Long-span steel carrier beams being erected on a Highland industrial canopy

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Project updates from site and the fabrication yard — fabrication, deliveries, concrete works, steel erection and company news from our Aberdeenshire base.

Phase Four: Highlands canopy steel erection nears completion.

PROJECT UPDATE · STEELWORK

We're nearing completion of the steel erection phase of our long-running Highlands project. Phase Four completes the overall canopy layout — a total footprint of 88m × 60m with around 700,000 cubic feet of storage beneath it, engineered using long-span carrier beams.

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SITE & WORKSHOP LOG

Regular updates as projects move through fabrication, delivery and construction.

Move it Mondays: 18m carrier beams leave the yard for the Highlands.
FABRICATION · DISPATCH

Move it Mondays: 18m carrier beams leave the yard for the Highlands.

The first artic load of steel for the current Highlands industrial project left the RPD yard on a fully stretched trailer carrying 18m-long carrier beams — arriving on site that afternoon, with two further full loads due the following day.

First of three floor slab pours completed at 32,000-bird poultry house.
CONCRETE

First of three floor slab pours completed at 32,000-bird poultry house.

At a recent Aberdeenshire 32,000-bird poultry house, our teams prepared for the internal concrete floor slab and completed the first of three pours — working through the night to achieve a high-quality polished finish.

Chicken sheds, concrete works and sunshine!
CONCRETE

Chicken sheds, concrete works and sunshine!

Another poultry project is well underway, with the concrete works progressing nicely.

New JCB 150X HD makes its first outing at the Turriff Show.
PLANT · COMPANY NEWS

New JCB 150X HD makes its first outing at the Turriff Show.

Our newly acquired JCB 150X HD made its first public outing at the Turriff Show — standing out with bespoke illuminated signage designed and fabricated in-house by the RPD team.

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