Posted by Miles Duncil on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 @ 12:36 PM
DropBox Inc. just recently completed construction of this 40' Decontamination Station that was built to be added to the rental fleet of Johnny on the Spot, the first of 4 companies founded under the Portable Solutions Group, Inc. umbrella. This portable decon shower by DropBox Inc. is the first of its kind and can be set up to be either a 3 or 5 zone decontamination shower facility. In this weeks blog we will make use of a couple short videos to illustrate the ease with which a containerized decon shower by DropBox Inc. can be loaded and shipped to numerous locations throughout the lifetime of the product.
This first video of the Decontamination Station shows how easily a fork lift can pick up and move one of these portable decon showers from one location to the next. By building portable solutions from ISO shipping containers that come in standard sizes with standard features DropBox Inc. is able to utilize the corner castings and fork lift pockets for transport purposes.
The second video shows how one of these units would be loaded onto a standard tractor trailer for delivery to it's end user.
By building containerized products from ISO shipping containers DropBox Inc. can provide solutions that can be delivered to any site world wide, dropped into place, and quickly put to use. For more information on DropBox Inc. and all of our Products feel free to contact us and check back as our Shipping Container Modification Blog is regularly updated.
Posted by Miles Duncil on Wed, Jan 25, 2012 @ 10:58
DropBox Inc. has been building portable restroom trailers since its' inception in 2002. The Sanitation Station, as we like to call it, has become an added incentive on a number of major industrial construction projects where attracting a high quality work force is a key element to success. By developing these self contained restroom trailers DropBox Inc. has worked to improve the sanitation, hygiene, and health on these projects. Providing a climate controlled, portable restroom, that can come delivered with self containment tanks for waste and fresh water the Sanitation Station is perfect for any remote location. Using these self containment tanks that can be serviced by any septic pumping or portable toilet provider near the project gives contractors the freedom to provide a better work place and increase moral for workers onsite.
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The Sanitation Station is proven to improve worker moral, health, hygiene and sanitation on a project. In a study performed by Bechtel at the Prairie State Energy Campus in Illinois it was concluded that the number one reason workers onsite considered that project to be the project of choice in the U.S. was "Quality Facilities Located Throughout the Site... Wash Trailers, Toilet Facilities, and Lunch Trailers". By providing portable restroom trailers on construction sites DropBox Inc. has increased worker satisfaction, reduced some sanitation costs, and built a name in the industry for itself and the Sanitation Station.
For more information on DropBox Inc. visit us at www.dropboxinc.com. Also feel free to contact us here or call toll free at 888-388-7768.
Posted by Miles Duncil on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 @ 12:11 PM
Over the past year and half DropBox Inc. has worked with some major players in the alternative energy and power storage industries. Having built custom shipping container modifications in collaboration with companies around the United States and Europe including LTi REEnergy, Parker Hanifan, and AES Corporation, DropBox Inc. has cemented itself as the shipping container modification company with the expertise needed to make energy solutions portable. The growing need for energy solutions in storage, generation, and distribution are a major concern in the ever changing world of today. For that very reason DropBox Inc. has worked with these energy partners to make their technology easily transportable and easy to operate in remote locations.
One of these remote locations where custom shipping container modifications by DropBox Inc. can be found is the AES Wind Generation and AES Energy Storage project at Laurel Mountain near Elkins, West Virginia. The wind generation plant at Laurel Mountain is comprised of 98 MW of wind generation and 32 MW of integrated battery-based energy storage and is supplying emissions-free renewable energy. “The Laurel Mountain project is a unique application of wind and battery storage technology combining clean energy production with state of the art grid support services,” said Phil Herrington, President of Global Wind Generation for AES. “We are very excited to be a part of this project, and couldn’t have completed this milestone without the overwhelming public support from the local community.” By utilizing green energy technology and recycled shipping containers the project is providing a clean, portable energy storage solution that helps to increase the operating reserve energy capacity for one of the largest power markets in the world.
Many in the industry consider energy storage technology like those installed in the containerized power systems offered by DropBox Inc. will provide the greatest benefit to grid operations and efficient energy utilization around the world. By building modular units that can be relocated as needed DropBox Inc. is working with these energy storage manufactures to help remove the requirement to use electric power as soon as it is created on the grid. By creating energy storage through the linking of containerized battery modules (see diagram above) a level of added flexibility allows the creation, delivery and use of electrical energy to be obtained. This increased level of versatility enables greater efficiency across the grid, lower emissions, and a reduction in maintenance costs. It also provides a more seamless combination of renewable resources and more effective execution of advanced smart grid operations.
For more information on DropBox Inc. and our Containerized Grid Stabilzation Power Systems feel free to visit us at www.DropBoxInc.com
Posted by Miles Duncil on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 @ 10:18
DropBox Inc. has been building portable restroom trailers out of ISO shipping containers since 2002. Since then DropBox Inc. has built its' version of the modular running water restroom, the Sanitation Station, in a number of sizes. Ranging from small eight foot wide by twenty foot long units up to forty-five foot high cube (pictured below) models DropBox Inc. has solidified it's name in the shipping container modification industry. Custom shipping container modifications that are to become portable restroom trailers, like most Sanitation Stations are fully insulated, climated controlled, and plumbed to be self contained or tie into existing water and sewer lines at their intended site. The customization of these units and the flexibility of the DropBox Inc. Design/Build team has secured the manufacturing of nearly 200 of these units over the last 10 years.
Just recently DropBox Inc. received a purchase order for eight of these portable restroom trailers from a major industrial construction company that plans on using the units at a number of their projects over the next few years. Given the customer specs these units will be self contained with separate holding tanks for fresh water and waste water. Given the remote location where these Sanitation Stations are to be used the portability and self containment capabilities were exactly what the customer required for their site.
For more information on the container modifications offered by DropBox Inc. feel free to contact us and check back as updates will be featured in our Shipping Container Modification Blog. Also feel free to visit us at www.DropBoxInc.com or call toll free at 888-388-7768.
Posted by Miles Duncil on Fri, Jan 06, 2012 @ 08:01
In 2011 DropBox Inc. got a chance to work with a number of battery and switch gear manufacturers around the world. These companies were in need of containerized portable solutions to effectively store and operate their equipment. In the process a number of containerized "battery" and "switch gear" systems were built at the Worthington, Ky manufacturing facility. These custom shipping container modifications by DropBox Inc. can now be found on wind farms, solar farms, remote jobsites, and will be used at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. These containerized energy modules will be used at the Olympics to supplement and stabilize the power grid in Sochi. In lay terms these portable energy storage units will be used to store surplus energy during low usage hours of the day and will then send the excess energy back out onto the grid when demand is high.
In 2012 DropBox Inc. is looking for additional partners in portable energy storage and containerized energy modules. Essentially DropBox Inc. is a custom shipping container modification company that will modify any number of needed containers to store and operate your battery and switch gear systems. Using the wealth of experience based knowledge at our disposal DropBox Inc. would like to invite any and all interested in battery and switch gear systems to discuss your needs with us. Let us take your equipment and make it portable, secure, and safe in one of our custom shipping container modifications.
For more information on the container modifications offered by DropBox Inc. feel free to contact us and check back as updates will be featured in our Shipping Container Modification Blog. Also feel free to visit us at www.DropBoxInc.com or call toll free at 888-388-7768.
Posted by Miles Duncil on Tue, Dec 20, 2011 @ 09:57
DropBox Inc. and Modular Security Systems Inc. have been working on putting together an interactive 3-D model of what a number of power plants around the U.S. might look like if they were to utilize the portable site solutions offered by the two companies. With a wide array of products ranging from portable office trailers to restrooms, showers, and customizable storage capabilities DropBox Inc. is proud to join Modular Security Systems Inc. and it's line of containerized security solutions on the project. With this 3-D model the two companies are working to attract plant service companies, and contractors to gain a better understanding of all the containerized solutions DropBox Inc. and MSSI have to offer.
DropBox Inc. Products listed
- Decontamination Station
- Blast Box
- DropOffice
- Chemical Storage
MSSI Products listed
- MAC-2 Modular Acces Control (MAC) Portal
- MAC-8
- MAC-4 with a Restroom
- Vechicle Access Control (VAC) Portal
For more information on DropBox Inc. and Modular Security Systems Inc. feel free to visit the companies websites at www.DropBoxInc.com and www.SecuredByMAC.com.
Posted by Miles Duncil on Thu, Dec 15, 2011 @ 11:15
DropBox Inc. has been building portable decontamination showers for major construction sites and abatement groups for almost 4 years. As the companys experience in building these often custom units compounds each Decontamination Station we build continues to get better than the last. With an experienced staff of draftsmen, engineers, and project managers the Decontamination Station by DropBox Inc. has quickly become the standard for portable decon showers built out of ISO shipping containers. As major projects at power plants, refineries, chemical plants, and nuclear facilities work to update and improve their systems more often than not work in and around contaminates like arsenic, asbestos, lead, hexachrome, and mercury is inevitable. In order to assure the health and safety of the men and women that work in contaminated areas these sites are required to provide onsite decontamination showers for the removal of contaminates prior to leaving the facility.
Over the years DropBox Inc. has developed a number of different designs for these portable decon showers. From 40' shipping containers with 8 shower stalls to 20' containers with 2 or fewer showers DropBox Inc. has developed more than just a couple floor plans for modular decon showers out of single boxes. More recently DropBox Inc. has also built a two box custom decon shower for a customer with stringent, site specific needs.
For more information on DropBox Inc., the Decontamination Station and all of the ISO shipping container modifications offered by DropBox Inc. feel free to Contact Us here and check back as our Blog is regularly updated.
Posted by Miles Duncil on Fri, Dec 02, 2011 @ 10:33
DropBox Inc. has been building modular, containerized solutions for customers around the world since 2002. In that time our customers have come to find that there are several benefits to modular buildings for use as both temporary and permanent installations. In this weeks shipping container modification Blog we here at DropBoxInc.com will discuss the benefits of permanent modular construction to help you, the reader, gain a better understanding of what modular, containerized buildings are and how they can revolutionize the way structures are built in the future.
"Modular building construction from shipping containers has been used for years, but today, with the emergence of new technologies and construction practices, we have the ability to utilize the years of experience to create innovative and quality buildings, while also improving construction productivity," said Matt Vonderheide, Business Manager at DropBox Inc. "The productivity benefits of modularization and off site construction are particularly exciting in today's economy given the benefits of creating PE Engineered and certified buildings while saving both time and money for our customers."
For more information on the Products offered by DropBox Inc. feel free to contact us and check back as updates will be featured in our Shipping Container Modification Blog. Also feel free to visiti us at www.DropBoxInc.com or call toll free at 888-388-7768.
Posted by Miles Duncil on Tue, Nov 22, 2011 @ 10:36
DropBox Inc., a shipping container modification company that has been in business since 2002, can provide all types of ISO shipping containers, including dry vans, refrigerated containers, open top containers, cargo containers, freight containers, oceanic freight containers, connex containers, milvans, and flat racks throughout the United States and Canada. With a combined acreage of 8 acres between it's two lay down yards DropBox Inc. keeps a number of containers available and in stock for future builds.
In order to be able to build the shipping container modifications needed by its' customers DropBox Inc. keeps an extensive inventory of a wide variety of iso containers, cargo containers, oceanic sea freight Containers, milvans, IP-1, and connex containers in North America, and can deliver to any site throughout United States and around the world. Through the use of standard size shipping containers (8' x 20' and 8' x 40') and over sized or "high cube" containers that can come as long as 53' DropBox Inc. is able to custom build the portable solutions needed by customers in construction, power generation, and military installations.
For more information on the Products offered by DropBox Inc. feel free to contact us and check back as updates will be featured in our Shipping Container Modification Blog. Also feel free to visiti us at www.DropBoxInc.com or call toll free at 888-388-7768.