Mounting a comms mast to a shipping container
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James Way, Assistant Harbour Master and VTS Manager at Guernsey Ports, recently used Domino Clamps to secure communication masts to the side of their new Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) control room which is built from converted shipping containers. VTS is basically the equivalent of air traffic control at sea.
Tags: Antennas, Case Studies, Pipe and Tube
Attaching a banner to a shipping container solar battery
Adal Advertising is a Domino Clamps customer from the Netherlands, who recently put together this substantial steel tube frame on the side of a shipping container in order to attach a huge advertising banner to the side of it.
Shipping Container Roof Deck
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Marc-Andre L from Canada recently used Domino Clamps in his project to build a shipping container roof deck on top of a 10ft shipping container. The chunky 16ft by 14ft timber-framed platform overhangs the roof of the container by a considerable amount, more than doubling the floorspace provided by the roof alone.
Fixing to shipping containers: A welder's perspective
In this blog we will be looking at the Pros and Cons of welding shipping containers compared to using a mechanical fixing like Domino Clamps. We spoke to Eyal Edelman, an experienced welder whose projects involving shipping containers include the Pop Brixton project in 2015.
Tags: Case Studies, construction, Welding
Constructing Pop Brixton: An interview with the project's build manager, Tom Mattey
Pop Brixton is a temporary project that has turned disused land into a creative space for 55 local independent businesses. The project, using 57 recycled shipping containers and other reclaimed materials, was started as an incubator for start-ups to enable locals to test the market and get their businesses off the ground. We spoke with Pop Brixton’s build manager, Tom Mattey about the project.
Examples of mounting a floodlight to a shipping container which you should avoid
When we first came up with the idea for Domino Clamps, one of the first things we used them for was to attach large metal halide flood lights to shipping containers at events. Working into the evenings, we needed as much light as possible to work safely...
