January 31, 2005

Atco homes to shelter construction workers at Iceland smelter

CALGARY

A subsidiary of Calgary-based Atco Ltd. has won a contract to build a village in Iceland that will house 1,500 workers constructing an aluminum smelter.

Atco Europe Ltd., the European division of Atco Structures Inc., reports it has been awarded a series of contracts to supply pre-fabricated buildings and related services to shelter workers building an Alcoa Inc. smelter.

The Fjaroaal Aluminium Smelter in Reydarfjordur, in eastern Iceland, is being built by European construction giant Bechtel.

The contracts have been awarded in four stages and are comprised of design, engineering, manufacturing and installation of an initial 100-person advance pioneer camp and a 1,500-person construction camp, Atco said.

The majority of the dormitories, kitchen/diners, lunchrooms, medical, recreation and laundry facilities will be manufactured at an Atco factory in Budapest, Hungary, with some product also being delivered from ATCO’s U.S. factory in Diboll, Tex.

Atco Structures makes workforce housing and modular buildings.

The Canadian Press

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