New bulk storage facility
Rubb Building Systems has designed, manufactured and constructed a new port storage structure at Belfast Harbour.
This is the fourth steel framed fabric clad building the company has delivered to the harbour.
Rubb worked with main contractor McMillan Construction to install the 32.5m wide x 76.5m long port structure. The building features 6.75m high sidewalls, with outside tapered column legs, which ensure all internal walls have a straight vertical face. This helps to maximise the internal space.
The facility sits on a 1m high concrete wall and has an internal apex height of 13.5m from internal floor level. It provides 25,340m³ of clear storage space.
A 6m x 6m roller shutter door was installed in one sidewall of the building. Personnel can access the building via three pedestrian doors. The facility was constructed in less than three months and will be used for the storage of steel and other materials.
The durable PVC membrane cladding on Rubb port warehousing structures will not corrode in a marine environment.
The company says: "Rubb harbour structures provide large, clearspan internal spaces that are illuminated by natural light throughour translucent roofing system. This allows a brighter, safer, more efficient working environment. The relocatable buildings offer flexible storage warehouse solutions as they can be easily and quickly reconfigured/relocated to suit the changing requirements of a busy port."
