Early mining camps were primitive with miners living in tents and crude shacks. As the mining camps became larger in size, living conditions worsened particularly during winter in the colder regions of North America. Historically, valuable ore strikes were the cause of mass immigration from single men to families in search of unlimited wealth which caused towns from go from boom to ghost. Today’s technology development of new exploration techniques and concepts has led directly to numerous discoveries and allowed companies who own mineral rights into extreme remote areas where it’s impossible for a local “boom town” to exist. The results of this are company owned and controlled mining camps, many being operated on a fly-in-fly-out basis. With these camps, the miners’ “home” and family remains in a major city and the miner commutes many days/weeks in and similar days/weeks out. These camps are sophisticated, well planned with most of the amenities offered in 4 star hotels. Human Resources are the most important asset a company has and they have to be looked after and treated in a manner that will assist a company to maintain a positive human environment. The first and most important step in a camp to maintain this are living conditions and what physical environment it offers.
MCQuarters Corporation is dedicated to working with mining companies to ensure their camp needs are met and have an array of factory engineers to assist in developing and tailoring their plans for maximum usage. Our factory is continually coming out with new designs, plans that are better than previous years including environmentally friendly storage units for “dangerous goods”.
PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN
MC Quarter’s mandate is to supply a high quality product with low cost and quick delivery to meet the housing demands in the mining and other mineral resource industries. Our mining camps can be configured to meet your needs in harmony to the layout of land available. The camps can include whatever amenities you desire:
Kitchens- Dining rooms
- Private to multi-person washrooms
- Mud rooms
- Locker Room facilities
- Laundry rooms
- First aid rooms
- Recreation and exercise rooms.
- Construction Office Trailers
- Jobsite Engineering Trailers
- Industrial Plant Facilities
- Labs: Field Tech Labs and testing labs
- Office buildings
- Class and training rooms
MANUFACTURING
Our factory has been operating since 1995 and has shipped manufactured products all over the world from Aboriginal Social Housing in Australia to a mining camp in Alaska. MC Quarters close working relationship with the factory has a great insight into the needs of our clients.
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
Our Factory has specially trained staff and engineers in Modular Construction and all areas of Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC will meet all specific codes ie: Canada’s CSA and any other Provincial, State or other local laws.
SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS
Our units and modular designed and very easy to ship that requires no permits or special legal authorization. The use of ISO shipping containers provides the advantages when it comes to transporting the modular units to remote locations. All units are constructed to allow shipment by common truck, rail, sea or air. They are very easy to assemble at the site as well disassemble.
FINAL INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION
We have all the knowledge and resource to provide quality installation of your project. MC Quarters can provide on site technical support to assist with client installed/assembly facilities or complete “turn key” installation/assembly.