Finally, a Project Planner made for Shipping Container Homes

Manage Your Container Construction Project Like A Pro!

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There is nothing sexy about planning and managing a container home project. It can be a tedious job trying to keep track of who is doing what, and when. However, project management is crucial to a successful outcome, and missing little details can cost you big.

Perhaps you’ve tried to manage other projects in the past, or maybe you’re midway through your own container build…

  • Are you trying to keep track of everything in your mind? Dangerous!
  • Do you have notepads and sticky notes all over your desk? Bad idea!
  • Have you tried to make your own rudimentary tool on your computer, but it’s just not getting the job done? Frustrating!

A Failure to Plan is a Plan to Fail

The fact is, you need SOME kind of project planning tool to help you manage your container building project.  Questions like these (and plenty of others) will come up…

  • When are the containers being brought to our building site?  
  • How long did the earth-moving company say it would take to get the road built?  
  • Who was picking up the lumber for the walls at the supply yard?
  • What things do I need to do before I break ground?
  • If I need an extra week to finish the foundation, how does that affect the rest of the project?
  • What comes first, the plumbing or the electrical? 

We looked dozens of computer-based project planning tools, and they were all missing something…too simplistic, too expensive, too difficult to use, too antiquated.  So, we decided to make our own!

It’s simple yet powerful.  It’s cloud accessible.  It comes with a base template to get you started.  And it’s going to make your life easier.

What's Included?

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You’ll receive a PDF file like the one above with clear instructions and screenshots demonstrating how to access and use the Google Sheets Project Planner

  • A base template that includes common tasks necessary to imagine, plan, design, and build a shipping container building
  • An interactive project planning tool that responds graphically to your inputs including progress to date on each task, enabling you to visualize your project, upcoming tasks, overall progress, and more!
  • Helpful color-coded bar graphs and status fields that automatically update based on your progress to instantly show you where your focus is needed and help you keep your project on schedule
  • Advanced users can use formulas to link start and end dates of different tasks for a fully dynamic document (shift the date for one task, and all the dependent follow-on tasks will shift as well)

Why Discover Containers?

Our Reputation

When the Financial Times needed a resource to share in conjunction with their article, “Think Outside the Box with a Container Home,” they chose Discover Containers.

When the 5 Live BBC radio station wanted to do an on-air interview with a subject matter expert on container housing, they asked Discover Containers. 

When Autodesk, the creator of AutoCAD, wanted to bring more credibility to their magazine feature, “Out of the Box: Will the Shipping Container Home Meet the Masses”, they cited Discover Containers.

Time after time, when esteemed publications and media outlets need authoritative information about container construction to share with their readers and listeners, they trust Discover Containers. And so can you.

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Our Guarantee

The most popular shipping containers are 40 feet long. When you think of a container, those are probably the ones you picture. Forty-footers are strong, dependable, and used all over the world. And they’re the namesake of our 40Strong Guarantee.

What is the 40Strong Guarantee? It’s simple. We’ll give you a full refund within 40 days of purchase if for any reason you aren’t satisfied. Period. No hassle. How’s that for risk-free?

Frequently Asked Questions

The Project Plan is built in Google Sheets (part of the Free Google Docs/Drive platform), an incredible cloud-based spreadsheet that works across devices and saves your work ‘in the cloud’ automatically

A familiarity with spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel or similar will be helpful, although the tool is easy to use with clear instructions

Upon purchase, you’ll be given a PDF file with detailed instructions on how to access the Project Plan with a free Google Drive account.  If you don’t have a Google Drive account, the instructions will show you how to make one

Sadly no.  Every container home project is different, so the base template is just a starting point.  Add tasks, change the order of tasks, and certainly change the dates to match your individual project

Send us any questions via our Contact Us page.