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Military Aircraft Hangars
We make steel frames and anti-spalling
lining for HARDENED HANGARS for most military aircraft and
installations.
 Expensive aircraft, equipment control
centre and personnel can be protected by REID hardened hangars. These
can be erected speedily thanks to rigid steel segmented arch rings
attached directly to anti-spalling skins which in turn serve as a
framework for the re-enforced concrete arches. A variety of resistant
doors can give protection against all but direct hits from large bombs.
Often the cost of such defensive
structures is so small in relation to the value of the contents for the
security given by the contents that several could be built for each
installation making the target acquisition more difficult.
For security reasons we are not permitted
to publish photographs of installations. Specific requirements will have
to be discussed between our military engineers and yours. Please state
the type of aircraft or other equipment and the type of threat to
be resisted.
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RAF Valley Maintenance Hangar
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Maintenance Hangars for Chilean Air Force
REIDsteel constructed these two aircraft maintenance hangars in Iquique, Chile, for use by the Chilean Air Force. The first hangars spans 42m x 37m, and has a clear height of 9m, whilst the other hangar is slightly smaller, measuring 26m x 34m x 8.5m. The hangars have curved roofs, with offices on one side, and a raised floor on the other. They are designed to withstand wind speeds up to 150km/hr.
The hangar doors were manufactured by REIDsteel, and have 0.3m outriggers on either side to allow maximum clear entry. The doors are manually operated, which is an advantage in remote regions where the electricity supply is not reliable, and the doors are not too wide.
REIDsteel provided all the accessories, including personnel doors, cast in-situ floors, staircases and roller-shutter doors. |
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Kainji, Northern Nigeria
120
metre wide hangar for Nigerian Air Force Hercules C.130
Aircraft. The doors stack inside at either end and there are two
underslung overhead travelling cranes, one of 10 tonnes capacity
and one of 5 tonnes. We designed, made, erected and clad the
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Culdrose, Helston
Cornwall.
37 metre span hangar, for the Royal Naval Air Station
Culdrose, Helston Cornwall.
This 2000m2 Hangar to house the Royal Navy’s new Merlin search and rescue helicopter, took only 25 weeks to design, make and erect, in spite of high winds and generally wet conditions.
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The Hangar has two sets of 6 leaf “cascade” type rolling doors, one set at each end, with outriggers to allow full width access. The doors were also designed, made and erected by us.
The main contractor who did all the site civil work was KIER Western.
Two sets of six leaf doors are manually operated through a cable and gearbox mechanism turned by a large handle.
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Chilean Air
Force and Navy
Three 42 metre span Hangars for Chile, two for the Chilean Air Force
at Fuerza Aerea de Chile, Santiago, and the other for the Chilean Navy
at Base Aeronaval Vina del Mar.
This 2300m2 Hangar designed and made by us for the Chilean Air Force. There are two storey offices, workshops and stores on three sides. At the rear, to accommodate the aircraft nose, there is a specially built extension, complete with door to allow exit and entry of tow vehicles.
The complete erection and cladding was done by a local construction company under the supervision of our engineer.
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