3 m (10ft) Unit
Suits a single board and local isolation duty.
MCC Buildings: Containerised Motor Control Centre Solutions
- Sizes
- 10ft / 20ft / 40ft
- Sealing
- IP55 / IP56 tiers
- Cooling
- N+1 or N+N
- Weight
- 4 to 20 t fitted
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3 m, 6 m or 12 m ISO container base with custom lengths 3,000 to 12,000 mm. Double-gasket sealed panic-bar doors, pressurisation fans, gland plates, earthed cable tray and ladder racking, N+1 or N+N cooling sized to the housed load.
Building certified for transport under ISO 668, ISO 1496 and CSC. The housed MCC switchboard is verified under IEC 61439-2 by its manufacturer, and the installing electrician certifies the fit-out wiring under AS/NZS 3000. IP rated per IEC 60529, IP55 and IP56 category tiers.
Motor loads at mine process plants, water and wastewater treatment works, manufacturing sites and oil and gas facilities, placed hard against the driven equipment: conveyors, crushers and pump stations.
Overview
The MCC room, factory-direct
An MCC container is a purpose-built steel building on an ISO container base that houses motor control centre switchboards, drives and starters, fitted out before it ever reaches site. Motor control centre buildings from SCS are complete steel enclosures: shell, insulation, cooling, cable reticulation and lighting finished on one production line, then delivered to site as ordinary container freight. They sit within our containerised switchrooms and electrical infrastructure range and are built on the same production platform: welded shells, ISO corner castings and factory fit-out before dispatch.
Specifications
MCC Building Specifications
An MCC building is built on a 3 m, 6 m or 12 m ISO container base with double-gasket sealed doors, pressurisation fans and cable management ready for switchboard installation. Cooling is sized to the housed load: ventilators for passive duties, air conditioning with external condensers where drive heat demands it, in N+1 or N+N configurations. Dust exclusion works as a system of gasketed doors, sealed penetrations and positive-pressure fans, rated under IEC 60529, with IP55 and IP56 the category tiers for this enclosure class. Specifications conform to industry standards. Confirm to project requirements.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Base container sizes | 3 m (10ft), 6 m (20ft), 12 m (40ft), custom lengths 3,000 to 12,000 mm |
| External dimensions (ISO base) | 20ft: 6,058 x 2,438 x 2,591 mm (High Cube 2,896 mm). 40ft: 12,192 x 2,438 x 2,591 mm (High Cube 2,896 mm) |
| Fitted weight | Typically 4 to 20 t depending on size and fit-out |
| Shell structure | Continuous-welded steel container shell, anti-corrosion treated |
| Personnel doors | Panic-bar access doors with double-gasket dust sealing. Security-rated and fire-rated options |
| Ventilation & pressurisation | Pressurisation fans, weatherproof mechanical louvres, fire dampers |
| Climate control | Air conditioners or ventilators, external condenser mounting, N+1 or N+N cooling |
| Fire detection & suppression | Detection panels through to VESDA-type systems |
| Cable entry & management | Floor or wall entry, gland plates, earthed cable tray and ladder racking |
| Ingress protection | IP rated per IEC 60529. IP55 and IP56 category tiers |
| Wind rating | Region D cyclonic tie-down engineering for cyclonic Australian regions |
| Transport basis | ISO 668 and CSC containerised freight |
Scope of Supply
Containerised MCC Buildings
One boundary shapes every MCC project scope-of-supply. SCS builds the containerised MCC building: the sealed, cooled, cable-ready structure that keeps switchgear running. The MCC switchboard inside it is your switchboard builder's scope, designed and certified by the party that assembles it. EPCs, mining operators and plant engineers package containerised motor control centres this way on remote projects: building from the building manufacturer, boards from the board builder, and each certifying its own work.
VSD Housing
VSD & Motor Starter Housing
MCC buildings house variable speed drives, reduced-voltage soft starters, PLCs, remote I/O and power monitoring: equipment specified and supplied through your switchboard builder or integrator, governed at component level by IEC 60947-4-1. The building's job is the environment that equipment needs. Heat rejection is sized against drive losses: a drive-dense room sheds more heat than a plain distribution board. Positive pressurisation keeps dust off electronics between filter changes, and cable zoning separates power and control runs on earthed racking.
Compliance
Compliance & Standards for MCC Buildings
The building fabric is certified for transport under ISO 668, ISO 1496 and the International Convention for Safe Containers. The housed switchboard and the site installation each carry their own compliance pathway, and knowing who certifies what keeps a procurement scope clean. Three parties, three layers. SCS certifies the building it manufactures, on its ISO and CSC transport basis, with Region D cyclonic tie-down engineering the category practice for Australian deployments. The switchboard builder verifies the MCC assembly under IEC 61439-2, the power switchgear and controlgear assembly standard. The installing electrician certifies the fit-out wiring under AS/NZS 3000. Enclosure penetrations keep their IP rating under IEC 60529, and fire-rated door and insulation options are specified per project.
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ABS Standards & References
Standards across the three layers
The standards that govern an MCC project, layer by layer: the building SCS certifies, the switchboard its manufacturer verifies, and the installation the electrician certifies. Click through to the source authority for the current revision.
ISO 668 Series 1 freight container geometry: the finished building lifts, trucks and ships with standard container handling. International Organization for Standardization
CSC 1972 International Convention for Safe Containers: the transport certification on the ISO-base shell. International Maritime Organization
IEC 60529 Ingress protection: IP55 and IP56 category tiers for this enclosure class. International Electrotechnical Commission
IEC 61439-2 Power switchgear and controlgear assemblies: the standard the switchboard builder verifies the MCC assembly under. International Electrotechnical Commission
IEC 60947-4-1 Contactors and motor-starters: component-level standard for the housed starters and drives. International Electrotechnical Commission
AS/NZS 3000 Wiring rules: the installing electrician certifies the fit-out wiring at site. Standards Australia
Sizes & Configurations
MCC Building Sizes & Configurations
Containerised MCC buildings come in 10ft, 20ft and 40ft sizes, with custom lengths from 3,000 to 12,000 mm built off the ISO frame. All sizes hold ISO 668 geometry, so the finished building lifts, trucks and ships with standard container handling. Where the duty includes transformation or MV switchgear beyond a motor-control room's scope, containerised substations carry that depth.
6 m (20ft) Unit
The workhorse single-container format.
12 m (40ft) Unit
Carries full switchboard line-ups with internal segregation.
Custom Lengths
3,000 to 12,000 mm built off the ISO frame to the switchboard schedule.
Fitout-Ready Tier
Cable entries, racking and services rough-in complete, ready for switchboard installation.
Fully Fitted Tier
Complete environmental fit-out through to fully fitted configurations, delivered as one freight movement.
Applications
Applications
Containerised MCC buildings run motor loads at mine process plants, water and wastewater treatment works, manufacturing sites and oil and gas facilities, placed hard against the driven equipment. On larger installations the MCC room works alongside containerised control rooms: boards in one building, operators in the other.
Mining & Resources
Conveyors, crushers and pump stations, where the double-gasket and pressurisation package earns its keep against circuit-tripping dust.
Oil, Gas & Energy
Motor control for process facilities, built for genset, grid-tied and remote-site service on the same containerised platform.
Construction & Infrastructure
Water utilities use the format for pump and blower control on staged upgrades, and manufacturers for plant expansions where a site-built electrical room would hold up the program.
Military & Defence
Transportable motor-control enclosures on the same ISO platform as the wider SCS container range.
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Engineering Resources
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Frequently Asked Questions
Three questions procurement, engineering and operations teams ask most often about MCC buildings.
What is a motor control centre?
A motor control centre is a switchboard assembly of motor starters, contactors, protection devices and drives that runs a plant's motor loads. It is designed and certified by a switchboard manufacturer. SCS manufactures the containerised building that houses it: the sealed, cooled, cable-ready enclosure the assembly installs into.
What is an MCC building?
An MCC building is a containerised steel enclosure purpose-built to house a motor control centre switchboard: dust-sealed, climate-controlled and fitted with cable management before it leaves the factory. Delivered as one freight movement, the MCC room replaces a site-built structure for motor-heavy plant and relocates when the project moves.
What IP rating does an MCC building need?
Most containerised MCC buildings are specified at IP55 or IP56 under IEC 60529: dust-protected, and sealed against jetted water at increasing severity. The right tier depends on site exposure, washdown practice and the housed equipment's own enclosure ratings. Our compliance guide covers the selection logic.