Author: A&M Containers

Many schools and recreational facilities don’t have the extra space to devote to locker rooms for their players. But locker rooms and rest rooms are essential when expecting children, teens and adults to take a break, suit up for a game, store uniforms, clean up and change into post-game clothes. To meet that need, many …

You’re spending a lot to buy a shipping container, so it’s understandable that you would want to protect it as much as possible. After all, proper maintenance is essential in ensuring your container can withstand the rigors of the environment while providing a long life span for whatever use you choose. To maximize the lifetime …

Shipping container modifications are getting more and more popular as more people decide to re-think how they live, work and play. What started out as an eco-friendly initiative has grown into a whole new industry. Creative Uses Innovators are constantly discovering new uses for shipping containers such as these. 1.     On-trend food and drink establishments …

Whether you buy a new or used shipping container, any reputable supplier worth its salt will fully inspect the unit to ensure it’s safe, secure and up to snuff in terms of expected condition,  safety and security. Here at A&M Container, we follow an extensive shipping container checklist every time we sell a unit from …

Portable storage containers offer a solution to many home and business owners due to their versatility and affordability. Rentals in particular make a cost effective choice, to be sure, but they also offer a practical function for anyone who needs to store items. Before choosing one, though, it’s important to do your research and make …

Once you have purchased your shipping container, it’s time to prepare for its delivery at your site. This ensures the safety of the driver and a seamless delivery process overall. Failure to prepare beforehand could result in fees from your shipping container provider. For instance, here at A&M, we may charge you a dead run …

Everyone has a different purpose for having a shipping container. For some, it’s to transport goods, but for a vast majority of others, it’s for uses such as mobile offices, tiny homes, storage, pop-up shops and even pools. You can either buy a shipping container and retrofit it after the fact, or you can buy …

It’s easy to switch between work and play when you have a shipping container designed for innovative use. Creating new and dynamic spaces has never been easier, with containers once used for a certain shipping purpose now being reinvented into a multitude of creative ways. Shipping containers are the perfect candidate for this use, as …

If you’re an entrepreneur at heart and have always wanted to open a café but didn’t have the resources, now’s the time to get creative. Have you thought about converting a shipping container into a café? From a coffee shop to a sandwich shop to a popup pizza place, café containers can meet all your …

If you have elderly parents, aunts, uncles or other loved ones who need supervision but yet still want to maintain their independence, a granny pod in the backyard is the perfect solution. They’ve come a long way in the last several years, and we’re here to tell you all about how you can convert a …