Container Buildings
ContainerWest designs and builds a variety of container buildings intended for occupancy. From construction site offices, to oil field workshops, worker living quarters, and much more. We pride ourselves in our experience with custom fabrication and container modifications. No dream of yours is too big, nor too small. You imagine it and we will construct it.
Training Facilities
ContainerWest is a specialized provider of custom training facilities for fire departments, major utilities, and industrial companies across Western Canada. With features ranging from smoke machines to live fire, burn props, confined spaces, stairwells, adjustable wall configurations, breakable doors, environmental sensors, and much more.
Equipment Enclosures
ContainerWest has extensive experience building equipment enclosures for a variety of industries. From generator enclosures, to pump houses, electrical houses, communication houses, wastewater treatment tank enclosures, fuel cell enclosures, and much more.
Shaping business
From Concept Design to Delivery
Our highly trained staff is equipped with the technology and resources they need to manufacture the highest quality container-based structures available, including highly customizable features. Our custom containers are expertly modified with a full range of flexible configuration options available. The possibilities are virtually endless.
The production team performs rigorous quality control checks through each stage. Customers can expect:
- A smooth buying and delivery process
- Reliable completion dates
- A quality-controlled container-based structure
- Project updates and communication from our team
- A smooth buying and delivery process
- Reliable completion dates
- A quality-controlled container-based structure
- Project updates and communication from our team
Fully-fledged
Our Facility
Our 30,000 sq ft manufacturing facility is located on Mitchell Island, in the Vancouver Area, and provides a quality controlled environment for the fabrication of your shipping container project.
Welding, carpentry, electrical, finishing, and painting are all performed within our 6-acre manufacturing facility.
- 4,ooo sq ft warehouse
- 2 jib cranes
- 30, 50 ton mobile cranes
- 3 container handlers
- 6 forklifts
- Steel saw & cutting area
- Painting/spray foam area
- Sandblasting area
- 4,ooo sq ft warehouse
- 2 jib cranes
- 30, 50 ton mobile cranes
- 3 container handlers
- 6 forklifts
- Steel saw & cutting area
- Painting/spray foam area
- Sandblasting area
Concept Design
Our in-house engineering department specializes in innovative designs for shipping container-based construction. We utilize 3-D modelling engineering software programs such as SolidWorks with finite element analysis, and also offer full colour renderings to better picture how the structure will look when completed. We work with you to flesh out your idea and optimize the design to suit your budget, needs and timeline.
Permitting & Building Code Support
Our engineers have extensive experience with building container-based buildings (or structures) for erection in municipalities across Western Canada. We can assist your registered consultants with municipal permitting and can build the unit to meet any Canadian building code.
Detailed Design
Our engineers look into all the details, from modelling the structural integrity of your project under heavy snow loads, to selecting the most efficient materials, to ensuring transportability, and even creating full colour renderings to help visualize your project.
Design to Specific Standards
ContainerWest can design and manufacture your project to any standards or specifications you require. We are certified to build relocatable buildings to Part 10 of the Alberta Building Code; and are registered with DUNS, CCR and CDG to be able to work on military projects. Our engineering team is experienced with hazardous location requirements, and can design using explosion proof or ignition proof electrical components.
Approval Drawings
We ensure you get the solution you need by working with you throughout the project. We provide approval drawings, conduct project team meetings, and even provide you with shop tours of your project being built.
Custom Manufacturing Planning
Before fabrication begins, our structures are carefully engineered, materials selected and manufacturing methods streamlined to provide high quality and efficient fabrication.
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Certifications
CSA W47.1 | Certification of Companies for Fusion Welding of Steel
ContainerWest Manufacturing has attained certification from the Canadian Welding Bureau for CSA W47.1 in Division 2.0 This allows us to make structural modifications to shipping containers, which can be sold as relocatable buildings under all Canadian building codes.
This certification requires the following be present: retained welding engineer that oversees the welding program, welding supervisor, qualified welders, and quality control program that includes approved welding data sheets and procedure specifications. We retain the services of specialized welding engineer Steve Siu, president of SKC Engineering.
CSA A660 | Certification of Manufacturers of Steel Building Systems
The CSA A660 certification gives permitting officials assistance in reviewing permit submissions and helps our clients know that they are receiving a quality product. The certification requires that our production plant, staff and quality assurance systems are reviewed and approved by an independent certification agency.
CSA A660 ensures that ContainerWest Manufacturing has been audited for: personnel, design and engineering, materials control, fabrication, warehousing, erection responsibility and plant quality program.
CWB WeldQuality Mark
The CWB Weld QualityMark is a third party stamp of approval that shows customers that all welding is being done to a long established Canadian standard. This guarantees reliable, safe, and quality welds.
CSA A277 | Factory Certification of Buildings
The CWB Weld QualityMark is a third party stamp of approval that shows customers that all welding is being done to a long established Canadian standard. This guarantees reliable, safe, and quality welds.
Part 10 Certified
Part 10 of the Alberta Building Code is specific to relocatable structures (such as container-based buildings). Part 10 includes stringent requirements for quality & transportability, as well as technical requirements such as sufficient insulation and snow loading support to be appropriate for year round use in Alberta. Additional requirements must also be met for mechanical, electrical, plumbing and gas specifications.
OSSE Certification
ContainerWest is certified through the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC. The Certificate Seal signifies to employees, visitors, and business partners that this company is committed to the health and safety of its workers, and to eliminating serious injuries in the manufacturing sector.
Certifications
CSA W47.1 | Certification of Companies for Fusion Welding of Steel
ContainerWest Manufacturing has attained certification from the Canadian Welding Bureau for CSA W47.1 in Division 2.0 This allows us to make structural modifications to shipping containers, which can be sold as relocatable buildings under all Canadian building codes.
This certification requires the following be present: retained welding engineer that oversees the welding program, welding supervisor, qualified welders, and quality control program that includes approved welding data sheets and procedure specifications. We retain the services of specialized welding engineer Steve Siu, president of SKC Engineering.
CSA A660 | Certification of Manufacturers of Steel Building Systems
The CSA A660 certification gives permitting officials assistance in reviewing permit submissions and helps our clients know that they are receiving a quality product. The certification requires that our production plant, staff and quality assurance systems are reviewed and approved by an independent certification agency.
CSA A660 ensures that ContainerWest Manufacturing has been audited for: personnel, design and engineering, materials control, fabrication, warehousing, erection responsibility and plant quality program.
CWB WeldQuality Mark
The CWB Weld QualityMark is a third party stamp of approval that shows customers that all welding is being done to a long established Canadian standard. This guarantees reliable, safe, and quality welds.
CSA A277 | Factory Certification of Buildings
The CWB Weld QualityMark is a third party stamp of approval that shows customers that all welding is being done to a long established Canadian standard. This guarantees reliable, safe, and quality welds.
Part 10 Certified
Part 10 of the Alberta Building Code is specific to relocatable structures (such as container-based buildings). Part 10 includes stringent requirements for quality & transportability, as well as technical requirements such as sufficient insulation and snow loading support to be appropriate for year round use in Alberta. Additional requirements must also be met for mechanical, electrical, plumbing and gas specifications.
OSSE Certification
ContainerWest is certified through the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC. The Certificate Seal signifies to employees, visitors, and business partners that this company is committed to the health and safety of its workers, and to eliminating serious injuries in the manufacturing sector.
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