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Mobile Britco
650 person Mining Camp
Project Details
Location: Kupol, Russia
Area of modular portion of building: 123,034
Number of building modules: 255 + panelized units & loading docks
Features:
Designed to house 650 workers and support staff in an extremely
remote Russian Arctic location, this workforce housing complex is
completely self-sufficient. The facility includes a fully-equipped medical
center, laundry facilities and extra kitchen storage space to maintain
sufficient supplies through extended periods of extreme weather.
The camp is designed around an innovative village concept with recreational amenities positioned directly off the main corridor including a library, TV/movie rooms, games and computer rooms, a fitness centre and a full gymnasium. The sleeping quarters are located in 17 side wings and feature single and twin room accommodations with custombuilt birch millwork. Two women’s wings were included as well as single occupancy rooms with private washrooms for senior managers and visiting executives.
Since the complex will be completely isolated for 3 weeks or more at a time, fail-safe systems were designed into the project. Major systems for heat and power were constructed with full redundancy in the event of failure and the fire protection system and fire breaks were designed to isolate sections of the camp in the event of a fire. The complex was designed with a state-of-the-art hot water glycol heating system that uses excess heat from the mining operation and provides an almost unlimited supply of hot water.
Special steel handling skids were specially designed into each module to allow the different types of equipment and trucks used to easily transport the units. Once the modules reached port in Russian, they were trucked 400 kms to a holding area where they remained until the winter road was ready. They were re-loaded and trucked another 200 kms on an ice road to the project site. Transporting all the units from the holding area to the mine site took approximately three months.
No matter how remote the location or challenging the environment, Britco can design, manufacture and install an innovative building solution.
The camp is designed around an innovative village concept with recreational amenities positioned directly off the main corridor including a library, TV/movie rooms, games and computer rooms, a fitness centre and a full gymnasium. The sleeping quarters are located in 17 side wings and feature single and twin room accommodations with custombuilt birch millwork. Two women’s wings were included as well as single occupancy rooms with private washrooms for senior managers and visiting executives.
Since the complex will be completely isolated for 3 weeks or more at a time, fail-safe systems were designed into the project. Major systems for heat and power were constructed with full redundancy in the event of failure and the fire protection system and fire breaks were designed to isolate sections of the camp in the event of a fire. The complex was designed with a state-of-the-art hot water glycol heating system that uses excess heat from the mining operation and provides an almost unlimited supply of hot water.
Special steel handling skids were specially designed into each module to allow the different types of equipment and trucks used to easily transport the units. Once the modules reached port in Russian, they were trucked 400 kms to a holding area where they remained until the winter road was ready. They were re-loaded and trucked another 200 kms on an ice road to the project site. Transporting all the units from the holding area to the mine site took approximately three months.
No matter how remote the location or challenging the environment, Britco can design, manufacture and install an innovative building solution.