The journalofcommerce reports WEQ Britco is set to begin building a 2,000 room modular workforce accommodation complex in northern Manitoba, Canada at the proposed site of Manitoba Hydro’s multi-billion dollar Keeyask power generation plant on the Lower Nelson River. Manitoba Hydro began preliminary work on access road and camp development in early 2012. Phase one of the $207 million housing project will see the build out of 500 modular rooms with exercise, entertainment and food facilities, scheduled for completion June 2014. Phase two will be the 1,500 remaining modules. MHProNews has learned the overall $6.2 billion project involves the construction of a powerhouse complex, spillway, dams, dykes, reservoir, and supporting infrastructure. “We are proud to be working with Manitoba Hydro and its First Nation and community partners on this important project and look forward to designing and building one of the most advanced workforce accommodations complexes anywhere in Canada,” said Darren Latoski, CEO of WesternOne Equity (WEQ) Income Fund, which acquired Britco about a year and a half ago.

(Image credit: Global Regina–modular man camp in Canada)