Conversion Case Studies
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COFFEE CLUB BRISTOL
Husband and wife upgrade their space to sell coffee and cakes on Bristol Harbour
- Sector
- Café, Retail & Museums
Couple upgrades their previous cosy café trailer, Trev, into a larger, unique and modern space for customers to order a coffee in a relaxed urban setting
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SWIM SCHOOL UK
Thinking Outside The Box (or Container)
Swimming instructor, Lee Read, got in touch with Portable Space. He wanted to test the water with an idea: could an old container be used as a pool?
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Lazy Llama Café
Team Delivers Vision For Sisters’ Coffee Company
- Sector
- Café, Retail & Museums
Two sisters have seen their joint business ambitions come true with the opening of their new café, housed in a converted container.
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Newquay Trampoline Park
Shipping containers play central role in new trampoline & play park
- Sector
- Clubs, Events & Hospitality
Portable Space provide containers linked together for food preparation and servery areas; playrooms, a briefing area & first aid room, and toilet blocks
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National Maritime Museum
Converted container helps enhance customer experience at National Maritime Museum
- Sector
- Café, Retail & Museums
Portable Space were asked to fabricate and install a cut-to-size 40ft container to appear in the museum to showcase this history of transportation.
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Burnell Switchgear & Control
Pre-installation fit-out streamlines production process
Over the years Burnell’s has commissioned many shipping containers from Portable Space to be used as sub-stations in the solar industry.
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Aveillant Ltd
Durable shipping containers make ideal housing for latest radar technology
- Sector
- Defence & MOD
Converted shipping containers were chosen as a practical solution to house state-of-the-art radar technology.
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Keller UK
Unique container conversion provides flexible site welfare solution
- Sector
- Construction
The need to provide welfare units for construction projects led to one company asking Portable Space to devise a mobile solution that could be moved easily from site to site.
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Byron Marine
Meticulous design and planning meets Falkland Island challenges
Providing bespoke containerised conversions to be shipped across the world requires meticulous planning and precision.
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St Edmundsbury Borough Council
Container conversions are practical solution for welfare and storage
The need for a staff welfare unit for its Grounds Maintenance team led Bury Cemetery to purchase two shipping containers conversions from Portable Space.
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Burnell Switchgear & Control
Converted shipping containers help bring power to African communities
Fitting out shipping containers to provide switchgear housings for solar power has resulted in electricity reaching remote parts of Eritrea for the first time.
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QinetiQ Group plc
Container is converted into mobile ammunition process unit
- Sector
- Defence & MOD
Representatives from QinetiQ UK Operations contacted Portable Space looking for support in designing, manufacturing and delivering a Mobile Ammunition Process Unit for an MOD establishment in South Wales.
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