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The Plague Posted 14 years ago
Business & Finance
What's the word I'm looking for?
In Swedish it's arbetsbod, but the dictionaries give different answers. If you google arbetsbod and click on pictures, you'll see what I mean. Is it a barack, a shed, or what?
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Hi, It depends on what it is used for. eg shed - usually used for storing stuff eg barracks - usually used as a place for soldiers or workers to live communally Clive
- Hi, It depends on what it is used for.
- eg shed - usually used for storing stuff eg barracks - usually used as a place for soldiers or workers to live communally Clive
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Hi,
It depends on what it is used for.
eg shed - usually used for storing stuff
eg barracks - usually used as a place for soldiers or workers to live communally
Clive
It depends on what it is used for.
eg shed - usually used for storing stuff
eg barracks - usually used as a place for soldiers or workers to live communally
Clive
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It's the barracks that workers used in the construction business. Does it have a specific name? If not, I'll go with barracks.
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I think of barracks as military. In a general way, you can call them living quarters, workers' living quarters. There might be a more specific name depending on exactly what they are—huts, quonset huts, house trailers, etc.
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It's not a hut, it's not a house trailer. You could call it a workers' living quarters, but it's the description for the word, not the word itself. Here's a photo of what I mean:
http://www.woodcon.se/bodar.html
Don't you have this kind of stuff in the US?
http://www.woodcon.se/bodar.html
Don't you have this kind of stuff in the US?
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Hi,
Labrador City has temporary worker housing, in the form of massive barracks similar to those found in Fort McMurray for oil workers. But Ms. Olford says the barracks are to house temporary workers on contract that are required for mine expansion projects.
(These are more house-like structures than yours, but I wan
Labrador City has temporary worker housing, in the form of massive barracks similar to those found in Fort McMurray for oil workers. But Ms. Olford says the barracks are to house temporary workers on contract that are required for mine expansion projects.
(These are more house-like structures than yours, but I wan
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That is a picture of stacked-up modules, right? http://www.worldoils.com/camps/oilfieldcamps.phpcalls them "container camps".
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