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| Switchgear housing, part of the sets of four units that feed military base camps like those that will be set up for relief in the Middle East. The switchgear is fed by a 2500 KVA transformer, which is in turn fed by a diesel fuel tank inside a container built to Class A Division Explosion Proofing. |
The evolution of ISO shipping containers to hightech shelters has come a long way over the past fifteen years. It started with hydro stations using the containers to hold PCB-laden transformers or PCB-filled drums waiting to be destroyed. Since then, the containerized shelter has developed into a most durable and cost-effective structure for a multitude of purposes.
The ISO container is essentially a very solid steel box, built to exacting standards to meet the rigours of international transport. These 20’ and 40’ units are easily transformed into versatile housings for industrial applications, all the while retaining the portability and strength that their original design provided.
When Alrange Container Services (ACS) first started, the extent of the modifications being performed to containers was the odd spill tray, some vents, and some painting here and there. These units were primarily used to store PCBs or spent paints.
In 1999 things changed for ACS; the company secured a contract to construct over 100 housings into portable generator rooms for, among others, the Canadian Department of National Defence. This particular project included building sets of four 20’ containers into different integral parts of one system. There was a Sound Attenuated Genset Room, a Switch-gear Room which fed the camps or buildings, and a unit built to Class 1, Division 1 (National Electric Code) standards that housed a Diesel Fuel Tank. There was also an accompanying site shop for the installation and maintenance of these sets.
ACS has since built many more units for a number of different industrial sectors: wastewater treatment, water purification, industrial fluid management, hazmat storage, hazmat transportation, emergency spill response, generator housing, kiosks, site offices, portable shelters, communications shelters, and much more.
The company has focused on three major industrial sectors; water treatment, power generation and hazmat storage. It has developed and constantly improved its construction techniques by working closely with its longstanding customers.
ACS is currently working in conjunction with Nor Environmental to provide the US and Canada with quick deploy Biohazard-Shelters which can respond to a chemical or biological disaster site and deal with decontamination of individuals or support quarantine situations.
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