A ground anchoring element for a small-building's subframe allowing the small-building to be stationarily attached to the ground, the anchoring element comprising a bracket, a bracket nut, a threaded rod, adjustment nuts, a support plate with an opening, the threaded rod going through the opening and a tie for the support plate. One end of the threaded rod is in the bracket nut and the other in the ground. The bracket fastened to the subframe of a small-building can be an angled-joint bracket or a straight-joint bracket.

The plastic cribbing blocks are useful in their stacked configuration for supporting a structure during a leveling procedure on an uneven ground surface. The tops and bottoms of the cribbing blocks include interlocking mechanisms or texturing to prevent lateral movement between adjacent blocks when they are in their stacked configuration. A plurality of the plastic cribbing blocks can be placed in their nesting configuration, such that the tops of lower blocks are nested within the bottoms of upper blocks. This configuration may be used for transporting or storing the blocks. The blocks are generally rectangular with a top central horizontal panel, a bottom perimeter horizontal panel and four sides extending between the top central horizontal panel and the bottom perimeter horizontal panel. The block includes interior and exterior ribs or structures.

Scale habitable units are disclosed for use in marine environments, such as the open sea, which are inexpensive to assemble and maintain, while providing habitable space.

A foundation support system for supporting a manufactured building from a ground surface, includes a pan configured to engage the ground surface. The pan includes a longitudinal bracket integrally formed in the pan. The bracket includes a pair of spaced walls extending in a longitudinal direction. First and second longitudinal struts include first and second lower strut ends, respectively, received between and attached to the spaced walls of the longitudinal bracket. The pan may also include an integrally formed lateral bracket which receives a lateral strut. The pan may include integral reinforcing ribs extending parallel to and between the walls of each bracket.

An anchor pier for supporting a manufactured building, in which the anchor pier includes having a shaft with a connector and a helical flight proximate a driving tip, with a brace member attached to the connector and to the manufactured building with a connector, to transfer loading between the manufactured building and the ground. A method of supporting a manufactured building is disclosed.

A building sheltering structure is configured to facilitate the shielding of domicile or building into an underground foundation before an emergency environmental condition arises. The foundation includes a cover plate and/or a second plate that translate horizontally to occlude the at least one domicile upon retraction into a secure cavity of the foundation by a lift assembly in the foundation cavity. The cover plate and second plate offer optimal protection to the domicile thereunder for various extreme conditions. Mounted atop the lift assembly, the at least one domicile can be fully retracted into the foundation cavity and completely shielded. The operation of the lift assembly is commanded and powered by a supply system, of which a processor facilitates emergency warnings and panic transmissions to signal for help. Further, a plurality of solar panels mounted atop the at least one domicile keeps the system charged for the use in emergency.

Mobile business units can provide business units for a variety of businesses including, for example, a mobile kitchen or “ghost kitchen”, a mobile insurance or disaster relief office, and a mobile medical facility. Novel impermeable surface configurations enabling sterilization of the interior of the mobile business units are provided. Novel deployment of the mobile business unit can include removal of an axle frame, tires, and axles to convert the mobile business unit to a stationary business unit. A removable hitch assembly can shorten the length of the mobile business unit. Cloud software can integrate the business unit with delivery drivers to lower the cost of “last mile delivery” to end customers.

Marine habitation units are disclosed for use in the open sea. Each unit includes a habitable chamber; a column including a first end, and a second end, opposite the first end, the second end for mounting in a sea bed; and, and, a segment in communication with the habitable chamber, and the first end of the column. The segment is moveable both substantially vertically, and, rotatably, allowing the wherein the habitable chamber and the column to move substantially vertically, and, rotatably, with respect to each other.

A modular building structure that utilizes a standard, unmodified intermodal shipping container both for transport of the structural components and as an integral element of the method of construction. A modular structure kit is enclosed in the shipping container, which can be transported using all means that are standard for ISO containers. Using the preferred method of construction, the shipping container can be situated without heavy equipment. Once situated, the shipping container provides the primary support for a permanent elevated structure composed of unique components, assembled using conventional building techniques without the necessary use of heavy or specialized equipment.

A support assembly for supporting a building structure, the support assembly comprising: a pile adapted to be buried into a ground surface, the pile having a longitudinal axis; a pile head adapted to be secured to a top end of a pile, the pile head including a mounting member engaging the pile and an extendable member movably mounted to the mounting member, the extendable member being movable relative to the mounting member, along the longitudinal axis, the extendable member including: a support platform adapted to receive the support beam of the manufactured home's support frame thereon; and at least one holding member adapted to engage the building structure and to prevent movement of the support beam relative to the support platform.