Rubb Fabric Building News

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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Rubb AS has supplied a Rubb Building type NV to Norgesbuss in Drøbak, Norway. The building is 10m wide x 18m long with 4m sidewall. The Building is to be used as a maintenance shop for Norgesbuss’ department in Drøbak. Rubb AS has also supplied a 79 kw diesel powered heater, 2 lights and a folding door with an integrated personnel door. The Rubb Building is also supplied with an inner skin to mitigate condensation and improve the insulation in the building.

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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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This is a Rubb Building type FX supplied to Stranda Prolog AS. This is a company that supplies the fisheries and fish farming industry in Norway from Averøy. Standa Prolog AS supplies vacuum pumping systems for salmon, trout and pelagic fish as well as fish/water separators for salmon, trout and pelagic fish. They also supply graders for live fish installed in well boats.

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The Rubb building is 15m wide x 17.5m long with 6m sidewall. Due to high snow load the trusses are spaced at only 2.5 metres. Rubb AS supplied a motorized overhead door measuring 6.5m x 6m. We also supplied a manual door of 4m x 4m. The building is supplied with lighting, and connection to a heater. Due to the corrosive environment Rubb has also supplied an inner liner to ensure that the surface coating that goes on in the building does not damage the galvanizing.

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.