20ft, 40ft, high cube, modified, and refrigerated containers delivered to the Pittsburgh metro area, including Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park, Upper St. Clair, Ross Township and Shaler.
Pittsburgh is the seat of Allegheny County and the hub of a metro area spread across the hills and river valleys of southwestern Pennsylvania. Deliveries reach Allegheny, Westmoreland, Butler, Beaver, Washington, Armstrong, Fayette, Lawrence, Indiana, Greene, Mercer and Somerset counties. Delivery areas include Downtown, the Golden Triangle, Strip District, Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, Polish Hill, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, Oakland, East Liberty, Highland Park, Point Breeze, Regent Square, Greenfield, Hazelwood, South Side Flats, South Side Slopes, Mount Washington, Beechview, Brookline, Carrick, Troy Hill and Manchester.
Pittsburgh runs its own Zoning Code, Title Nine of the Pittsburgh Code, with accessory uses and structures handled in Chapter 912. Zoning review sits with the Department of City Planning's Zoning and Development Review division and permits are issued by the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections. Allegheny County does not zone on behalf of its municipalities. Each of the county's 130 municipalities writes and enforces its own ordinance, so the jurisdiction that has your address is the only one whose answer counts.
Include your address and a description of the access when you request a quote.
A Pittsburgh lot can have no flat yard at all. The house is cut into a slope, the garage is under it, and the only level ground is the parking pad or a shelf halfway up the hill. A container goes where the level ground actually is rather than where the plan drawing says, and it gets blocked at the four corners so the doors still line up on a grade.
Crews working across Allegheny County's 130 municipalities can lose part of the day moving tools. A container on the job means copper, fixtures and equipment stay locked at the site instead of crossing the tunnels twice daily in a trailer.
Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, the South Side Flats and Troy Hill have narrow lots with shared walls and rear alleys, and a house there may have no garage. When one of those houses is opened up, a container can hold the contents on site, and the planning question is the alley width and the wire height rather than the size of the box.
Warehouse space can be committed on long terms while seasonal inventory moves on a shorter cycle. A container or a row of them at the dock can cover the peak without committing to square footage that sits empty part of the year.
A gas field, pipeline or utility crew working in Washington, Greene, Butler or Westmoreland County can need secure, weatherproof space at a site that has no building. Containers hold valves, fittings, spill kits, protective equipment and spares at the pad, and they move to the next site with the crew.
Construction and fit-out work at Pitt, Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne, UPMC and Allegheny Health Network can need staging space on tight urban campuses. A container can hold furniture, equipment and records through a floor turnover and sit on the campus lot rather than in rented warehouse space out the Parkway.
A few things shape how a delivery goes in this area:
For permit questions on a specific address, contact the City of Pittsburgh Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections, 200 Ross Street, Suite 320, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Phone (412) 255-2175. Zoning questions go to the Department of City Planning, Zoning and Development Review, at [email protected]. If your address is outside the city line, the borough or township that has your parcel is the office to call instead.
Containers are available in several grades, from used wind and water tight to one-trip.
Call or text (330) 510-5817, or use the quote form above.