Rubb Fabric Building News

Rubb to exhibit at MILCON in Cocoa Beach, Florida

On November 9, 2011, Shirley D’Antonio and Jim Chadbourne of Rubb Buildings will be exhibiting at the Military Aircraft Hangar & Repair Facility Construction and Modernization Forum. This event will be held at the Hilton Oceanfront Hotel, Cocoa Beach, Florida and is sponsored by the National Aerospace Organization.

The purpose of this one day event is to identify and discuss new developments in aircraft hangar, aircraft maintenance facility, construction and modernization technologies.   This event is open to military personnel, Federal civilians, corporate and small business representatives.

John Poulin, and Troy Cupp of Rubb Buildings will be exhibiting at the Breakbulk Americas Convention at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 25-27, 2011. Please stop by booth #454 to see Rubb’s extensive product line including our new standard product offering called Rubb Standard. 

Breakbulk Americas is the largest and most important gathering in the Americas for companies involved in the shipping of heavy-lift, project cargo and traditional break bulk cargoes.

Exhibitors include the world’s major carriers, forwarders and ports that handle specialized heavy-lift, project and break bulk cargoes. In addition to a bustling exhibition floor, Breakbulk Americas will feature a 2-day conference with top speakers addressing industry issues. The in-depth program will delve into today’s most pressing break bulk transportation topics. Speakers will also discuss the hottest regions for break bulk and project cargo, and review sectors such as oil and gas, and other power generation markets.

Gordon Collins and Jim Chadbourne of Rubb, Inc. will be exhibiting at PPI Transport Symposium 19 Amsterdam, The Netherlands on October 11-14, 2011. Please stop by and visit them at booth #104. 

PPI Transport Symposium is the longest running conference and exhibition dedicated to the global forest products logistics industry. Organized by RISI, in association with the International Forest Products Transport Association (IFPTA), the event focuses on the issues surrounding the worldwide transport, materials handling, and distribution of forest products.

Bob Normandeau, and Steve L’Heureux, of Rubb, Inc. will be exhibiting at the APWA International Public Works Congress and Exposition at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado from September 18 – September 21, 2011.  Please stop by and visit them at booth #464.

John Poulin, Key Account Manager, and Gordon Collins, Director of Marketing, for Rubb, Inc. will be exhibiting at the 100^th annual American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) convention at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, Washington from September 13^th – September 15^th, 2011.  Please stop by and visit them at booth # 502.

Representing more than 160 public port authorities in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, the 2011 AAPA Convention is expected to draw nearly 1,000 attendees from port authorities throughout the Americas, including port commissioners and executives, industry experts, exhibitors, and guests.

Rubb AS has supplied a Rubbhall type FX Thermohall building to Vio Ljusfabrikk in Sweden. The building is 12m wide x 21m long with 4.2m side walls. Rubb also supplied a 3m x 4m roller door, a personnel door and a dehumidifier.

Vio Ljusfabrik is based in Vedum, Sweden, and is the country’s largest supplier of candles of high quality in traditional finish. The company has a large customer base ranging from shops, wholesalers, restaurants, churches and the military.

This THAB Type building was erected in late spring 2010 for an automobile recycling company in Olawa. The building measures 8m x 21m long and is used to store automobile parts while keeping them out of the elements.

Rubb AS has supplied a Rubbhall type FX Thermohall which is 10m wide x 21m long with 4.2m side walls. The building is insulated with Rubb’s patented "Thermohall" system. The structure was constructed with 4 doors, two in each gable end.

The Rubb Thermohall was supplied to Larsen Atterås og Brosvik AS (LAB AS) at Mongstad just outside Bergen. Larsen Atterås og Brosvik AS is a leading construction company on the West coast of Norway with a head office in Bergen. The company primarily carries out construction work in the Bergen area but also at other locations on the west coast of Norway.

Police in the Midlands have a new specialist operations training facility thanks to Rubb Buildings Ltd.

The project for the UK’s National Police Improvement Agency was completed on June 25, 2010. Rubb Buildings worked with main contractor Galliford Try to provide an 8m x 8m building featuring 3m sidewalls and double doors with a 4m long canopy which extends over the front entrance.

The structure is located at a Police Training College in the Midlands.

Rubb AS has supplied an NV Type building measuring 20m wide x 39m long with 3m side walls to CCB Coast Base at Ågotnes outside Bergen. This structure, along with a similar building (20m x 33m type NV), has been rented out by Rubb to CCB Coast Base. The building is supplied with 2 folding doors which measure 5m x 5m which each have integrated personnel doors.

CCB is a coastal base for the Tampen area of the North Sea oil business. CCB offers a flexible terminal where customers can get complete logistics solutions. The base has a deep 800m long harbour to handle the largest of vessels. There is also a large terminal area and a Ro-Ro harbour. Machines and equipment are on hand to handle any type of goods both inside and outside. CCB also carries out customs clearance and general transport services.