Sectors
Utilities
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Built for essential utilities infrastructure
Thurston designs and manufactures Portable Spaces, Permanent Buildings and Engineered Solutions for electricity, gas and water and wastewater infrastructure. From site welfare and operational offices to full control rooms and secure equipment housing, we engineer each solution around the asset’s specific operational purpose, site needs and technical requirements.
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Supporting essential infrastructure and live operations
Working around live services
Utility projects can involve operational sites, restricted access and agreed installation or outage windows. Offsite manufacture helps to reduce the work required on site, while delivery and installation are coordinated around your programme and operating requirements.
Accommodating equipment and technical interfaces
Equipment layout, access, ventilation, environmental conditions and maintenance requirements can all influence the building’s design. We work with your teams to understand these requirements and coordinate the interfaces between the structure, equipment and services.
Working within controlled sites
Access permissions, security procedures and contractor coordination can shape how a project is delivered. We plan site activities in conjunction with your teams around the applicable protocols and agreed working arrangements.
Supporting consistency across programmes
Where similar buildings are required across multiple locations, coordinated design and controlled manufacture can support consistent layouts, specifications and quality, with adaptations for individual site conditions. Engineered for the challenge and designed for manufacture.
Solutions
Solutions for utility sites and operations
We support electricity and gas networks, and water and wastewater infrastructure, with solutions for temporary project needs, long-term operational use and specialist technical requirements.
Portable Spaces
Relocatable site offices, welfare facilities, canteens, changing and drying rooms, and storage designed to support utility teams during construction, maintenance and upgrade programmes. Layouts and installation arrangements are planned around the needs of your workforce, available space and site access.
Permanent Buildings
Long-term offices, staff facilities and operational buildings designed around the needs of utility sites and their teams. We consider the layout, accessibility, building services and existing infrastructure, and coordinate delivery around your wider site programme.
Engineered Solutions
Equipment housing, and technical enclosures developed around your defined technical and operational requirements. Our teams work with you to coordinate equipment interfaces, environmental controls, maintenance access and your project-specific performance requirements.
Portable Spaces
Relocatable site offices, welfare facilities, canteens, changing and drying rooms, and storage designed to support utility teams during construction, maintenance and upgrade programmes. Layouts and installation arrangements are planned around the needs of your workforce, available space and site access.
Permanent Buildings
Purpose-designed modular buildings manufactured in controlled conditions and delivered efficiently to site. From education and healthcare to infrastructure and commercial environments, we create permanent spaces around your operational requirements, programme and estate.
Engineered Solutions
Bespoke buildings, structures and containerised spaces engineered around complex requirements, specialist equipment, protection, and technically demanding environments. Where standard approaches arent enough, we develop practical, manufacturable solutions around the challenges you face.
Utilities applications
Explore applications supporting utility construction and maintenance programmes, workforce facilities and specialist equipment across electricity, gas, water and wastewater infrastructure.
Portable Spaces
Relocatable spaces supporting temporary estate requirements, staff welfare, project delivery and changing operational needs.
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Site Offices
Toilets
Canteens
Changing Rooms
Storage
Permanent Buildings
Long-term welfare and operational accommodation developed around utility sites, workforce needs and programme requirements.
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Welfare & Site Accommodation
Engineered Solutions
Specialist structures developed around critical equipment, technical interfaces, operating conditions and defined performance requirements.
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Equipment Housing
Blast-Resistant Buildings
Battery Energy Storage Containers
Quality, Safety & Assurance
Our independently assessed management systems and recognised industry standards provide customers with confidence in the quality, safety, environmental responsibility and control behind how we manufacture and deliver.
Talk to us about your utilities needs
Tell us about the building’s intended use, equipment interfaces, site conditions and delivery programme. We’ll work with you to identify the appropriate solution for your electricity, water or gas infrastructure project.
