Shipping Containers Pedestrians Walkways

Construction Site Shipping Container Walkway.

Shipping container sidewalk tunnel are a perfect solution for protecting and providing a safe path for pedestrians in construction sites.

These shipping container were designed to be strong and tuff. They were built to handle the worst ocean wether while maintaining a protection to the goods that ther are holding inside of them.

So when humans need some protection around construction sites. The shipping container will be the best option do to the job. That's the main purpose of the shipping containers. Protecting what's inside.

And because the are mobile. They are easy to setup and easy to remove when the job is done. At the same time shipping container tunnels don't need to be purchased as they might become a hassle to store. That's why we provide you with the option to lease or rent them.

When you are done with them, We will send our drivers to pick them up and get them out of your way.

The image in this section shows a full block shipping container construction tunnel in down town portland (OR).

This tunnel stretches from one intersection to the next providing a safe path for pedestrians and cyclist too.

Converting shipping container to pedestrians tunnel

Converting a shipping container to pedestrians walkway tunnel is really not that big of a deal in it's basic form.

Just remove the cargo doors off the back. And the front wall and you have a tunnel.

But hold on a second. Does in it weaken the structure of the steel container by doing that?. Well, you are absolutely right. These construction site sidewalk tunnels have to stay strong to handle serious weigh falling on them.

That's why we add extra vertical steel tubing to the front wall and steel gussets on the front and the back too, "Swing Door Frame". You can see what i am talking about in the first image on this page.

How to convert a container to a walkway?

• 1
  Removing the cargo doors.
Using a grinder with a cutting wheel. Cut the cargo door hinge pins & remove the doors
• 2
  Removing the front wall.
You can cut off the front wall with a grinder and some cutting wheels but that will take a long time. We use aplasma cutter to remove the wall which does not take half an hour.
• 3
  Creating the window openings.
Using a steel chop saw we cut the 2X2 steel square tubing in 45 degrees to create the window frames. Same thing for the emergency exit door opening.
• 4
  Trace the frames to the walls.
Trace the frames to the container walls. Cut out the opening and insert the frame then weld the frame to the container all the way around.
• 5
  Front wall support
After removing the front wall we need to add some support for the frame that was left. Two vertical steel tubing are needed. One on each side. And a gusset from the vertical to the top rail.
• 6
  Wire wheel and seal .
Using a grinder with a wire wheel. Clean all the frames inside out and seal the inside with caulking.
• 7
  Prime & Paint.