RUBB Buildings state-of-the-art hangar system for storage and maintenance fleet helicopters 2002132

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IDEX 2013
Tri-Service defence exhibition
17 - 21 February 2013
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
 
RUBB aviation buildings at IDEX 2013
 
 
Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 04:29 PM
 
RUBB Buildings state-of-the-art hangar system for storage and maintenance of fleet helicopters.
Rubb Buildings Ltd of United Kingdom is a world leader in the design and manufacture of custom made relocatable engineered fabric structures. At IDEX 2013, the Company promotes state-of-the-art hangar system which can be used for the storage and maintenance of the fleet helicopters.
Visit RUBB at IDEX 2013 Stand C6-002.
     
Rubb Buildings Ltd of United Kingdom is a world leader in the design and manufacture of custom made relocatable engineered fabric structures. At IDEX 2013, the Company promotes state-of-the-art hangar system which can be used for the storage and maintenance of the fleet helicopters.
Rubb Buildings Ltd won an order to provide three 23.4m x 36m steel and aluminium hybrid EFASS structures to Horizon Flight Academy.
     
Rubb Buildings Ltd won an order to provide three 23.4m x 36m steel and aluminium hybrid EFASS structures to Horizon Flight Academy. The high flying academy is based at Al Ain International Airport and has been purpose built for flight training. It has set the benchmark for pilot training in the Middle East, offering fixed wing and helicopter pilot courses. Its fleet includes Cessna 172SP, Diamond DA42, Bell 206 and Bell 407 aircraft and flight simulators.

The EFASS shelter system, which features hangars, sunshades and warehouses, is uniquely suitable for the storage and maintenance of aviation equipment and operations. The system is designed to be rapidly deployed and quickly erected anywhere in the world.

The main body of each Horizon hangar was constructed using a number of steel fabricated components together with uniquely designed steel roof and leg sections, that bolt together to form the span trusses. When assembled, high strength robust PVC coated polyester fabric sheets were fitted between the aluminium capping sections of adjacent spans to form the shelter.

The gable ends feature the standard aluminium EFASS frame elements complete with PVC membrane and a 21.5m x 7m Heli-Door at the hangar entrance. Each hangar includes two personnel doors in the closed gable ends and a porch in each sidewall. One of the aviation buildings has been fitted with an overhead roof-mounted 2000kg gantry crane system to assist with internal maintenance procedures.

These shelters are the first Rubb EFAS Systems to feature an internal PVC membrane to provide additional thermal insulation – protecting valuable aircraft and personnel from the soaring temperatures outside.

Rubb adapted the EFASS Steel Variant (SV) design to include mostly steel framework instead of aluminium to meet with stringent fire regulation codes in the UAE.
     
The main body of each Horizon hangar was constructed using a number of steel fabricated components together with uniquely designed steel roof and leg sections, that bolt together to form the span trusses.
The main body of each Horizon hangar was constructed using a number of steel fabricated components together with uniquely designed steel roof and leg sections, that bolt together to form the span trusses.