Rubb Fabric Building News

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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Rubb Buildings and Protec, Inc. recently completed another shipboard project – This helicopter hangar was installed on the USNS Comfort, an 894′ Military Sealift Command hospital ship. The two companies manufactured and erected a 40′w x 56′ BVE range structure with 19.7′ sidewalls that will hangar two (2) Blackhawk helicopters. Rubb’s design included an I-beam foundation, cargo and personnel doors, and provisions for lifting by crane.

The Comfort is based out of Baltimore and has been in service since its commissioning in 1987. These aircraft recently supported a 4 month humanitarian mission to Latin America and the Caribbean Nations. For more information regarding the Mercy and its vital role, check out its website at www.comfort.navy.mil All of us at Rubb Buildings and Protec, Inc. are proud to support this fine ship and her wonderful crew.