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Health & Safety Best Practices for Man Camps

Industries such as mining and mineral exploration, oil and gas, construction, and research often require work in remote locations, prompting the creation of temporary or long-term workforce accommodations, generally referred to as “man camps.” Far from any outside development, many man camps become mini cities of their own, forced to provide their own

How to Create a Positive Culture in Your Man Camp

Man camps in the oil and gas, mining, construction, mineral exploration, natural resources, and research industries rely on skilled crews to run their operations, but the very nature of man camps makes it difficult to attract and retain such workers: man camps tend to be in the middle of nowhere, feature harsh climates

History of Man Camps

Temporary worker housing, also known as “man camps,” have been around for hundreds of years, providing accommodations to everyone from 19th-century railroad workers and gold miners to displaced World War II veterans and modern-day construction laborers. These temporary houses can consist of RV parks or durable fabric structure buildings, and oftentimes are

Temporary School Structures in Saipan Deployed for Disaster Recovery

Super Typhoon Yutu hit the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth north of Guam, on October 23 and 24 of 2018. Raging winds that reached 180 miles per hour devastated the area, including two schools in Saipan, the largest of the islands. Just a

Site Trailers versus Engineered Fabric Structures: Which Is Best for Your Remote Project?

Site trailers have long been considered the standard for construction, oil & gas, mining, and mineral exploration projects. While site trailers have their uses, they aren’t always the most practical – or affordable

Engineered Fabric Structures – an Alternative Building Solution for Engineering and Architecture Firms

Long-Lasting Building Systems that Meet and Exceed Your Client’s Expectations

With so many options available, most building design and engineering firms overlook one of the best alternatives to traditional building designs — engineered fabric structures. Alaska Structures® custom creates building solutions using high-performance membrane structures that offer unmatched engineering capabilities

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Guide to Workforce Accommodations in Remote Locations

Work sites in the mining, mineral exploration, oil and gas, construction, natural resources, and research industries are often located in remote areas that tend to have harsh climates and less than optimum conditions. Such work sites tend to be geographically isolated, and not easily accessed by road – often requiring days of travel

Engineered Fabric Structures for Data Centers and Server Farms

A data center, or server farm, is a collection of networked computers, either centrally located to support the data needs of an organization or used for online data storage, data processing, and distributing large amounts of data from remote data facilities. The data center is a physical facility that houses servers, network equipment, personnel

Engineered Fabric Structures Help to Save Marine Mammals in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Nestled along the seaside cliffs on a remote stretch of a sand and pebble beach in the Gulf of California, a team of scientists, marine biologists, and medical specialists work around the clock to rescue and rehabilitate marine mammals. Though there are many theories as to why dolphins and other whales strand

Increasing Efficiency in the Timber Industry with Engineered Fabric Structures

The timber industry has taken a hit in the last couple of decades. Fewer young people are lining up to fill job vacancies partly because it is one of the most dangerous professions and its hard work. The Bureau of Labor reports that in 2015, logging workers suffered

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Recent Posts by Alaska Structures

Health & Safety Best Practices for Man Camps

How to Create a Positive Culture in Your Man Camp

History of Man Camps

Temporary School Structures in Saipan Deployed for Disaster Recovery

Site Trailers versus Engineered Fabric Structures: Which Is Best for Your Remote Project?

Engineered Fabric Structures – an Alternative Building Solution for Engineering and Architecture Firms

Long-Lasting Building Systems that Meet and Exceed Your Client’s Expectations

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Guide to Workforce Accommodations in Remote Locations

Engineered Fabric Structures for Data Centers and Server Farms

Engineered Fabric Structures Help to Save Marine Mammals in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Increasing Efficiency in the Timber Industry with Engineered Fabric Structures

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