Container offices, cabins, field storage, and climate-controlled workspaces, built on the frame of a steel shipping container and delivered anywhere in Michigan.
A modified shipping container starts with the same Corten steel ISO structure, the most durable weatherproof portable structure available, and adds the features that turn it into a functional space. Personnel doors, windows, insulation, electrical, HVAC, custom paint, shelving, flooring: modifications can be as simple or as comprehensive as the project requires. The base unit can be ordered in different grades. See our container condition guide, and our rent vs buy guide if you are weighing how to pay for it.
In Michigan, modified containers serve a wide range of purposes. Construction companies need quick-deploy job site offices. Farm and acreage owners need lockable, weather-resistant equipment rooms. Rural property owners want a cabin base that holds up outdoors. Businesses want branded field offices that can be moved between sites.
Tell us what you need the container to do and where you need to put it. We will help you find the right starting unit and the right configuration for your property and budget.
We can source containers with a wide range of factory and custom modifications. Describe the project and we will match you with the right options.
The mile road grid makes metro Detroit the simplest set in the state, with straight approaches and generous curb cuts, and the depot sits about eighteen miles out. What to plan for here is the ordinance rather than the access: Detroit's accessory structure rules currently put accessory buildings in the rear yard in residential districts, and every suburb and charter township around it writes its own code. Confirm placement before anything is cut, because a modified unit is specified for a spot.
Grand Rapids has real hills, and Heritage Hill, Belknap Lookout and the streets above the river have grades and short driveways that decide where a modified unit can land. Out in the townships and down the lakeshore the ground is more often sand, which drains well and spreads under a point load, so we specify bearing at the four corners rather than assuming the pad. Lake effect snow can move a date on the west side while the east side stays clear.
The tri-county area is flat and open, which makes placement the easy part. The hard part is the jurisdiction, because a Lansing mailing address is frequently a township address, and the City of Lansing permits a container only as a temporary structure. For a permanent modified office, confirm which government has the parcel before design starts. Michigan State move-in and move-out weeks are worth scheduling around on the East Lansing and Okemos corridors.
On camps, timber tracts and seasonal property the modified container is often the only building on the parcel, so it gets specified to work alone: a good door, real insulation, and a designed roof over it where the county snow load calls for one. Tell us what the last quarter mile is, gravel, sand or two track, and whether the drive is maintained in winter. Plan on 2 to 3 weeks Up North and 3 to 4 weeks in the Upper Peninsula, and we work to beat both.
Describe the intended use, the property location, any access constraints, the timeline, and the budget range. The more detail you share, the better we can match you to the right container and configuration.
We recommend the base container, size and grade, the modifications that suit the use case, and give you an all-in price including delivery to your Michigan address.
Once the order is confirmed, modifications are completed before delivery. Lead time on a modified container runs longer than a standard unit, typically 2 to 4 weeks depending on scope and the current build schedule.
The finished container arrives on a tilt-bed truck, the same as a standard delivery, ready to use or close to it depending on the configuration.
The more detail you share, the better we can help. Modified containers are priced by project, so there is no standard price list.
Modified containers are priced by project, so there is no standard price list. Tell us what you need it to do and where it needs to go.