Should a Container Be Used as a Working Office?

As global warming becoming a reality and green earth awareness campaign has gotten much attention these years, people has a new way to recycle the shipping container.

 

What is a Shipping Container?

A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling for logistic and warehousing. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of international shipping trade, "container" or "shipping container" is virtually synonymous with "intermodal freight container," a container designed to be moved from one mode of transport to another without unloading and reloading. This convenient idea has made it so easy to be moved around, not only making the working process more effective and efficient, but also reduce unnecessary extra handling cost.

 

Shipping Container Found Its New Purpose

Today, Shipping container is no longer limited to its conventional use in the port or warehouse but has also becoming very useful in other business environment. Using containers as offices and houses is gradually becoming more and more popular. It has recently been utilized widely in many aspects for many other purposes. This is mostly due to its solid structure, built quality, spacious, standard and ultimately, it’s mobility with container truck, which serves as a very important point when it comes to transport this standard size container from one spot to another spot. Its standard structure also makes it very flexible with the loading and unloading job with the right machinery used. In this article, let’s find out if what will happen if we use container as a working office.

 

How Container Evolved from Its Conventional Purpose?

Conventionally, container (empty container) is used for the sole purpose of packing goods, carrying goods, and storing goods and equipment. Over a period of usages, old containers were disposed at shipping lines, seaports and warehouses. It was then people began to think about changing the purpose of use of these old containers so that these containers that were made from precious materials of earth do not go to waste. Reducing waste and recycle usage of unused item play an important role in preserving our precious green earth while also reducing unwanted and unnecessary pollution. Human creativity is endless, and here, a series of recycled products from used containers, gives us many unique and interesting experiences regardless is for businesses, residential or many other purposes.

 

Container as an Office

Containers offices are the most common application of such conversions. Old containers are utilized, refurbished, designed and decorated subtly with modern furniture and applications, including air-conditioner, exhaust fan, electrical and water system, sound insulation, electrical insulation, waterproofing, heat insulation and the list goes on. I am sure you are also aware that the above add-ons to the container sounds familiar. Indeed, building and setting up a container office has not much different in these aspect as compared to the conventional office. Container offices are evaluated conveniently and comfortably when putting into utility. It is not inferior to the common offices or traditional houses. Along with the general development of the economy, construction companies, construction projects, used car companies, café, convenient stores, and etc, there is a great demand for working offices or mobile housing to ensure the progress of the work is throughout, efficient working, and cost savings. And container office is one of the perfect alternatives especially when it comes to deploy time. Its convenient is extended to next level as a temporary yet also a promising solution. Example is when you are in the midst of procuring your new office, renovating your office, extending your office or refurbishing your office, you can always lease some container offices during the process of these to ensure that your businesses carry on without any disturbance or inconvenience. As such, giving business owner an optional good choice in handling these situation!

 

What are the Advantages of Container Office?

To compare with professional office buildings, container office has outstanding advantages in maneuverability. It can be ordered or leased in a very short time. Another great advantage of using container office is its rental price or purchase price. It is much cheaper and has lower entry price to quick accessibility. Ultimately, people choose to use container office is because it can be easily deployed and located at construction sites or even relocate as when needed during the project period, or even to another project.

 

Is Container Office Suitable for All Scenario?

However, container office leasing is still a temporary solution to most people, especially in Malaysia. Most business still choose to place an actual office in professional office buildings due to the following main reasons: -

1. Office setup in a proper building enhances the image of your business for both your business partners and your valued customers.
2. Performance of staff management will be better. Interaction between leaders and employees, employees with employees is much more efficient and more effective because all working seats are arranged on one same floor or within easy reachable distance.
3. Creating a more professional working environment in a more established place improves the performance of each employee, middle managers and the entire business.
4. Help businesses manage costs better due to security costs, hygiene, electricity conditioning (with most buildings) are included in the rental price. Enterprises do not take time to hire and control the cost of protection, sanitation, electricity and many other facilities.

In the end of the day, you will have both options to choose from to build your own office that is suitable for your business. If you need a more economical, accessible, mobile and temporary option as your office, do consider container office as it will really help your business to save a lot of cost. Go for leasing for temporary solution. But if you are planning to use for a moderate or even longer period, you may consider purchasing it and refurnish it nicely. After all, you will always has the option to resell it when you decided to do so.