Patent ID: 7765745

Claim:
A method for providing residential housing comprising: (a) employing a worker housing complex including a first module and an adjacent module, the worker housing complex constructed by a process including: (i) reviewing any requirements of the worker housing complex to be constructed; (ii) considering a secondary use as residential housing for the first module and the adjacent module after use in the worker housing complex; (iii) planning the worker housing complex based on the requirements; (iv) constructing the first module and the adjacent module to form the planned worker housing complex, each of the first module and the adjacent module including a plurality of interior partitions forming on one level at least five bedrooms, a hallway extending a full length of the module and providing access to all of the at least five bedrooms, a plumbing room accessed from the hallway and including a plumbed-in, operational water supply and a sanitary liquid waste disposal piping system, and an access point in the hallway for interior access to an adjacent worker dormitory module; (v) pre-building the first module and the adjacent module to each include exterior walls at least three of which are suitable for exposure to the exterior of a building, a heat source for heating the module, a selected electrical system suitable for supporting at least some kitchen electrical requirements and at least a plumbing rough-in, accessible outside of the plumbing room and suitable for supporting at least some kitchen plumbing requirements; and (vi) assembling the first module and the adjacent module to form the worker housing complex with the first module and the adjacent module placed in communication and with interior access through the access points; (b) separating the first module and the adjacent module such that the interior access between the first module and the adjacent module is cut off; and (c) adapting the selected electrical system and the plumbing rough-in in each of the first module and the adjacent module to form kitchens in each of the first module and the adjacent module such that the modules are configured for residential housing.