Pas Concept Slides - Containers

Omaha Social Capital, LLC

Park Avenue Square Concept Slides: Container Village

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Inter-modal Steel Building Units (ISBUs) [Container Houses] Facts:

– Roughly $900 each used, $6000 brand new – In the US it makes sense to buy used, they get shipped back to Asia empty – Can be stacked up to 12 high when empty – Provisions for insulation must be made; ceramic paint can get them to R-28 – A crane is almost always required during construction – Have been made two story and Uniform Building Code (UBC) compliant

Inter-modal Steel Building Units (ISBUs) [Container Houses] Facts:

– Estimated cost savings of 40% compared to traditional construction – Can be assembled in as little as 90 days – Can utilize typical concrete block foundations, or other more creative measures – Can buy prefab container houses for $76,000 (12 Containers)

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FIRST COST SAVINGS OF 40% There's a method to MSFT's modular approach. Rather than spend hundreds of hours opening server boxes, and connecting them with cables and loading

roll in a container in just a couple of days. them with software, MSFT can

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OPERATIONAL SAVINGS “The hope is to run the facility with

half as many people as at its previous sites. Even better, it's

easier to monitor and whisk away heat generated in these confined modules than cooling an entire building.”

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INGENUITY WELCOME “One source says Microsoft hopes the design will help cut by one-third the power bills that typically take up some 40% of a site's operating cost.”

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OPPORTUNITY • Immediate development opportunity at www.ParkAveSquare.com – est. 40 units. • $78k unit cost vs. $600/mo. rent equals sub 10 year payback @ 5% escalation w/ 15 year public funding; 20 year design life. • Long term contracting opportunity leveraging capabilities of design-build project team.

RESOURCES – www.urbanspace.com – they built the Container City in Europe. Great pictures, looks sweet. – http://www.bobvila.com/HowTo_Library/Building_ a_Container_House-Building_SystemsA2413.html – http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/01/shipping _contai.php – http://www.lot-ek.com/ – http://www.shipping-container-housing.com/

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