September 21st, 2010 by Rubb
The experts at Rubb Buildings Ltd held the key to designing a new door for a hangar at RAF Waddington.
The 20m x 33m NV type building was originally manufactured with a Fast Jet Door to house various aircraft. This style of door required three men on the ground and the pilot to move the aircraft in and out of the hangar.
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Then Rubb came up with a plan to reduce the ground staff to just one man. This involved designing and equipping the facility at the UK base with a bespoke 17.5m x 6m sliding door. The new door is fully insulated in keeping with the insulated building which features an inner skin, electrical kit and heating. The project was completed on May 6, 2010.
August 19th, 2010 by Rubb
When a leading aircraft maintenance, repair and over-haul company needed a custom rail-mounted shelter system at its large airport facility, it turned to Rubb, Inc. to design, fabricate and install two of these systems.
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The shelter systems consist of two structures: one is 155ft wide by 90ft long and the other is 166.5ft wide by 90ft long. These structures nest together and move along a 270ft rail system. The motor driven mechanism for each shelter system was custom designed by Alamo Door Systems of San Antonio, Texas.
June 11th, 2010 by Rubb
Rubb AS has supplied a Type FX Thermohall aircraft hangar to Røros Flyservice AS. This hangar measures 30m wide x 30m long with 6m sidewall. The building is located in one of the coldest areas of Southern Norway and it has dual purpose. Firstly, to carry out service on smaller aircraft with a wing span up to 25m. The secondary purpose is to park aircraft indoors at night to reducing icing / freezing before use the next day. For this purpose the Rubb Thermohall insulation system provided an ideal solution for the customer. Rubb AS also supplied the fabric doors that go the full width of the building.
Røros Flyservice AS is a company that has over 500 employees and they offer a varied service to the aviation industry. They offer charter of aeroplanes, food supply, cleaning services for airlines, and a variety of ground service tasks. Rubb is proud to supply such a valued customer with the patented Thermohall system.
June 4th, 2010 by Rubb
Rubb Buildings Ltd are flying high after completing a new hangar facility on behalf of the Bristow Helicopter Group. The project started out as a temporary hangar to house helicopters overnight while a conventional hangar was built.
Then Bristow Helicopters, one of the largest and respected providers of helicopter services, approached Rubb to design and manufacture a structure tailor-made for their needs.
It was a constantly evolving project, changing from a storage facility into a storage and maintenance hangar.
This required a high level of lighting specification, insulation and inner skin features and a custom-made insulated 20m x 6m manual sliding door.
Rubb rose to the challenge.
During the process the structure grew from 35m span x 35m long BVE into a 35m span x 40m long specialist hangar facility, sporting power points, electrics, lighting and ventilation. The high specification electrical system includes 230v and 415v power sockets; a 500 lux lighting system; an independently monitored emergency lighting system; lightening protection and ventilation.
Sales Manager Ray Colby said: “It was a continually evolving project but once again Rubb rose to the challenge.” The hangar, completed in March 2010, will be used by the client to service, maintain and store their fleet of commercial helicopters.
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January 29th, 2010 by Rubb
Phase 1 of the hangar construction for Bristow Helicopters is now complete. The hangar is 35m span x 40m long BVE complete with a large manual sliding door 20m wide x 6m high.
The hangar is from the Rubb BVE range, The BVE truss design originated in Britain and has a vertical sidewall very much like the Rubb NV. The major difference is an additional facet at the top of the leg truss that lowers the angle of the roof truss. This allows for more interior clearance over the full width of the building, useful for breakbulk and warehousing applications. The BVE can be designed with a single or multiple roof pitches per span. Several spans can also be linked together.
The BVE is a very versatile product and can be customized in a variety of ways. The leg height can be extended for additional interior clearance, and the entire building can be placed on rollers for mobility.
The finished hangar will be complete with an inner-skin and insulation package and full high specification lighting and electrical installation, and will be used by the client to service, maintain and store their fleet of commercial helicopters.
December 29th, 2009 by Rubb
When L-3 Communications needed additional modification hangar space at their Waco, Texas location, they turned to Rubb to again design a structure specifically and cost effectively suited to their needs.
Rubb designed a four (4) bay structure which is 660′ (201m) wide by 140′ (42.7m) deep.
The aircraft hangar has an Alamo Hangar Door System and was completed in August 2009.
This is the fourth hangar that Rubb, Inc. has designed, built and erected for L-3 Communications.
December 16th, 2009 by Rubb
Rubb Building Systems is preparing up to ship a 180′ x 367′ BVE Range Aircraft Hangar to Surabaya, Indonesia. The structure has 30′ sidewalls and one open gable end.
Lion Air, Rubb’s customer, is Indonesia’s largest privately-owned airline. Once erected, the new facility will be used to facilitate maintenance of its fleet of aircraft. Lion Air’s fleet consists of Boeing Aircraft models; MD-90, B737-300, B737-400 and the B737-900.
Lion Air is headquartered in Jakarta and the new maintenance facility will be located in Indonesia’s second largest city, Surabaya.
August 21st, 2009 by Gordon Collins
The Tulsa World newspaper has just published an article about the City of Tulsa’s new hangar, which is being leased to American Airlines for fleet maintenance. Rubb manufactured the 220′ x 366′ structure and shipped it to Tulsa, where it was assembled by local contractor The Ross Group. The full article describes the work to be performed in the hangar as well as how the project was funded. Click here to go to the Tulsa World site and read the article.
June 30th, 2009 by Rubb
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Rubb Building Systems and Cocoon recently collaborated in the installation of a fixed-base maintenance aircraft hangar for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Based at the Bagram Airfield base in Afghanistan, the hangar is designed to accommodate a C-130 aircraft and has a clear span width of 174’ with a 153’ wide by 46’ high door.
The hangar will fulfill critical maintenance activities not currently available in Afghanistan and is designed to meet specific clear space, environmental, and load conditions, including: support for suspended equipment, full internal fire protection systems, fuels maintenance systems, supporting utilities, and the ability to withstand 90MPH wind gusts. The project also meets all continental U.S. code requirements for potential re-use and re-location within the continental United States.
May 12th, 2009 by Gordon Collins
The Rubb aircraft hangar that was built for AirTran Airways in Atlanta, Georgia appeared on the NBC Today Show in a feature describing the installation of WiFi equipment in all of AirTran’s aircraft.
AirTran Airways will be the first airline to completely equip all its aircraft with this capability and the work will be accomplished in the Rubb hangar at AirTran’s Maintenance Facility at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia
