Rubb Fabric Building News

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 has recently finished fabrication for a new salt storage facility for the Town of Sanford, Maine. After two years of providing several options to the town, a 70ft (21.34m) x 80ft (24.39m) BVE Rubb structure with 16.4ft (5m) sidewalls was chosen.

The structure is designed to 70 psf ground snow load and 90 mph wind load with a 3 psf collateral. The Town of Sanford likes the Rubb design as the white roof provides a naturally lit interior and the structure provides flexibility for growth. This structure will provide a salt storage capacity of 2,686 tons. The leg trusses and gable columns will be powder coated to provide another layer of protection from the highly caustic aspects of salt.

Metro Port was looking for a small structure that could be relocated with a crane around its site. The structure was designed and manufactured with multiple custom openings which allows the usage of a specialized conveyor system to load bulk material.

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The building is a BVR Type structure and measures 30ft x 30ft with a 20ft sidewall and can sustain a live load of 12 psf, and a 3 second gust wind speed of 85 mph with a 3 lb. collateral load.

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.

Rubb Inc. of Sanford, Maine recently partnered with MRM Construction Services of Phoenix, Arizona, to supply a custom frame supported membrane structure for the U.S. Border Patrol. The building, a 115′ (35.06M) wide by 100′ (30.48M) long BVE structure with a 19.7′ (6M) leg height, will serve as an interim vehicle checkpoint on Interstate 19 just north of the US / Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona.

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Rubb’s team worked closely with MRM Construction Services, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Border Patrol to successfully engineer, deliver and install the open gable ended structure. Since the building completely spanned I-19, Rubb’s technicians worked nights while traffic on the Interstate was diverted around the work zone. The structure was completely installed in just over a week and came in on time and on budget.

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.”