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GLOBAL PEACE CONTAINERS

Guess what the school in the picture was made from? Old shipping containers. At a fraction of the price of conventional construction. You can see how it was built by clicking here.

Peace Containers International (PCI) was initiated by the Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica, and New Generation Partnerships, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Every year, thousands of steel shipping containers come to the end of their working life, and can be difficult to dispose of.

Professor Martin and Soren Ludwig realised that they would provide inexpensive building blocks for construction, and founded Global Peace Containers, a non-profit organization which has perfected a system to convert old containers into schools, emergency housing, clinics and community buildings.

Containers are designed to withstand incredible stresses in shipping and therefore are resistant to such forces as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes. They are also watertight.

Containers can be transported by ship, train or truck and can be set up quickly for immediate shelter following natural or manmade disasters; they are equally usable longer term for more permanent buildings.

In addition to the conversion and installation of containers, Global Peace Containers aims to encourage the participation of universities throughout the world in designing sustainable housing and community buildings which are easily replicable and produced using shipping containers.

Containers provide secure space, support second floors and roofs and generally establish the structural foundations for a successful building.

GPC's mission includes providing standardized floor plans, assembly procedures and details of materials required for the economical construction of safe and sustainable container-based buildings.

We plan to make these available for other organizations to work in partnership with us (or independently) to provide for their communities and to benefit local economies.

Please contact us for more details via our website or by e-mailing Soren Ludwig, Electrical Engineer at GPC.