Distribution centre Foston, Derbyshire 850 tonnes Project Type Location Steel Tonnage Works Carried Out robinsons.com Structural Steelwork and Metal Decking To achieve the clear span and floor area required to store 32,000 pallets, the structure was designed with 4T valley beams to carry rafters which dramatically reduced the amount of columns required. The building consists of 850 tonnes of structural steelwork and was erected on programme in eight weeks. This was the very first project manufactured in our brand new production facility, using our state of the art drill to split the rafter haunches and to scribe the profile of the valley beam in to the Rafter connection saddle, all assisting to ensure accurate fabrication. The new distribution centre was part of an £8.5 million i

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