Rubb, keeping salt under cover

The Rubb Group manufactures prefabricated portable structures, buildings, shelters and custom structures for many applications. The Rubb design and construction methods provide several advantages over conventional structures with the ability to be manufactured in virtually any configuration and provide a storage facility for a vast range of goods and materials, and enabling a quick response to changing legislation and circumstances to suit the client's needs.

This versatility and flexibility is a distinct benefit where, due to the tightening of environmental regulations materials such as the bulk storage of salt are required to be kept under cover to restrict the possible impact on the environment. With a well-engineered steel frame and a PVC-coated polyester fabric cover, Rubb structures are ideal for saline environments, as the fabric does not rust! Moreover, the steel frame is 'post production' galvanized on the inside thus reducing the risk of rust and structural degradation over time.

The town of Derry, New Hampshire, USA was looking for a salt shed that would support a storage capacity of 4,000 plus tons of salt. Rubb designed, manufactured and installed a 70'(21.3m) x 116'(35.4m) BVE type building, with the important structural requirement for the facility to have adequate height clearance to lift a 40' dump trailer inside the structure. Other requests included the construction of the building without a front gable end, and of the different foundation options available, the town of Derry felt that the traditional poured concrete design best fitted their needs. This helped to ensure that the building was able to withstand 65psf ground snow and 100mph wind with 3-second gust, Exp. C. To help secure the site, the town installed a gated chain link fence at the entrance of the facility.

The Rubb organisation, with production facilities in Great Britain, Norway and the United States, is recognised as a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of relocatable structures and is quality certified to ISO9001: 2000.

For further information please contact:
Mr Ray Colby, Sales Manager,
Rubb Buildings Ltd,
Dukesway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE11 0QE, U.K.
Tel: (0191) 482 2211
Fax: (0191) 482 2516
www.rubb.com