Blast Building Solutions

3 min read | Matt Goff | March 2020

Thurston Group is a leading manufacturer of blast resistant cabins and modular building solutions.

Engineered to to meet the highest safety and environmental standards, and constructed to perform from within the most rigorous and extreme environments, our various solutions meet all COMAH Requirements.

Designed to meet your needs

Ultrablast buildings work as stand-alone cabins or can be linked to create a much larger building to provide protection in hazardous working environments. Blast resistance levels of up to 1000MB can be achieved. These highly specialised buildings can be used in many applications such as accommodation, control rooms, offices, canteens, toilets, shower blocks or storage areas.

The Ultrablast range has set new groundbreaking standards in Safety and Comfort and with bespoke designs available to meet your exact specification, it’s available in a range of sizes and with various options for internal and external finishes. The Ultrablast units are the ultimate in quality, safety and security for your business. Our Ultrablast range can also include architectural features to match your corporate image as well as local or environmental planning requirements.

Proven Protection

You can rely on Ultrablast to:

• Fully comply with all health & safety regulations
• Meet or exceed stringent blast resistant standards specified by all major companies involved in the petrochemical industry
• Protect your employees and your reputation
• Provide additional peace of mind protection

The Ultrablast range can be designed to each of three levels of deformation response, meaning that, in the event of an explosion, the building could still be used as a central facility to co-ordinate an emergency response, if required.

With new fire regulations coming into effect in January 2025, our head of technical, Marc Johnson discusses how Thurston is putting in the groundwork to ensure our products are, not only, exceeding fire regulations but providing clear evidence of performance.


For most people, when you hear the term “modular buildings”, you probably envision identical boxes on a construction site.