K-Type Labor Camp House | Prefab Dormitory

The K-Type Single-Story Labor Camp House is the workhorse of workforce accommodation — the most widely exported camp building type, and the one most often reordered. It is built from a light-gauge galvanized steel frame with a pitched roof and X-bracing, clad in rock wool sandwich panels, and shipped flat so that transport volume stays low.

What is a K-Type labor camp house?

Definition: A K-type labor camp house is a prefabricated single-story dormitory building with a light steel frame, pitched roof and sandwich panel walls, assembled on site with bolted connections. Also known as: prefab labor camp house, worker dormitory, K-house, site dormitory block.

Product overview

Each 3000 x 6000 x 2800 mm room is a complete dormitory module. The frame uses galvanized steel with X-bracing in the side walls, which is what gives the K-type its name and its resistance to wind and racking loads. Walls are 50mm rock wool sandwich panels (50 kg/m3) with 0.25mm steel facings on both sides, giving A-grade fire performance — a common contractual requirement on mining and oil and gas camps.

Floors are 18mm magnesium oxide board, which is moisture resistant and takes point loads from bunk beds without deformation. Windows are PVC sliding units with security bars, and doors are steel with a handle lock.

Berth layouts

The standard module is delivered as a shell, ready for bunk layout. Typical configurations:

Layout	Beds	Typical use
4-berth bunk	4	Standard worker dormitory
6-berth bunk	6	High-density labour camp
2-3 single beds	2-3	Supervisor or staff rooms
Open plan	—	Canteen, recreation, laundry, site office

Rooms can be linked side by side along a shared walkway to form blocks of 10, 20 or 50 rooms, with the same frame and panel system used throughout so the camp reads as one building rather than a collection of huts.

Why it ships flat

Panels and frames nest tightly, so a 40ft container carries far more K-type rooms than assembled container houses. On projects where freight is a large share of the landed cost — remote mines, island sites, landlocked countries — this is usually the deciding factor between K-type and container-based accommodation.

Applications

• Construction site dormitories — fast accommodation that can follow the project
• Mining and oil and gas camps — high-density worker housing with A-grade fire compliance
• Disaster relief housing — rapid deployment where permanent buildings are not yet possible
• Project offices and canteens — the same module, fitted out differently
• Ablution and utility blocks — paired with our ablution containers to complete a camp

Build a complete camp

Because the dormitory, ablution container and guard house all belong to the same camp and utility range, colours and finishes can be matched across the whole site and everything ships in one consolidated consignment. Send us your headcount, site conditions and project duration and we will lay out the camp for you.