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		<title>Is flat pack housing the future?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wilkie</dc:creator>
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Its not the latest idea but I do wonder if flat pack housing is the way to go for the future especially if labour costs are critical factors. Because mass producing stackable wall units and other sections of a home can not only be cost affective but also extremely quick in comparison to traditional housing methods. The same can be said for “unique” homes as you take a standard design and construction method using original flat pack building methods and introduce with it the odd shape or alteration in the design. Which in reality leads to mass produced panels coming off a factory floor while the unique parts go to a bespoke part of the factory. But it doesn’t stop there because when you work with things like a slot wall system where your literally dropping walls in then sealing them up. Your talking a huge saving in labour construction time compared to a traditional home design. Its things to way up when looking at if you should go down the flat pack route or go with a traditional home. Because on the surface going down the usual routes may seem cost affective but factoring in labour costs and some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Corruption Stopping Sustainable Development?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wilkie</dc:creator>
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I have put a lot of time in looking at alternative housing construction methods in the Philippines from different angles. Some sustainable living others more cost related to construction. But one of the major factors in disaster relief I think comes down to corruption especially at ports. Because a lot of the pricing can fluctuate not only for specialised goods that may see a “special tax” added but also even local construction. Concrete, steel bars etc. fluctuate in price and often without any real reason. But this gets back to some of the housing ideas for not only container housing but also modular and social development. Because a lot of the equipment needed for foam injected walls for example and a regular supply of the sheets and chemicals involved where do they come from? Importing is a huge headache and I believe the same can be said for many locations that badly need not only sustainable but emergency housing. By the time you have paid all the taxes and cleared ports how much money disappears? But it goes deeper as you can find charities well aware of the corruption and political issues tied to the money that “helping” brings. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shipping Container Call Centre.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wilkie</dc:creator>
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A call centre in a shipping container is it viable? This is an idea I have been looking at lately for expansion for the near future. Its also why I haven’t been so active on the shipping container home front for the blog. Quite simply I have been extremely busy with other projects one of which is a BPO call centre in the Philippines. The original idea for the call centre work came from my work in Oman where I discovered we were short of certain resources and personnel that could have made life a lot easier. Nothing wrong with the way it was setup and to be fair it was a brand new contract for the division I was working with inside a large company. This was a step away from their usual construction and into the FM industry in Oman. The company is a very large one and is world known for its facilities management but this was a new step in Oman itself. So how do you get round this and if other countries appear on the radar for similar types of work? They are short-term but could literally be hopping contract to contract for years. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shipping Container Home&#8211;Gainesville,Fla in the U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wilkie</dc:creator>
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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A Gainesville, Fla., man explains the benefits of owning a home made of old shipping containers. WTLV&#8217;s Heather Crawford reports. Viability of shipping container homes is contested on a regular basis yet we are finding more and more examples of people who have already made the leap into container living. The fact is the negativities people come up with for not living in a container are always sorted out before people who actually “live” in a container home even move in. Even the look of a home that is seen as ugly by some will find others see it as an industrial look that breaks up the look of the area. In reality a shipping container home because they are primarily built by the people who live in them they aren’t like normal homes. I think there is more thought going into them as profit isn’t the key to the home but environmentally friendly, cost affective and functional. As you can see in the video the guy is more than happy with his shipping container home to the point he has nothing negative to say about living in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimalist or container living is just a joke and fantasy.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wilkie</dc:creator>
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Minimalist living or container living can often be shunned due to people not understanding the concept but what is there to understand? Fact is most households have at least 2/3rds more stuff in them than they did over a decade ago. Fact is that costs are going up on not only space but on resources needed to use them such as heating and cooling. Fact is house prices have been spiraling out of control for some time and even right now when people are complaining their houses have “lost value” they are often still way overpriced! Fact is socially people are spending too much time in the home and not enough time amongst real people. Fact is we are in a social decline but it doesn’t have to be that way! Odd thing is not everything has to be negative. I live out in the Philippines and a friend of mine lived in a very small house after meeting his girlfriend and deciding to partner up. Its 2 rooms for him,her and the children from her previous marriage. The first room is the sitting room,dining room, kitchen and the other room is the bedroom. He lays in bed and can [...]]]></description>
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