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From standard container solutions to expert conversions, modifications, repairs and modular buildings – S Jones covers it all. We also provide industry-leading services for self-storage operators. Explore what’s possible by choosing a service on the left.
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From small to large-scale storage, find the ideal shipping container to suit your needs at a competitive price.
Shipping Containers for Hire
Discover our huge range of storage containers for hire, plus welfare and workspace units that provide quick and easy site solutions.
Specialist Container Conversions
We’re a trusted provider of standard and bespoke container conversions, designed for industrial, commercial, and specialist applications.
Modular Buildings
Engineered for fast installation and long-term performance, our modular buildings provide flexible space solutions for every sector.
Shipping Container Modifications
From insulation to electrics and security upgrades, we provide tailored container modifications that transform standard units into practical, high-performance spaces.
Shipping Container Repairs
On-site container repairs and restoration that reduce downtime and save you money.
Standard Container Conversions
Discover our range of ready-made offices, chemical stores and topper containers - professionally converted, and available for rapid turnaround.
StoragePro
Container sales paired with expert support give you everything you need to start or grow a successful self storage site. Explore our Core, Plus and Ultimate packages and scale with confidence.
Shipping Container Finance
Take advantage of flexible finance options for bulk orders through Approved Business Finance. Your streamlined, stress-free purchase is only a click away.
Students from across Cardiff University’s engineering degree disciplines compete every year in the Formula Student (FSUK) competition, which tasks teams to design, build and race a single-seater race car. And as Cardiff Racing, which became the first British team to win FSUK in 2017, makes the leap to electric racing cars, they approached S Jones Containers to develop a secure solution to store and charge batteries on campus.
Battery safety is paramount, especially as the 10ft container unit is located on the university’s busy city centre campus in close proximity to other buildings.
Ensuring safe, compliant battery storage and charging in an urban campus environment presented a unique set of risks, with strict proximity to other buildings and high footfall increasing the potential impact of any thermal or electrical fault.
We also needed to balance robust safety measures with compact design constraints to make sure our unit remained practical for daily use by the racing team.
Our Conversions Division incorporated additional safety elements as part of the design. This included using fire-rated materials throughout to make sure the entire container is fire rated from inside to out to give 60 minutes of fire resistance, and installing three phases of electrics – all with surge protection. The 10ft container was also fitted with an external isolator and a powerful 5KW HVAC unit – deliberately oversized to keep the equipment cool at all times. It features a super strong steel 60 Min Fire Rated Door and doorset and is securely locked with our own heavy duty patented Contain-A-Lock® system which is corrosion resistant and tamper proof.
The unit, which we spray-painted dark olive green to blend with its surroundings, took just four weeks from initial design to completion, ready to deliver to campus.
Anthony James, Space Manager at Cardiff University School of Engineering commented:
“We couldn’t be happier with the service we received from S Jones Containers. The design and the finish of the container are exceptional and will help us build on our racing success in a safe environment.”
We design and deliver specialist containerised units for battery storage and charging, engineered with fire protection, thermal management, and robust electrical safety systems. Our container conversions provide secure, compliant solutions for universities, R&D facilities, and high-performance engineering environments.
Learn more about our container conversion capabilities or contact us today to discuss your project.
