Building a storage solution
November 1st 2005

Collinson has supplied and erected a BestHall Tension Membrane building for Martin Butterly at its Drogheda Port site to increase on-quay storage, improve efficiency and reduce logistical problems.

The Drogheda site is equipped to handle a wide range of cargoes, from fertiliser to steel and timber.

However, storage remote from the quay was causing some significant logistics issues, so the decision was made to increase the facilities available at the berth.

Collinson says its BestHall building was chosen for two main reasons: the favourable price and the re-locatable design of the structure.

The new building is 100 by 22m by 7m high, giving 2200m3 of covered storage that can accommodate up to 10 000t of steel. Erection was completed in less than five weeks, by Collinson's five-man team, onto a ready prepared asphalt base.