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Aviation hangars

Rubb's innovative aircraft hangars are custom designed to suit our clients' storage and — maintenance needs. Rubb Buildings Ltd is a leading provider of tailor-made aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul hangars. We work closely with end users to ensure our building designs incorporate the most efficient use of available space. Rubb has delivered many high quality solutions to local authorities, airlines, airports and MRO contractors. Our large scale hangars cover all types of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul operations. Rubb’s tensioned fabric structures are strong, durable,...

Advantage Points Low Maintenance / Low Costs Our high-quality membrane materials and postproduction galvanized welded frames deliver durability over time, making the cost of maintaining Rubb buildings more economical compared to conventional structures. Technical Specifications The Rubb Group designs and manufactures quality relocatable and permanent engineered fabric tensioned buildings. Highlights include our ground-breaking military hangars, sunshades, shelters, warehouses and workshops, custom designed specialist sport buildings and storage buildings for a variety of sectors including...

easyJet Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, UK 45.75m twin span x 60m long BVL Airline easyJet asked Rubb Buildings Ltd to provide a twin span hangar measuring 91.5m wide x 60m long. The structure measures 9.2m to the eaves and 16.8m to the apex of each span. Each front gable measures 45.75m wide and features a 41m wide x 13.5m vertical lifting fabric door. The hot dip galvanized steel frame is clad with 150mm thick Thermohall™ insulated fabric and the facility provides 5200sq m of usable working floorspace. A full LED lighting system, ventilation system and LPG heating system has been installed....

Aerohub Newquay Airport, Cornwall, UK 47m span x 50m long BVL A Rubb aviation building was selected for Aerohub, a UK aerospace focused Enterprise Zone, based in Newquay, Cornwall. The project provides a large, custom designed space for Apple Aviation Group’s increased maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations. Apple Aviation selected Aerohub at Newquay Cornwall Airport as the location for its growing aerospace maintenance facility headquarters. The main steel framework for the hangar was installed and then Thermohall™ insulated PVC cladding was fixed to the structure to create its...

Rockford Airport Chicago, Illinois, USA 91.4m span x 91.4m long BVL The Rockford facility’s two insulated membrane-clad hangars each measure 91.5m long with a 91.5m clear span and 12m sidewalls, culminating in a centre height of 30.5m. Each structure features five-panel, vertical-lifting doors, with pivoting mullions, allowing for comfortable housing of aircraft as large as the Airbus A380. The hot-dip galvanized steel frame is clad with 50mm Thermohall™ insulated fabric. Maintenance requirements are very low. The vertical lifting doors, with their exceptional seals, allow the facilities to...

National Police Air Service Bournemouth, Dorset, UK 26m span x 17m long BVE Rubb provided NPAS with a custom designed helicopter hangar measuring 26m span x 17m long, with 7.5m high sidewalls. A Rubb Heli-Door in the front gable provides a clear opening of 21.5m wide x 5.5m high. The rear gable end includes a 4m x 4m roller shutter door and one personnel door. Each sidewall includes an additional personnel door for access and egress. The Rubb ‘BVE’ aviation structure features Rubb’s traditional galvanized internal steel frame and a tapered lattice leg design. The building is clad with...

Bristow Group Norwich Airport, Surrey, UK 35m span x 40m long BVE Bristow Helicopter Group approached Rubb to design and manufacture a fabric engineered helicopter hangar, tailor-made for the company’s needs. This required a high level of lighting specification, insulation and inner skin features and a custommade insulated 20m x 6m manual sliding hangar door. During the process the structure grew from a 35m span x 35m long BVE into a 35m span x 40m long specialist helicopter hangar facility. The high specification electrical system includes 230v and 415v power sockets; a 500 Lux lighting...

AirTran Airways Atlanta, Georgia, USA 82m span x 64m long BVL This aviation building at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is able to accommodate two Boeing 717s side by side and allows for full maintenance to be carried out on the aircraft. The structure measures 82m wide x 64m long, with sidewalls that consist of concrete tilt up panels more than 9m high. The hangar door measures 76m wide x 15m high. The hot dip galvanized steel frame is covered with 28oz/yd2 PVC coated fabric with DuPont Tedlar top finish, providing additional protection for the fabric. The...

NHV Wick John O’Groats Airport, Scotland 20m span x 44m long EFASS NHV’s aircraft storage facility from Rubb’s Expeditionary Forces Aircraft Shelter System (EFASS) range features a span width of 20m x 44m long with a closed rear gable end. Access is via a 17.7m wide x 5.5m high Heli-Door. The door is electrically operated via two helical geared motors, with emergency hand operation capability. The EFASS hangar’s aluminium framework has been designed to maximise strength, minimise weight and still be robust enough to withstand the most challenging environments. The high quality 6082 T6...

Horizon Academy Al Ain International Airport , UAE 23.4m span x 36m long EFASS-SV Rubb won an order to provide three steel and aluminium hybrid EFASS helicopter maintenance hangars for Horizon Flight Academy. The helicopter hangars are used for the storage and maintenance of the fleet helicopters. Horizon Flight Academy first viewed Rubb’s EFASS hangar systems at IDEX, in Abu Dhabi, and the relationship grew from there. The Horizon team visited Rubb’s manufacturing plant in Gateshead, UK, to discuss the project. Then personnel from Rubb travelled to Al Ain to assist with site assessments...