) containers if required. The photo shows lifting a heavy 40ft conversion.
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Atex Electric install
This container was supplied to a BEA Systems Group Company for a strategic defence test facility. Complete with an earth bonded Poly-vinyl non-slip floor covering.
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