Fifth storage facility added to port
October 1st 2005

Rubb Buildings is celebrating having added a fifth storage facility at the Port of Belfast to bring the current total of storage area they have constructed to a massive 14,347m2.

Since 2001 Rubb has worked hand in hand with the Belfast Harbour Commissioners to ensure that ever changing and expanding storage requirements have been met as use of the Port has developed. In 2001 the first building was erected measuring 24m span x 45m at the head of the dockside area. In 2005 an additional building measuring 24m span x 65m was erected directly adjacent.

Earlier in 2003 a much larger Rubb Building measuring 45m span x 175m had been installed at a different location on the dockside and in 2004 this was extended to 217.5m in length.

In 2005 the Rubb design team was given a firm brief to erect the largest possible building on the remaining land on this site. Careful consideration had to be given to the design because of restrictions created by the nearby dockside traffic.

However, a 32m span x 60m was installed, maximising all possible space available.

"Maximising storage space of ports is of paramount importance because of the physical restriction of available dockside space," commented Ray Colby, Rubb’s general sales manager.

"In recent projects at Belfast we have used legs to maximise storage space with wide openings in side walls and the gable ends to provide easy access.

"Because Rubb Buildings require so little in the need of foundations we really have been able to use every available inch of land for storage as our latest installation shows, as we have been able to build right up to the roadside edge," he continued.

The Rubb organisation, with production facilities in Great Britain, Norway and the United States specialises in the design, development and manufacture of relocatable structures and is quality certified to ISO 9001:2000.

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