December 29th, 2009 by Rubb
When L-3 Communications needed additional modification hangar space at their Waco, Texas location, they turned to Rubb to again design a structure specifically and cost effectively suited to their needs.
Rubb designed a four (4) bay structure which is 660′ (201m) wide by 140′ (42.7m) deep.
The aircraft hangar has an Alamo Hangar Door System and was completed in August 2009.
This is the fourth hangar that Rubb, Inc. has designed, built and erected for L-3 Communications.
December 16th, 2009 by Glen
We received this email a few days ago, and its content was so uplifting that I feel it’s entirely appropriate to be shared at this time of year:
My name is Mary Thatcher (Chapman) and I worked at Rubb from July 1999 to November 2001. I loved my job there and Rubb always treated me well. I worked under Steve Gagnon in the weld shop. I am currently in the Army and I am deployed to Iraq. When I was back in the shop welding on the Kuwait contract, I never thought I’d see the finished product first hand. When I deployed to Iraq in September 2009, we were held in Kuwait until flights were arranged. During my time in Kuwait we stayed in one of the tents that Rubb had built. It was great to see the buildings and know that I was once part of the team that built them. All the hours everyone put in making sure the job got out on time and that it was of the best quality really made a difference in the quality of life for the soldiers who had to passed thru there. I’m glad to see that in the struggling economy that a great company such as yourselves is still strong and alive with business.
I’d like to say hello to all of those I once worked with if they are still kicking around. Maybe if ya’ll (Rubb) are still around when I get finished with my service I might come knocking to see if you need a welder… Just seeing those buildings made me smile and remember how much I loved working there and the great co-workers I had around me. Leaving the country for the first time, Kuwait is not the most up lifting place. So many sand storms you can’t even see the skyline, no sun, no stars nothing but the sand. For me it was kinda hard at first but just seeing a piece of my past put a smile on my face! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone at Rubb USA!
Sincerly,
Mary Thatcher
Thank you, Mary! Merry Christmas to all from everyone at Rubb!
December 16th, 2009 by Rubb
Rubb Building Systems is preparing up to ship a 180′ x 367′ BVE Range Aircraft Hangar to Surabaya, Indonesia. The structure has 30′ sidewalls and one open gable end.
Lion Air, Rubb’s customer, is Indonesia’s largest privately-owned airline. Once erected, the new facility will be used to facilitate maintenance of its fleet of aircraft. Lion Air’s fleet consists of Boeing Aircraft models; MD-90, B737-300, B737-400 and the B737-900.
Lion Air is headquartered in Jakarta and the new maintenance facility will be located in Indonesia’s second largest city, Surabaya.
December 10th, 2009 by Rubb
With the ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan, Rubb Buildings Ltd have been at the forefront of supplying hangars to the front line.
The newly developed 25m Span RES Hangar, complete with an 18m wide x 7m high aircraft door is currently being used by many different forces from around the world. To date Rubb Buildings Ltd has supplied and delivered no less than 10 hangars to various forces this year alone.
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The RES hangar can be erected, disassembled and removed easily, if required. Each hangar is constructed of a number of steel fabricated components together with uniquely designed aluminum roof and leg sections, that bolt together to form the span trusses. The leg sections connect to the roof sections and are securely anchored to footplates at 4m centers. When assembled, Insulated PVC fabric sheets slides between the aluminum extrusions of adjacent spans to form the shelter.
The most recent hangars supplied to the front line are complete with an internal 2000kg gantry crane system. The crane system has been designed for helping the users of the hangars with their daily maintenance procedures for the aircraft in the field.
December 4th, 2009 by Rubb
In June of 2009, Rubb Building Systems was awarded a contract with CH2M-WG LLC to provide a variety of structures for the The Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP).
The ICP involves the safe, environmental cleanup of the Idaho National Laboratory site, which was contaminated with waste generated from World War II-era conventional weapons testing, government-owned research and defense reactors, laboratory research, and defense missions at other U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites.
The 7-year, $2.9 billion cleanup project, funded through the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, focuses equally on reducing risks to workers, the public, and the environment and on protecting the Snake River Plain Aquifer, the sole drinking water source for more than 300,000 residents of eastern Idaho.
Read about other Rubb environmental remediation projects.
