Intermodal  steel  building  units  as  an  alternative  for building low-income housing units in Puerto Rico

Javier Baella Silva

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dc.creator	Javier Baella Silva
dc.date	2013
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-17T18:05:12Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-17T18:05:12Z
dc.identifier	http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=63158922003
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/50538
dc.description	Puerto Rico currently has an excess of high-priced housing units, partly because of the recession that has been affecting the Island since 2006; on the other hand, state-subsidized housing has the largest demand, but high construction costs and government-imposed price caps have kept developers from pursuing these types of projects. The demand for subsidized housing units has been estimated at 22,000 for years 2012 thru 2016. Other jurisdictions, mainly in Europe, have adopted maritime cargo containers (technically known as Inter-Modal Steel Building Units, ISBUs, when used for construction) as structural building blocks for a variety of edifices. ISBU-based housing provides an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional construction that uses surplus maritime cargo containers, thereby reusing avaluable material that would otherwise become a disposal problem.ISBUs have performance specs that surpass those of traditional concrete construction used in Puerto Rico, at a considerable cost reduction of approximately 60%. Once common prejudices regarding the safety, longevity, and quality of ISBU-based construction are overcome, this type of construction could be an innovative solution to a long debated problem that affects many stakeholders. The key to providing safe, modern housing to the poorest in our society may well come from thinking insidethe box.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Centro de Investigaciones Comerciales e Iniciativas Académicas
dc.relation	http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=631
dc.rights	Forum Empresarial
dc.source	Forum Empresarial (Puerto Rico) Num.2.1 Vol.1
dc.subject	Administración y Contabilidad
dc.subject	SBU
dc.subject	cargo shipping containers
dc.subject	construction
dc.subject	subsidized housing
dc.subject	PR economy
dc.title	Intermodal steel building units as an alternative for building low-income housing units in Puerto Rico
dc.type	artículo científico