"Floorless"
Haz-Mat Buildings
| Behind overhead
steel pipe supports is a beige painted Haz-Safe "Floorless"
modular building. There are two modules bolted together sitting
on user's 5' steel reinforced concrete curb, which is a containment
sump. Inside the building are large oil tanks, lots of plumbing,
pumps, ect. The sump is sized to catch a combination of the largest
tank spillage and 30 minutes of fire suppression sprinkler discharge
water. Below is a graphic simplification of how a Haz-Safe "floorless"
building "bolts" together using patented hardware... |
Haz-Safe
Buildings by Design premanufactures all weather "Floorless"
or "Drop Over" multi-purpose buildings with proper selection
of exterior and interior material, finishes and hardware are virtually
no maintenance, are not susceptible to decay or rust, and are
fully equipped as described in this website as well as any other
industrial component appropriately applied on or within the structure.
"Floorless" Buildings can be either whole single unit(s)
or multiple modules to be placed on either the curb of a concrete
sump floor or on a flat foundation. They can be blast and fire
rated or not with exterior finishes from natural looking cedar
shake siding to aggregate stone and interiors from porcelain enamel
steel to fiberglass reinforced board panels. Whatever it takes.
Typical
Applications
- Hazardous
Material Buildings
- Hurricane
Wind Proof Buildings
- Fueling
Station Kiosks/Buildings
- Chlorination
and De-Chlorination Buildings
- Electronic
Communications and
Telecommunications Equipment Buildings
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Bullet Proof Buildings
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Water Treatment Buildings
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Chemical Wash Buildings
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Multiple Purpose Pump Buildings
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Roof Top Penthouse Buildings
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Etc., Etc., Etc.
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Typical
Installation of Modular "Floorless" Inplant Building
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| "Floorless"
building arrives bolted together. Placed on parking lot pavement,
disassembly begins by removing roof cap. |
Interior shows
porcelain enamel steel finished fire, blast and sound rated walls.
Blue tape holds pre-cut joint wall trim bar yet to be installed. |
Forklift
positioning itself to help pull two modular halves apart. Fire,
blast and sound rated door shipped separately. |
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| Seperated
half of building is being forklifted and shoved towards facility's
enterance while other half waits. |
First
modular unit to enter a door that was too small for a single non-modular
unit to enter. |
Once
inside, user's installation crew re-bolted building back together,
then forklift pushed whole building on crawlers into facility corner. |
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| Forklift
going inside building to get a better grip in order to maneuver
building into facility's corner walls. |
Short
building on left is a conventional block constructed engine test
cell of which the Haz-Safe version out-preforms. |
Doors are being
hung. User will test auto engines and later ship "floorless"
building to Brazilian engine company. |
Typical
Outdoor "Floorless" Haz-Safe Building
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| The
two modular units were shipped seperately, bolted together on the
parking lot pavement, and then the whole building was lifted onto
user's previously prepared concrete curb, which is part of a continuous
concrete pour with a sump floor. There are three bolt-up tubes,
which are an integral part of the supports for a grated elevated
floor, that came with the building. |
Back
side of same building showing the bolt-up 1" dia. rods still
need to be cut off and the roof cap needs to be installed. User
wanted as little of the concrete curb to be seen and made sure the
grassy ground had plenty of fall away from the building. The installation
was in deep southern USA so ice and snow buildup wasn't a problem |
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| Corner
of interior floor area shows the concrete sump floor and walls or
curb as well as the user's special use piping. Fiberglass floor
grate is removed to show 4" x 4" tubular beams used to
support the grating above the concrete sump. Adjustable shelving
has rubber grommet over the edge of 1" containment lip. |
Workers
are standing on elevated fiberglass flooring at the modular split
of the building. Again, it is easy to spot 4" x 4" tubular
steel floor supports on two foot centers just under the grating.
Shelving on right is suspended from the ceiling to make it easy
to remove grating from under lowest shelf. |
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