Rubb Fabric Building News

Rubb Building Systems and Cocoon, Inc. recently collaborated in the design, delivery and installation of eight maintenance hangars and two sun shades for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The hangars and sunshades are designed to accommodate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) and were provided as part of a major ramp expansion project at the Kandahar Airbase, Afghanistan.

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The hangars will fulfill critical maintenance activities. The hangars are designed to meet specific aircraft clearance envelope requirements and environmental and other load conditions including:

• support for suspended equipment
• full internal fire protection systems
• supporting utilities.

The structures are engineered for full compliance with U.S. building code requirements for full wind, snow and seismic loads. As with all Rubb products, the hangar offers the flexibility to be relocated in standard ISO containers should future needs warrant this.

Rubb is in a class of its own after winning a large contract which will see 12 military buildings deployed to Afghanistan throughout 2010. The company’s design team has taken the EFASS range of hangars to the next dimension with four of the structures featuring newly developed wider Helidoor technology.

Meanwhile six of the Expeditionary Forces Aircraft Shelter System buildings will be the longest ever produced at 100m in length. The six 25m span x 100m facilities will be used as storage complexes and will be completed with 5m x 5m manual Roller Shutter Doors at each end. All six shelters will be delivered before December 2010.

As well as the longest ever EFASS, Rubb is also set to provide the widest ever Helidoor. Four of the 25m span x 40m hangars will be equipped with the large 21.5m x 7.5m Helidoors. Previously the widest door supplied has measured 18.3m x 7m. Each building will be fitted with an internal roof mounted two tonne gantry crane.

These structures are destined for Afghanistan by the end of August. The final two buildings are Rubb sunshades, set for a June delivery to the same destination. The 25m x 28m shelters feature open gable ends and will be used to protect vital aircraft from searing temperatures and powerful UV rays.

Rubb AS has recently erected a Type FX building measuring 12m wide x 46m long with 6m sidewall for Caam AS. This is a property company that rents out the building to Itella Logsitics AS. They use the Rubb Building for general storage and distribution.

This building is insulated with the patented Rubb "Thermohall" technology to provide an environmentally friendly building. Rubb has supplied the structure with three motorized doors (2.97m x 3.7m) with integrated personnel doors. The building was also supplied with lights and an internal partition wall.

Rubb AS has supplied an FX type storage building to Peder Halvorsen Industrier in Norway. This building is located at Øyestranda and measures 14m x 33m with a 4m sidewall. The customer had a special request for a white building and as Rubb always puts the customer first we naturally supplied what the customer wanted.

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In 1842 Halvor Sørensen started a ship repair yard in Allègaten, Flekkefjord, Norway. He had come to Flekkefjord from the county of Telemark to carry out special work on the Lista Lighthouse. In time, his son Søren Halvorsen gradually took over the business, marking the start of a tradition in the company of management passing from father to son. In 1939, Halvor Sørensen’s great grandson Peder Halvorsen began to work in the company. Peder Halvorsens Industrier AS is a large supplier to the offshore market in Norway. The company is in the forefront on topics such as heat, steam, and pressure.

Rubb AS has supplied a Rubb FX type building measuring 10m wide x 30m long with 4m sidewall to Havyard Leirvik AS in Sogn, Norway. The Rubb Building is our type “Thermohall” building which means it is insulated using Rubb’s unique and patented insulation system.

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The structure is to be used as a storage building on the quay where they complete installations on ships that are built at the shipyard. The Havyard Group is a fully integrated ship building enterprise. They are a part of the strong maritime cluster on the west coast of Norway which has specialized in state-of-the-art offshore and fishing vessel technology. They have a strategy that the most technology focused part of the shipbuilding shall be done by companies within the group. The Havyard Group offers ship design, shipbuilding technology, ship equipment and systems and service to sailing ships world-wide. Rubb is proud to be able to supply our Thermohall concept to such a valued customer.

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This Rubb building uses the patented insulation system to ensure an environmentally friendly building at an economical price. The storage building is supplied to Bokn Plast AS which is a supplier of oil tanks, fat separators, oil separators and many other products related to the oil and fish farming industry. The Rubb "Thermohall" building is 30m wide x 50m long with 6m sidewall.

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.

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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In Spring 2010 Rubb, Inc. will move into its expanded U.S. steel fabrication facility in Sanford, Maine.  This expansion will effectively triple the usable area for steel fabrication at the Rubb plant thereby significantly increasing production capacity.

This project utilizes a 110′ span Rubb BVE range structure engineered to code standards for the high 70 pound per square foot snow loads present in Maine.  This expansion includes significant improvements to Rubb’s 16 acre site with paved storage and handling areas increased to 4 acres.  The new facility is fully insulated and equipped with radiant in-floor heating and a state of the art air filtration system that will clean and recycle heated air, generating substantial energy savings.  The facility has an architectural masonry and glass front and is provided with offices and mechanical rooms, an employee breakroom, a training room, locker rooms and a 5,000 square foot mezzanine.

Company President David Nickerson commented that, “The cooperation of local and state officials and the excellent work of local subcontractors and Rubb’s own staff have resulted in a very successful project.  This facility will provide a better and more productive work environment for our employees and will enable us to better serve our customer requirements for the large span structures that form an important part of our growing business.”

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Lillebø Sand & Transport is a company based in Oltedalen, Ålgård in Gjesdal Kommune in Norway. Rubb Hall AS have supplied a Rubbhall (type NV) which is 12m wide x 26m long with 4m side wall. Rubb supplied two 5m x 5m doors, one in each end. These are standard steel “Rubb doors” which we have designed and manufactured. These are robust folding doors that require very little maintenance. Lilleby Sand & Transport supply large quantities of sand and stone to the concrete industry in Rogaland (South West coast of Norway). They have a further two such facilities in the area. The Rubb building is used to dry sand before it is used for making concrete.