Work is underway to build a modular home factory in Arviat thanks to the arrival of construction materials on this summer’s sealift.

The $50-million project is led by Sakku Investments Corp., the business arm of the Kivalliq Inuit Association.

Sakku, the Government of Nunavut and the federal government all pitched in funding, said Guillaume Guida, Sakku’s vice-president of business development. It’s projected to be operational in 2025, according to Guida.

While the factory will help with Nunavut’s housing crisis, Guida said it will also provide benefits to the people who end up working there. It’s expected the factory will employ about 40 people once it opens.

“The first goal of this project was always to provide proper training and help increase the labour pool in the region, help increase the involvement of Inuit of our region into the construction industry,” he said in an interview.

The factory — an indoor, year-round operation — will be used to manufacture modular homes that will be shipped to communities where they will be assembled.

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