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Engineered for the challenge
In demanding and technical operating conditions, where regulatory or performance requirements are exacting, standard products are not always enough. To help meet these challenges, Thurston combines specialist engineering, controlled UK manufacture, inspection, testing and proven project delivery to develop blast-resistant buildings, equipment housings and bespoke containerised solutions around each specific requirement.
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Designed around complex requirements
Our Engineered Solutions are principally requirement-led. We start with what your solution needs to protect, house, enable or withstand, and consider the environment in which it must operate, and the technical, regulatory and performance requirements it must satisfy. Our design and engineering teams then work closely with you to develop a practical, manufacturable solution around your needs.
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Engineering confidence and capability for complex challenges
From early-stage design through manufacture, testing and installation, our teams work closely with you to turn complex requirements into practical, compliant solutions.
Designed around your requirements
We know how to guide projects through the RIBA stages, combining in-house engineering and modular expertise to develop structures around your precise operational needs.
Built on specialist containerised engineering experience
Our Engineered Solutions capability builds on the Yorkshire Marine Container (YMC) heritage, particularly in offshore and specialist container engineering. That experience forms part of the foundation of today’s offer, developing containers and engineered structures around demanding operational requirements.
Delivery you can depend on
By bringing engineering, controlled manufacture, inspection, testing and delivery together, we maintain visibility over the solution from initial requirement through to handover
Investment in innovation
We’re investing in the future of our Engineered Solutions. Our planned multi-million pound investment at our Ottringham facility will create a new 1,250m² Engineered Solutions facility, supported by new specialist manufacturing equipment. .
The development will expand our capacity for complex modular, containerised and protected-building projects, while strengthening inspection, testing and technical assurance.
Quality, Safety & Assurance
Depending on the product and project requirements, our Engineered Solutions can be designed, manufactured, inspected and certified to applicable offshore, transport and container standards. Certification and verification requirements are established for each project.
ISO 10855-1:2024 – Offshore containers and associated lifting sets
DNV-ST-E271 2.7-1 – Offshore containers
DNV-ST-E272 2.7-2 – Equipment assemblies
DNV-ST-E273 2.7-3 – Portable offshore units
BS ISO 1496 series – Freight containers
CSC – International Convention for Safe Containers
EN 283, EN 284 and EN 452 – Swap-body standards
Specialist testing capability
Where a project requires independent testing, inspection or certification, we can coordinate the required service through our UK testing partners. The applicable standards, test programme, certification route and supporting evidence are agreed for each project.
Long-term commitment to quality
Our blast-resistant building system provides single-unit and modular accommodation for workplace and welfare requirements. Configurations and performance specifications are developed around the intended use and project requirements.
What we engineer and manufacture
Our capability spans offshore containers, half-height containers, baskets, equipment containers and bespoke containers, alongside specialist buildings and equipment housings. These established product types provide a starting point, with each solution developed around its intended use, equipment, operating environment, transport and handling requirements.
Ultrablast
Our blast-resistant building system provides single-unit and modular accommodation for workplace and welfare requirements. Configurations and performance specifications are developed around the intended use and project requirements.
“Thurston stood out from their competitors in committing to supplying a building with a complex process safety design brief and also to a tight challenging schedule. Not only did they complete ahead of schedule, the project was delivered on budget and to the highest quality standards with zero safety incidents.”
Andy Pearson
Project Manager, Wood Group
Explore applications
From blast-resistant buildings and toxic refuges to equipment housing, bespoke containers and offshore solutions, we engineer practical, manufacturable solutions around the risks, regulatory requirements and operational demands of each environment.
These established applications represent only part of our capability. Where a requirement does not fit a standard category, we start with what the solution must do and engineer from there
Equipment housing
Purpose-designed buildings and enclosures developed around sensitive, critical or specialist equipment.
Blast-resistant buildings
Personnel, operational and equipment buildings engineered around site-specific hazards, occupancy needs and defined blast and performance requirements for high-risk environments.
Bespoke containers
Special-purpose container solutions developed around equipment, operational, transport, lifting and compliance requirements.
Offshore Logistics & Handling
Purpose-designed offshore containers, baskets, skips, lifting frames and skids for the secure movement, deployment and handling of equipment and materials.
Offshore Workshops
Containerised workshops developed around specialist equipment, services, access, internal workflow and the operational requirements of offshore teams.
Toxic Refuges
Specialised containers designed to protect workers from hazardous atmospheric releases, toxic gas leaks, and industrial blasts in high-risk sectors.
Our wider engineered solutions capability also includes:
- Containerised Data Centres
- Control Rooms & Control Buildings
- Laboratories
- Specialist Equipment Housings
- Battery Energy Storage Enclosures
Designed for your industry
We create bespoke engineered buildings, enclosures and containerised solutions to meet the demands of a wide range of industries, ranging from healthcare and life sciences to hydrogen, nuclear, offshore and more.
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Projects
Proven performance in demanding environments
Explore how we have successfully translated complex briefs and technical requirements, site hazards and operational constraints into practical, manufacturable solutions for demanding environments.
Bring us your challenge
Tell us what the solution needs to protect, house or enable; the environment in which it must operate; and the technical, regulatory and performance requirements it must satisfy.
Our team will help turn your brief into a practical, manufacturable solution engineered around the challenge
