A number of buildings have been installed using this method, primarily in East London. The first (Container City I) was installed in 2001, in 4 days, and fitted out over 5 months, at Trinity Buoy Wharf, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. This was expanded with a second phase (Container City II) in 2002 and offices were constructed on the same site in the Riverside Building in 2005.
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The company have now completed sixteen projects utilizing the technique. which is suited to short and medium term land use - when the land becomes required for other uses, the containers can be reused elsewhere.