I-Folding Container House yase-USA: Izindlu Ezithengekayo, Ezisetshenziswa Ngokushesha Ezisetshenziswayo 

Isidingo sendlu yezitsha ezigoqayo sase-USA siyakhula—hhayi ngenxa yokuthambekela, kodwa ngenxa yegebe lomhlaba wangempela. Osonkontileka baseTexas badinga amahhovisi ezindawo emahoreni angama-72. Abaqhubi bepaki ye-RV e-Arizona bafuna amagumbi ezivakashi asetshenziswa ngaphambi kwesizini ephezulu. Amaqembu ezimo eziphuthumayo e-Florida adinga izindlu ezilungele isiphepho ezithumela phansi futhi zivuleleke lapho efika. Lokhu akukona okucatshangelwayo. Sifake izindlu zeziqukathi ezigoqekayo kuzo zontathu izimo-futhi isikhathi ngasinye, into ekhawulelayo bekungeyona isabelomali noma idizayini. Kwakuyijubane ngaphandle kokuyekethisa.

Kungani "Ukugoqa" Kushaywa "Kustakiwe" Ukuthunyelwa kwe-U.S

Izindlu eziningi ezijwayelekile ezithengiswa e-U.S. ziwela emabhakedeni amabili: iziqukathi zokuthumela ezimile ezifakwe kabusha endaweni—noma amamojula aqinile e-prefab abanzi kakhulu ukuze angathuthwa ngomgwaqo onguthelawayeka. Kokubili kudala izinkinga. Iziqukathi ezimile zidinga ama-cranes asindayo, ukulungiselela indawo ephelele, kanye namaviki omsebenzi wokuqeda. Amamojula aqinile abangela izimvume ezinkulu, imikhawulo yomzila, nokulibaziseka komshwalense ezifundazweni ezingama-23.

Izindlu zezitsha ezigoqayo zixazulula zombili izinkinga. Zithunyelwa ngezilinganiso ezijwayelekile ze-ISO—amafidi angu-20 ubude, amafidi angu-8 ububanzi, ngaphansi kwamafidi angu-9.5 ubude—ngakho azikho izimvume ezikhethekile. Onsite, anwebeka aqonde phezulu noma abheke eceleni kusetshenziswa amasistimu amahinge ahlanganisiwe we-hydraulic noma imanuwali. Iyunithi eyodwa esiyitshalile eduze kwase-Denver yasuka empahleni enephalethi yaya endaweni yokuhlala evaleleke ngokuphelele, enezintambo, nenamapayipi amahora angu-14—akukho crane, akukho pad kakhonkolo, amatshe amisiwe amisiwe kanye namaphoyinti amane okusetshenzwa kuwo.

Ukhiye akukhona nje ukugoqeka. Kuwukuqhubeka kwesakhiwo. Ngokungafani nama-trailer azivelelayo noma izindawo zokukhosela zendwangu, izindlu zeziqukathi ezigoqekayo zigcina ukhonkolo olugcwele lwezinga lesitsha, uzimele wesiteshi se-C, kanye namaphoyinti okuphakamisa ahambisana ne-ISO. Lokho kusho ukuthi bahlangabezana nezindinganiso zokulayisha umoya ze-ASTM E1996 ze-Zone III (150 mph) uma zigxiliwe—futhi baphumelele ukuhlola ukuthobela ikhodi ye-HUD ezifundazweni ezingu-17 uma zifakwe i-HVAC eqinisekisiwe namafasitela aphumayo.

Okusebenza Empeleni Emhlabathini Wase-U.S.—Hhayi Ezincwajaneni Kuphela

Abanye abakhiqizi bathi “goqa ubuye uhambe” kodwa bafihle izithiyo ezibucayi: imingcele yokuphakama kophahla evimbela ukuphuma komthwalo weqhwa, amaphaneli odonga angakwazi ukwamukela izikulufu ze-U.S.-spec drywall, noma imigodi yokufaka ugesi enosayizi wezindawo zesimo sezulu saseShayina—hhayi ubusika baseMinnesota noma ihlobo lase-Arizona.

Sihlola konke ukucushwa ngezimo zangempela. Indlu eneziqukathi ezigoqeka kabili ezakhelwe indawo yokushushuluza eqhweni e-Colorado yenze imijikelezo emithathu yasebusika ngokugcwaliswa koboya bamaminerali be-R-21, ifreyimu yekhefu elishisayo, namafasitela acwebezeliswe kabili e-Low-E. Amazinga okushisa angaphakathi endlini ahlala ku-68°F nokwehla kwangaphandle okungu--22°F—kusetshenziswa iphampu yokushisa engu-5kW kuphela. Ngokuphambene, iyunithi yesimbangi enezincazelo ezifanayo ezishiwo zehlulekile ku--10°F ngenxa yebhuloho elishisayo kumajoyinti amahinge.

Abathengi base-U.S. futhi abakubukeli phansi okokusebenza. Amayunithi agoqekayo kufanele aqhubeke nokuhamba ngamaloli awela izwe—hhayi nje ukuhlanganiswa kwefekthri. Amayunithi ethu asebenzisa amapuleti e-shear ensimbi ahlanganayo emigqeni egoqiwe, hhayi ama-rivets noma ama-spot weld. Iyunithi ngayinye yenza ukuhlolwa kokudlidliza kwamahora angu-4 elingisa ukuthutha kwezimpahla ze-I-10 ngaphambi kokushiya isizinda sokukhiqiza saseShandong. Kungakho isilinganiso sethu somonakalo wezinto zokuthutha umphakathi singu-0.7%—uma siqhathaniswa nesilinganiso somkhakha esingu-4.2% kuma-prefabs angasongi.

Izindleko Zangempela, Izikhathi Zesikhathi Zangempela—Awekho Amacebo “Okuqala Kuwo”

Intengo yendlu enekamelo elilodwa egoqwayo yase-USA iqala ku-$38,500 FOB Qingdao. Lokho kufaka phakathi i-rough-in egcwele kagesi (amasekhethi angu-20A, izinqamuli ze-AFCI), ukukhanya kwe-LED okunezintambo zangaphambili, amandla we-dual-voltage angu-120V/240V, kanye nezigaxa zamapayipi ezifakwe efekthri zosinki, ishawa, nendlu yangasese. Engeza u-$12,800 wempahla yokuthutha olwandle eya e-Los Angeles, u-$3,200 wokuthola imvume yokungena e-U.S. kanye nokudonsa amanzi phakathi nezwe ukuya e-Dallas, kanye no-$6,500 wokufakwa okuphrofeshinali—okuhlanganisa nokubeka izinga, ukumisa izintambo, ukubopha, nokuphuma kokuhlolwa kokugcina.

Izindleko eziphelele zokufika: $61,000. Kulethwe ezinsukwini zekhalenda ezingama-28 kusukela ekuqinisekisweni kwe-oda. Qhathanisa lokho ne-ADU eyakhiwe ngezinduku: isilinganiso esingu-$142,000, ubuncane bezinyanga ezi-5–7, kanye nokuvumela ukubambezeleka ku-61% wezindawo zaseCalifornia ngonyaka odlule.

Nakhu amakhasimende ahlala ekubuza—nokuthi sibatshela ini:

Obani Abawasebenzisayo—Futhi Kungani Baqhubeka Be-oda

Akubona abathuthukisi kuphela. Umsebenzisi wenkundla yekamu kazwelonke uthenge izindlu zamabhokisi agoqekayo angu-42 amayunithi ase-USA ngephothifoliyo yawo eneziza eziyi-12—ethatha indawo yamakhebhi wezingodo abolayo. I-ROI ifike ezinyangeni eziyi-18: amanani obusuku eqa ngo-37%, ukuhlala okungaphezu kuka-92% ngezikhathi zamahlombe, futhi izindleko zokunakekela zehle ngo-64% uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izindlela zohlaka lwezinkuni.

Inyuvesi yaseGeorgia yatshala amayunithi ayisishiyagalombili njengezindlu zobuhlakani ngesikhathi sokulungiswa kwama-dorm. Basebenzise indawo ekhona yokupaka, bagwema ukulalelwa kabusha kwezindawo, futhi bahlangabezana nezimfuneko ze-ADA ngamakhithi okungena alungele irempu namashawa angena emanzini.

Ngisho omasipala bayawathatha. Ngemuva kweSiphepho u-Ian, izifunda ezintathu zaseFlorida zasebenzisa izindlu ezigoqayo zesitsha njengamahhovisi esikhashana okuqinisa ikhodi-asetshenziswe ezinsukwini ze-4, anamandla aphelele futhi axhunyiwe kunethiwekhi, ngezivalo ezilinganiselwe yisiphepho kanye namajeneretha elanga ayisipele.

Lezi akuzona izixazululo ze-stopgap. Angamathuluzi endawo aklanywe ngokunemba—enzelwe indawo yokulawula yase-U.S., izinto ezingokoqobo, kanye nokuhlukahluka kwesimo sezulu.

Uma udinga izindlu ezifika ngokushesha, ezisebenza ngokwethembeka, nezikali ngaphandle kokwakhiwa kabusha—ukugoqa isitsha sendlu yase-USA akuseyona inketho ye-niche. Yisisekelo sejubane, ukuthobela, kanye nenani lesikhathi eside. Umbuzo awukona ukuthi ihambisana nephrojekthi yakho. Ukuthi ungayithola ngokushesha kangakanani esizeni.