productBiomass Facilities
Rubb Buildings Ltd manufactures custom built engineered biomass facilities for the renewable energy and biomass power sectors.
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productCustom Fabric Buildings
Working closely with architects to produce imaginative custom fabric building solutions.
productInsulated Fabric Buildings
Rubb’s innovative eco-friendly insulated storage buildings feature a flexible insulated fabric system which provides many benefits in an increasingly energy conscious world.
productConstruction Shelters
Rubb Buildings Ltd provides temporary fabric shelters and semi-permanent construction shelters, tents and covers to the construction industry to protect ongoing building projects from the elements and external weather conditions.
productCombilift’s solution to the SOLAS legislation
The specialist truck manufacturer has responded to the new regulations by offering a SOLAS compliant weight measurement system integrated into its Straddle Carriers.
articleBrexit dominates SCALA debate
I attended the annual SCALA Logistics Debate in July. It is always excellent – thought-provoking, packed with presenters brimming with insight. This latest Debate was even better still as it happened in the immediate wake of the UK’s referendum vote to leave the European Union. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
newsMPs factor Brexit risks into driver shortages
The House of Commons Transport Committee says if the UK becomes a less attractive place for foreign drivers it could rapidly exacerbate the driver shortage problem.
productBIFA exasperated with Government over Brexit
The British International Freight Association has highlighted lack of communication, under-resourcing and lack of understanding in the Government’s Brexit preparations and has urged the administration to get on with devising a viable strategy.
articleMany logistics operations relying on outmoded approaches says Crimson
In an increasingly complex international business environment, companies that rely on legacy approaches to planning are potentially cutting their growth prospects and erasing their competitive advantage.
productBespoke bogie bridge
Mechan has installed equipment at a fifth site associated with the Department for Transport’s flagship Intercity Express Programme (IEP).
articleBrexit – What next?
Emile Naus, partner and technical director at LCP Consulting analyses the potential impact of Brexit on the UK supply chain.
productAutomatic stacking
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, delivered two new 9-wide Automatic Stacking Cranes (ASC) to DP World Brisbane.
newsEU staff are vital to logistics sector says FTA
Freight Transport Association (FTA) Chief Executive David Wells told Transport Secretary Chris Grayling that EU workers are as vital to the logistics industry as they are to the NHS and construction sector.
productRefurbished structure finds new life
Rubb Buildings has refurbished a former military structure, which is now being used in the commercial sector by an industrial cleaning company.
productComplete solution
95% of the world’s cargo is transported on ships in containers, from the clothes we are wearing to the mobile phone we have in our hand. As you read this, there are between 5-6 million containers currently travelling around the world on ships, trains or trucks.
productFTA favours Heathrow over Gatwick in upcoming airport decision
If it’s not Heathrow then it’s Dover for freight shipments, says the Freight Transport Association.
newsAlmost 900 redundancies proposed at DB Cargo
DB Cargo UK has announced proposed redundancies and changes to its business model in response to rapid and unprecedented changes in the markets it serves.
productHeathrow gets the nod over Gatwick
Heathrow has been chosen as the location for the UK’s new runway with the Government saying ‘expanding Heathrow will better connect the UK to long haul destinations in growing world markets’.
productWholesaler fined £500000 for gate death of delivery driver
One of Britain’s largest wholesale companies has been fined £500,000 after a delivery driver was killed by a faulty gate at a depot in Newport, south Wales.
productBogie stacking frames provide heavy duty storage
Mechan has received an order to provide 66 bogie stacking frames that will be used to kit out a new storage facility for Alstom Traincare.
