Cabin Design

Contents

            1.  Introduction

              2.  Conventional Cabin design

              3.  Current State-of-the-Art

              4.  References.

The design of construction site accommodation is based on the traditional ‘portacabin’ concept. Characteristics of conventional cabin accommodation as well as of the current state-of-the-art are listed in the following.  

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·       walls and ceiling made from thin steel or marine plywood

·       steel or wooden doors

·       steel framed single glazed windows (U = 4.5 – 5.5 W/m2K)

·       steel window shutters

·       slight insulation made of mineral wool, styropor or ACI fibreglass (k = 0.04 – 0.05 W/mK) [1]

·       jackleg style

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·       structure made of galvanised steel

·       walls and ceiling made from sandwich panels

·       plastic coated galvanised steel for external and vinyl for internal wall finishes

·       floor made from cement particle board covered with vinyl coating

·       UPVC double glazed windows (U = 2.0 - 3.0 W/m2K)

·       external roller blinds

·       thicker insulation made of mineral wool, polyurethane or polystyrene (k = 0.025 - 0.045 W/mK) [1]

·      additional aluminium anti condensation sheet in roof insulation

·      linkable, stackable, modular design

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      (1)    Clarke J A et al, The Harmonisation of Thermal Properties of Building Materials, BEPAC Research Report (1990)

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