Modular beam structure and modular base structure

A building utilizing shipping containers as some or all of wall supports of the building, comprising:

• a plurality of shipping containers, at least two of the shipping containers being spaced apart;
• at least one modular beam structure;
• and
• at least two modular base structures,
• wherein, each modular base structure is designed to be and is supported only by the corners of one of the shipping containers,
• each modular beam structure is capable of spanning a distance between spaced apart ones of the shipping containers and connected to and supported at least one of the modular base structures,
• each modular beam structure has a length, a width, and a height,
• wherein each modular beam structure further comprises corner castings located at each corner and non-corner castings located between each corner, with each corner casting and non-corner casting including suitably sized and oriented slot apertures for locking receipt of a part of a twist lock assembly as provided by one of the modular base structures,
• wherein the modular beam structure includes an angled top portion and a level bottom portion which defines a length and a width such that the length of the modular beam structure corresponds to a length of the shipping containers and the modular beam structures being shaped and dimensioned to be able to be assembled on the top of each other creating a shipping container size allowing transport within the shipping containers,
• wherein each of the modular base structures provides a base located on and supported and connected to a top of one of the shipping containers,
• wherein the modular base structures are supported on and adjustably connected by corner castings of one of the shipping containers without loading walls of the shipping container,
• wherein each modular base structure includes an elongate lattice space frame structure forming a single planar rectangular structure having end faces, a top face, a bottom face, a front side edge face, and a rear side edge face,
• wherein the single planar rectangular structure has upper and lower corner castings located at each corner whereby the upper corner casting includes a twist lock assembly therein for locking connection to another corner casting of one of the modular beam structures and the lower corner castings have slot apertures for locking receipt of a twist lock assembly of one of the shipping containers,
• wherein the modular base structure includes non-corner upper castings, each non-corner upper casting having a twist lock assembly in an upper portion for locking receipt in slotted apertures of other corner castings of one of the modular beam structures, and a distance between one of the corners of the modular base structure and one of the non-corner upper casting of the modular base structure or between one of the non-corner upper casting of the modular base structure and another non-corner upper casting of the modular base structure being dimensioned to receive a width of another modular beam structure, and
• wherein each modular beam structure can span between the spaced apart shipping containers by being connectively supported at each end of the modular beam structure and at least one end by one modular base structure, which in turn is connected to the top of one of the shipping containers.