Sectors
Infrastructure
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Volker, Bristol
Engineered for infrastructure
Thurston designs, manufactures and delivers Portable Spaces, Permanent Buildings and Engineered Solutions for construction, rail and wider transport environments.
From site offices and welfare accommodation to train-crew facilities, passenger-facing buildings, control rooms, signalling buildings and equipment housing, we plan each solution around its operational use, site access, technical interfaces, programme and delivery conditions.
Completing more work within a controlled manufacturing environment can reduce activity on site. We plan delivery and installation around live operations, restricted access and agreed working windows to help reduce disruption.
- Completion of a £2.5m train-crew accommodation project at Cockfosters.
- Two-bay transport building manufactured and delivered at Bristol Airport in under a month.
- Selected by BAM Site Solutions to support its welfare accommodation requirements.
- More than 50 years of UK manufacturing experience.
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Challenges we solve
Overcoming the complexities of construction, rail and transport environments
Construction, rail and transport projects bring different operational demands, but often share constraints around access, programme, coordination and continuity. We plan manufacture and delivery around these requirements from the outset. Often bringing different legislative and testing regimes, especially in passenger transportation or international freight
- Working within live operational environments.
- Managing restricted access and delivery routes.
- Coordinating with multiple contractors and site stakeholders.
- Delivering within possessions, shutdowns or limited installation windows.
- Balancing temporary project requirements with permanent operational needs.
- Integrating building services, equipment and technical interfaces.
- Minimising disruption to passengers, employees, contractors and surrounding operations.
Supporting construction projects
Construction projects need dependable spaces that can be mobilised quickly and adapted as programmes evolve. Thurston can provide portable offices, welfare, canteens, changing facilities, storage and security buildings planned around workforce needs, site access and programme change.
Our partnership with BAM Site Solutions demonstrates the dependable manufacturing, responsive service and practical understanding we bring to on-site welfare accommodation.
Supporting rail environments
Rail projects and operational environments demand careful coordination around access, safety, existing infrastructure and limited possession windows. We can support passenger-facing facilities, train-crew accommodation, offices, welfare, control spaces and technical buildings across live rail environments.
Supporting transport operations
Our defined design, manufacture and delivery process takes your brief and turns it into a solution to meet your needs. From the first design conversation to final handover, our process brings together engineering, manufacturing and project delivery to manage technical requirements, programme, quality and site disruption:
Solutions
Solutions for infrastructure projects
Whether the requirement for your infrastructure project is a temporary compound, a permanent operational building or an engineered technical structure, we can identify the appropriate solution around its intended use, location, lifespan, performance and delivery constraints.
Portable Spaces
Relocatable offices, welfare facilities and workforce accommodation supporting construction programmes, maintenance work and changing site requirements.
Permanent Buildings
Long-term buildings for staff, passengers and operational teams, including train-crew facilities, station accommodation and customer-facing spaces at airports and transport hubs.
Engineered Solutions
Equipment housing, control buildings and bespoke containers developed around technical interfaces and operating conditions. Outputs include signalling housings, trackside electrical enclosures, generator and battery/UPS housings, and specialist equipment transport containers.
Portable Spaces
Relocatable offices, welfare facilities and workforce accommodation supporting construction programmes, maintenance work and changing site requirements.
Permanent Buildings
Long-term buildings for staff, passengers and operational teams, including train-crew facilities, station accommodation and customer-facing spaces at airports and transport hubs.
Engineered Solutions
Equipment housing, control buildings and bespoke containers developed around technical interfaces and operating conditions. Outputs include signalling housings, trackside electrical enclosures, generator and battery/UPS housings, and specialist equipment transport containers.
Infrastructure applications
Our Permanent Buildings, Portable Spaces and Engineered Solutions support a range of healthcare and life sciences applications, from clinical and research facilities to staff accommodation and specialist equipment housing. The appropriate solution depends on the intended use, required lifespan, technical specification and site conditions.
Portable Spaces
A range of applications
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Site Offices
Sleeper Accommodation
Toilets
Marketing/Sales Suites
Storage
Permanent Buildings
A range of applications
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Control Rooms & Control Buildings
Welfare and Site Accommodation
Gatehouses & Security Buildings
Engineered Solutions
A range of applications
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Equipment Housing
Control rooms & Control Buildings
Battery Energy Storage Enclosure
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.
Assurance for live infrastructure environments
Rail, transport and construction projects can involve restricted access, technical interfaces and delivery within operational sites or limited installation windows.
We establish the applicable customer, asset-owner and project requirements before manufacture, including the inspection, documentation and verification needed for the completed building or equipment housing
Projects
Infrastructure projects
Explore how we’ve delivered buildings and engineered spaces for complex infrastructure environments, working around restricted access, live operations, technical interfaces and demanding programme requirements.
Bring us your infrastructure challenge
Tell us about the building’s intended use, operational environment, site constraints, programme and technical interfaces. We will work with you to determine the most appropriate portable, permanent or engineered solution.
