Resilient building and site construction system and method

A building structure, comprising:

• (a) a first building level of a building structure formed from at least a first high cube box shipping container and a second high cube box shipping container;
• (b) said first high cube box shipping container forming at least a first side portion of the first building level and said second high cube box shipping container forming at least a second side portion of the first building level, wherein said first and second high cube box shipping containers are configured to provide a first floor space extending between an exterior sidewall of said first high cube box shipping container and an exterior wall of said second high cube box shipping container;
• (c) a horizontally extending structural support extending between and connecting the first and second high cube box shipping containers, the horizontally extending structural support having a plurality of openings extending therethrough so that a fork-lift can engage and lift the horizontally extending structural support from either side of the horizontally extending structural support;
• (d) a floor of said first building level being operably connected to each of said first high cube box shipping container and said second high cube box shipping container;
• and,
• (e) at least one cross-beam extending through one of the plurality of openings of said horizontally extending structural support, said at least one cross-beam being attached at one end to said first high cube box shipping container and at an opposing end to said second high cube box shipping container.

A method of forming a building structure, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a first high cube box shipping container and a second high cube box shipping container, each of said first high cube box shipping container and said second high cube box having a plurality of openings extending therethrough so that a fork-lift can engage and lift a corresponding high cube box shipping container;
• (b) positioning said first high cube box shipping container to form at least a first side portion of a first level of a building structure;
• (c) positioning said second high cube box shipping container to form at least a second side portion of the first level of the building structure, wherein said first and second high cube box shipping containers are configured to provide an interior space of the first level of the building structure extending between an exterior sidewall of said first high cube box shipping container and an exterior wall of said second high cube box shipping container;
• (c) providing a container connector including a first connection end, a second connection end and a cross-beam extending between said first connection end and said second connection end;
• (d) inserting the first connection end of the container connector into one of said plurality of openings of said first high cube box shipping container and the second connection end of the container connector into one of said plurality of openings of said second high cube box shipping container to connect and space said first high cube shipping container from said second high cube box shipping container;
• and,
• (e) operably connecting a floor to said first high cube box shipping container and said second high cube box shipping container wherein a portion of said floor extends along said cross-beam and between said first high cube box shipping container and said second high cube box shipping container.

A method of forming a building structure, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a first high cube box shipping container and a first flat rack;
• (b) positioning said first high cube box shipping container to form at least a first side portion of a first level of a building structure, wherein said roof, both end walls and a sidewall of said first high cube box shipping container are removed to provide an interior space of the first level of the building structure extending between an exterior sidewall of said first high cube box shipping container and an interior wall of said first high cube box shipping container;
• (c) horizontally offsetting said first flat rack from said first high cube box shipping container such that a floor of said first high cube box shipping container is substantially horizontally aligned with a top surface of said first flat rack, wherein said first flat rack has a plurality of openings extending therethrough so that a fork-lift can engage, and lift said first flat rack from either side of said first flat rack;
• and,
• (d) inserting a portion of a first cross-beam into one of said plurality of openings of said first flat rack and connecting a first end of said first cross-beam to a portion of said first high cube box shipping container.