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Bespoke Temporary Buildings

October 30th, 2009 — 12:23am

I thought you might like to see the result of a contract we recently completed at Linecross Ltd in Rutland…..

Because, due to the rural location of the factory, the local planning department were very conscious
of the need for the buildings to blend in with the green belt environment.

To overcome this, we supplied the buildings with grey roof covers, and olive green walls,
and now; three weeks since arriving on site, Linecross have got an additional 19000 sq ft of secure, covered space…..

Another complication was the limited space within which we could erect the buildings
because the entire floor area where the buildings were installed were used for outside racking…

Our installation team overcame this by building part of the structure, enabling the Linecross staff to
store the goods undercover, and also clear the area for the next phase of the build….

Another important point we had to consider were the new CDM regulations, which are more stringent
now than ever before, especially if a contract takes a certain number of man hours, or indeed, spans over
a specific period of time….

Here’s a couple of pictures, which were taken by our installation team as they left site:

 
 
 
 
This image shows the two buildings, one of 65m x 20m and the other a 30m x 15m; both on 6.2m sideheight.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is an internal shot of the 65m x 20m building.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is a shot from the lane showing the rural location.

Anyway, if you’d like any advice on the points I’ve mentioned, whether it’s available
colours, or indeed, the CDM regs, let me know and I’ll do all I can to help you….

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How Long Does It Take?

October 20th, 2009 — 7:40pm

One of the most frequent questions we are asked is how soon can we have the extra space?
This is a snap-shot of a recent installation we did for a client in Norwich.
They needed a building fabricated to their requirement which took approximately 21 days and then a further 4 days to install.

They had a flat yard area that was perfect for the installation of a building…
1st morning, 1st lift nearing completion


End of 1st day, main lifts complete on 50mtr x 20mtr 5.2 side height

2nd day with gable framework and roof covers in place

3rd day with 38mm insulated wall
panels nearing completion

4th day with all roof covers inflated,
and walls and doors in place
 

End of day 4, installation complete and ready for handover.

If only life were that simple………But actually, that is about the top and bottom of it, apart from the planning and project meetings Jason and Andy attended to bring the whole thing together….

It took approximately 21 days to fabricate the building, so all in all; it took about one month to provide the additional space the client required.

And it’s also interesting that this particular client had the option to take up a unit which was empty and available on the same industrial estate, but chose to use one of our buildings because when they worked out the cost of transport (even locally), staffing and their concerns about the handling of the products, they could see that the option to have one of our buildings installed on their existing site, gave them a much greater degree of control, and at a lower overall cost.

So if you are considering taking space in a third-party warehouse, or are considering taking over a short-term lease on an empty building close by, give us a call to get a quote on having one of our buildings installed at your own premises, because you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised at the cost, and how quickly you could be up and running.

And remember, best of all; you don’t make any minimum commitments to keep our buildings for any period of time either, so if you either lose a contract, or things begin to slow down, you simply give us just seven days notice to off hire it, so you never pay for the space for a day longer than you need it.

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