gore aps container labs
PROJECT INFORMATION
SQUARE FEET OF NEW CONSTRUCTION - 1,500 sf
LOCATION: Elkton Maryland
COMPLETION STATUS: Completed 2019
This project is a Laboratory/Office structure located inside a large warehouse for an industrial client. The client
desperately needed an updated lab space and also needed new offices for managers and engineers. The existing
space where this work needed to be completed provided several challenges.
Firstly, the existing floor space was very tight, and the client needed as much space as possible for their product
processes.
Second, the roof height was very low and made conventional mezzanine construction overly complicated.
Third, the lab needed to be inside an existing process space that included very sensitive machinery and raw
product where the slightest dust particles and vibration would easily contaminate the product.
These restraints led us quickly to propose a prefabricated solution to the problem. The solution was recycled
shipping containers. Due to the incredible strength of these container’s steel structure and minimal height we felt
these would provide the optimal solution to the project requirements.
The shipping containers were altered and prefabricated offsite allowing the client’s product process to continue
uninterrupted and when completed were assembled over a weekend with minimal disturbance. This project
delivery saved considerable money and time and allowed us to create structural mezzanine space that wouldn’t
have been possible using conventional construction.
SQUARE FEET OF NEW CONSTRUCTION - 1,500 sf
LOCATION: Elkton Maryland
COMPLETION STATUS: Completed 2019
This project is a Laboratory/Office structure located inside a large warehouse for an industrial client. The client
desperately needed an updated lab space and also needed new offices for managers and engineers. The existing
space where this work needed to be completed provided several challenges.
Firstly, the existing floor space was very tight, and the client needed as much space as possible for their product
processes.
Second, the roof height was very low and made conventional mezzanine construction overly complicated.
Third, the lab needed to be inside an existing process space that included very sensitive machinery and raw
product where the slightest dust particles and vibration would easily contaminate the product.
These restraints led us quickly to propose a prefabricated solution to the problem. The solution was recycled
shipping containers. Due to the incredible strength of these container’s steel structure and minimal height we felt
these would provide the optimal solution to the project requirements.
The shipping containers were altered and prefabricated offsite allowing the client’s product process to continue
uninterrupted and when completed were assembled over a weekend with minimal disturbance. This project
delivery saved considerable money and time and allowed us to create structural mezzanine space that wouldn’t
have been possible using conventional construction.
