Used Shipping Containers Projects

What Can You Do With A Used Shipping Container? Storage containers are commonly used in the shipping industry for the transportation of cargo. It’s what containers are known for and is the purpose behind their creation. However, just as practical as they are in transporting goods, these steel boxes can be recycled and used for […]

Custom Elite Residential Emergency Training Facility

As written about in a past blog, Pac-Van has been working with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department in Fort Wayne Indiana to build tactical training structures for its regional training facility. Pac-Van’s Indianapolis branch has constructed a total of three structures all built using custom storage containers. Our last blog highlighted the Residential Emergency Training […]

Washington State Fair Projects

This year Pac-Van had the opportunity to work with three vendors at the Washington State Fair, providing them with unique refrigerated container storage solutions to meet their individual needs. The Washington State Fair is located on 160 acres in Puyallup, WA, which is about 35 miles south of Seattle. It is the largest fair on […]

Allen County Sheriff’s Regional Training Facility

Pac-Van has been working closely with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department to build tactical training structures for its regional training facility located on 200 acres of land outside the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. These structures will be constructed of shipping containers modified at our Indianapolis office. The use of shipping containers as the structural […]

Madison Mallards’ Duck Blind

Pac-Van’s Madison branch recently worked with the Madison Mallards as they renovated a section of their baseball field known as the Great Dane Duck Blind using modified storage containers. This was the largest renovation to the ballpark since 2010. The shipping container building is also the first of its kind in baseball history. The Mallards are […]

Storage Container Restaurants

Portable storage container restaurants are gaining popularity as the hot new food-stop trend. Why not? These containers play a large roll in the logistics for almost all food that arrives in the country- from bulk goods shipped in 40-foot storage containers to chilled products transported in refrigerated containers. There are several reasons these steel boxes […]

Warsaw-Wayne Fire Department Fire Training Facility

Do you ever wonder where firefighters train and how they learn to fight fires and save lives? Storage containers are becoming well known for their ability to be modified to fit a variety of industries and situations. Fire departments and training academies are choosing to create custom fire training container facilities and burn rooms out […]

History of the Shipping Container

It’s easy to take for granted the steel containers that quickly move by as we wait impatiently in our cars for a train to pass. As children you may have even made a game of it, counting the containers as fast as you could, trying not to miss a single one. It’s easy to overlook […]

2017 Awards of Distinction

  We are honored and excited to announce that we’ve earned two first place Awards of Distinction at the Modular Building Institute’s 2017 World of Modular Annual Convention and Tradeshow. Our Modern Times Brewery Kiosk received 1st place in the Relocatable Modular Single-Wide category. We also received 1st place in the Greatest Renovation category for […]

Modified Shipping Containers

We know we’re biased, but we at Pac-Van think repurposed shipping containers are pretty incredible. Shipping containers have been repurposed for over 2 decades. These steel structures can be reused in a multitude of amazing of ways. The large quantities available and the cost-effective prices has made them appealing to architects and designers worldwide. Custom […]