Fabric Engineer 2013
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Rubb News from around the world 2013 engineerthe fabric Renting Rubb buildings give you maximum flexibility Plus inside this issue Latest project updates and internal news from the Rubb group welcome to the fabric engineer Sunderland AFC indoor During 2012 and 2013 Rubb has achieved great things together with our clients. Rubb’s innovating features football training facility Several impressive custom projects are highlighted in this issue of the Fabric Engineer and we are proud to have delivered our standard buildings to satisfied Robust construction and quality: Rubb buildings customers on six continents. are solidly built. We are market leaders with regard to caliber and reliability, and we intend to maintain Several records were set in 2012 – Rubb USA delivered our longest building ever that position. at 306 meters and Rubb UK has delivered the widest and tallest buildings so far in Durability: Our steel frames are post fabrication Europe – 82 meters and 21 meters respectively. hot-dip galvanized, providing maintenance free structures with an unlimited life span. Our PVC Rubb Norway sold almost 100 buildings in one year. These achievements demonstrate fabric is strong and durable – past projects have that our technical and project delivery capabilities meet the high standards demanded proven it performs well for more than 25 years. by our customers. Relocatability: Although our buildings normally serve as permanent structures, they have the Rubb group is investing in new ventures – Rubb Australia Pty Ltd was established added benefit of being relocatable. on January 1, 2013 and Rubb Fabric Production AS has started to supply the group with high quality PVC fabric. Reliability: Rubb buildings meet all applicable building codes, and take all wind and snow loads Rubb continutes to reinforce company motto “We will never stop innovating” – this relevant to the location where they are erected. year Rubb’s research and development team has designed a new 15m wide FXF trussed building. The company has also obtained CE certification on our Heli-Door Lower maintenance costs: Compared to system. These innovations will benefit our customers in the many sectors we serve. conventional buildings Fire safety: In a fire event, the PVC fabric loses In order to meet the financing demands of our customers we continue to expand its structural integrity and opens up at the exact our rental business. The most recent large rental project is the 9000m2 breakbulk point at which heat and smoke accumulate, thus storage building for VIT in Newport News, USA. allowing for an optimal and automatic venting of heat and smoke. Delivering value to our customers by offering a unique high quality service and product Translucency - energy savings, superior lighting remains our priority. Rubb is in a strong quality: The translucent nature of the fabric allows position to deliver Innovative relocatable fabric light to penetrate, preventing dark corners and shadowing which is common with artificial lighting. engineered buildings to suit our clientsneeds anywhere in the world. Environmentally friendly: Rubb buildings are pre-fabricated, with most of the labor input being done in a factory environment, where it is easier to reduce and control wastage of materials. There are almost no waste materials from the site assembly of a Rubb building. Steel and PVC are also 100 per cent recyclable. After sales service: Rubb has skilled technicians who can quickly respond to any after sales service Truls Torgersen. CEO Rubb Group AS requirement by a customer, world-wide. Contents Rubb SAFC FXI Training 6-7 Facility 4-5 Project updates Dekra Automotive 6 Rubb E.ON Namport 7 Rental Power ON THE BALL: Rubb Buildings Ltd CT ANG 7 helped SAFC score a new indoor Virginia Intl terminal 8 Station Kristriansand 8 8-9 10-11 training facility at the state-of-the-art Keith Spicer 10 Laconia salt barn 11 Academy of Light in Cleadon. City of Portland 11 Rubb Horizon Aker Brunei 14 Sunderland’s stars of the future began using the Rubb INEL 14 Group Flight training hub at the Academy of Light, Cleadon following the US defence contractor 15 official opening on December 7, 2012... SQM Chile 15 News 16 School 12-13 www.rubb.com we will never stop innovating Friend. Follow. Share 2 3 This structure has been described as the best facility at club level in the country. Peter Weymes SAFC Facilities Manager Local manufacturing SME Rubb steel frame, a white PVC clad roof, A large roller shutter door (7.6m x Rubb General Manager Ian Specification pitched in with Tolent Construction a large gutter system, a Fullflow 3.8m) provides access via the south Hindmoor said: “We are delighted Ltd and architects Red Box Design syphonic drainage system and gable of the building along with three to be associated with such a Group to make SAFC’s long awaited four large vent roof cowls along the personnel doors. Two additional prestigious project in the north east • Type: BVC training facility plans a reality. apex. personnel doors complete the north of England. gable. • Span: 82.4m The translucent roof allows natural This is our largest span building to The building features Rubb’s widest • Overall Length: 65m daylight to illuminate the interior Technical Sales Engineer Ian date and our third training facility building span to date at 82.4m. The which includes a full size indoor 3G Mackley secured the project with for a premier league football club. • Clear Area: 5356sq m facility measures 64m long with football pitch. construction company Tolent and We are looking forward to seeing • Eaves Height: 7.7m sidewalls of 7.75m and a central SAFC on Rubb’s behalf before his our clients use and enjoy their new internal clearance of 10m high. The sidewalls and gables are retirement in June 2012. venue.” • Overall Height: 12.2m constructed with stone filled gabion • Completed: December 2012 The structure stands 12.5m high at cages up to 3.8m high with the its apex and comprises a galvanized upper part clad with Larch timber. It is fantastic. It is currently being used by the Academy youngsters and has been described as the best facility at club level in the country. Rubb Buildings provided a solution that is bespoke to our requirements.The company’s flexibility facilitated changes in the overall facility footprint and height in accordance with planning conditions to ensure the available space was maximised. The team stepped outside their comfort zone in terms of the overall finish of the building, which shows the diversity of the product and service that Rubb provides. Peter Weymes SAFC Facilities Manager www.rubb.com we will never stop innovating Friend. Follow. Share 4 5 Rubb’s FXI has got six continents Rubb USA completes its first Thermohall Rubb Building Systems and partner The structure includes an R-19 company Cocoon, Inc. collaborated thermofabric insulation package, covered in the installation of a 12m x 13.4m two roller shutter doors, two relocatable maintenance structure personnel doors, two 1-ton Somatex for the 1109th Theater Aviation single rail crane systems; and a Sustainment Group. power distribution/lighting package. Based at the Connecticut Air This building is designed for a National Guard Facility in Groton, 30 psf live roof load and 110 mph Connecticut, the structure is used wind speed with collateral loads for to accommodate additional blade cranes and equipment suspended maintenance requirements for from the roof. the 1109th’s helicopter inventory. LG - 30m span x 125m long FXI Rubb’s FXI standard building was designed loads by means of adjustable spacing of Three FXI’s – Uniteam/Renault in Ningxia to meet the needs of our customers in any the main frames. Placing the frames closer China, Anglo Coal in Queensland Australia, Key FXI structures for Namport environment. The design parameters of a together distributes higher loads over more and SQM in Chile, are now being used Namport in Walvis Bay, Namibia, has over standard 40ft ISO containers and delivered as well as the simplicity of the FXI with standard building must be broad enough frames, thus ensuring the bearing capacity for storage and maintenance of high the years taken delivery of several Rubb from Rubb’s workshop to Walvis Bay. regard to assembly. to meet various demands, to accommadate of individual frames is not exceeded. In value mining equipment, protecting the warehouses, most of which are used in the snow and wind loads, provide detailed this way the same standard design, with equipment from the surrounding harsh port area for storage of breakbulk goods. The FXI20 was delivered in record time, The FXI has two sliding manual gates 5m x structural documentation to meet local varying bay widths, can meet design loads weather conditions, and allowing and assembled in Walvis by the customer, 5m and a wall height of 6m. authority scrutiny and approval. This allows that vary from region to region. maintenance work to be done in a In March 2012, Namport ordered an without any supervision from Rubb. production on three continents, strong controlled environment. additional four warehouses from Rubb, one This cost effective standard arrangement and durable construction, and – not least - The standard design allows for a very of which is an FXI 20m x 50m standard hall. This is testimony to the customers skill and provides a highly functional building at an competitive prices. fast delivery time, as the calculations One building - Air Liquide in Mjondalen The entire building was packed into two experience with Rubb buildings in general, attractive price for the customer. and fabrication drawings for numerous Norway, is used for storage of high value The successful delivery of these buildings combinations of snow and wind loads are equipment for oil and gas projects.