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The Daily Fix

The Daily Fix


FHB Tip Jumpstarts Haiti Relief Effort

comments (1) April 10th, 2010 in Blogs        
basswood Brian Campbell, member
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Door and Window wall added to the entrance of a cargo shipping container for use as a jobsite office.  This same technique could be used to use shipping containers as temporary housing, or business spaces in Haiti.
Steel studs are welded to the shipping container interior, stud space is spray foamed, then the interior sheathed for use as living or work space.
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The rainy season in Haiti has begun and I am planning a trip there. The rain is turning the temporary camps into a muddy mess.  The rollup boardwalk design of mine (FHB # 200, p 28, Jan. 2009) is like a tambour door on a roll-top desk) and could be used to help keep people out of the mud on the paths.

http://www.basswoodcarpentry.com/Basswood-Tips-Published.html

http://s436.photobucket.com/albums/qq88/knottree/Roll-up%20Boardwalk/?albumview=slideshow

The design can also be used as temporary shower flooring that drains or under wash stations, or as flooring under the temporary housing tarps. Also useful for small towns where they rollup the sidewalk at night. ;o)

These walkways and floors can be made of retired fire hose and salvaged decking or pallet slats.  Some of the photos here show versions using old fire hose and new pallet grade white oak.  If the camp moves or is disbanded just roll them up and use them at the next disaster.

 

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Ron_Trebbi Ron_Trebbi writes: Brian,
I like your roll up sidewalk idea and am particularly interested in your ideas about containers for Haiti. An Architect I know here in Fort Lauderdale, Scot DiStefano, put together some sketches of his ideas for container housing ... you can see his sketches here:

http://trebbi.net/wordpress/haiti-v2.html

and some additional ideas about the versatility of containers as housing ...

Keep up the good work


RON

Ronald G. Trebbi

Architect / General Contractor

TREBBI CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION LLC

Award Winning Design and Construction of Residential and Light Commercial Renovations and Additions

Posted: 10:33 pm on September 28th

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