Berthon Boat Company Opts for Spaciotempo Tunnel

Family business, Berthon Boats, based in the Georgian town of Lymington, has been trading since 1877 and occupies a prime riverside site offering easy access to the Solent.

As well as their marina, which has 280 deep water berths, the company offers a brokerage service for yacht buyers as well as an extensive servicing and refit operation.

The company boasts a large, fully equipped workshop facility as well as a separate paint shop to carry out refurbishment and renovations – from simple deck replacements to installing a full electronic suite, complete rebuilds and a wide range of restoration services. 

The company has recently sourced a Ready Box retractable tunnel from Spaciotempo which they are using to cover the boats that are being restored, protecting them from dust particles in the air.

The tunnel is 3.5 m in width, 10m in length and 3.55 m in overall height and using a concertina system it can be retracted back to approximately 128 cm, which frees up additional space in the workshop. It is also highly portable and can be relocated to whichever part of the workshop, marina or yard it is required. As well as supplying protection for the boats the tunnel can double up as a handy storage space for goods that need to be protected.

Iain Woolgar, Project Manager of the company, is so far highly delighted with the new addition:
“The retractable tunnel from Spaciotempo provides us with just the right space to work on renovations. It is very easy to use and has a small footprint when not in use. It provides the perfect protection for the yachts and boats in for repair and re-fit.” 

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Stockport's sports fans carry on having fun thanks to Spaciotempo's temporary hall

Young athletes whose sports hall has been bulldozed to make way for new homes are still able to enjoy their favourite activities after Spaciotempo UK supplied an interim sports facility until a permanent replacement is built.

Earlier this year the popular Dialstone Centre in Stockport, Cheshire, was closed to make way for a new residential development, with a new sports centre set to be built as part of a new community hub complex planned for a neighbouring site and due to be opened in 2014.

The time lapse between one centre closing and its replacement being built meant that the Dialstone Centre's owners, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, had to find an alternative to ensure that users did not have to travel elsewhere or had to give up their favourite activities.

The answer lay with a 700sqm semi-permanent sports hall, which Spaciotempo erected just half a kilometre away on the premises of Offerton High School, which closed down this summer. 

Sited next to an adjoining building offering changing facilities and a gym, the hall is large enough to house four badminton courts but is used for a range of activities including five-a-side football, gymnastics, Zumba and children's holiday camps.

Constructed using an anodised aluminium frame in-filled with steel-clad sandwich panels, it is 8.6m tall at the ridge, has a semi-translucent thermo-inflated roof, heating and an adjoining 100sqm storage area. 

The Dialstone Centre is run by Life Leisure, which is the trading name of Stockport Sports Trust, a not-for-profit organisation which operates sports facilities on behalf of the council.

Michelle Child, manager of the Dialstone Centre, said that the hall is now well-used by local residents from toddlers all the way up to people in their 80s.

She said: "With the closure of the previous centre, we needed a sports hall that was temporary and not too expensive and that is exactly what we've got.

"It is very similar to the dimensions of the last sports hall and we have seen a lot of customers from the previous centre come along and continue their sport instead of having to go elsewhere."

Scott Jameson, director of sales at Spaciotempo, said: "The Olympics have given sport in this country a huge shot in the arm and we are very pleased that our building means that the community in Offerton isn't missing out on taking part.

"This is a great example of how temporary buildings not only provide an affordable stop-gap, but offer a sturdy and good-sized accommodation that will more than meet their needs while their new premises are taking shape."

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Spaciotempo's temporary warehouse is a hit with storage experts Cam Store

A storage company that looks after millions of pounds worth of stock on behalf of other businesses has expanded its operation by investing in a 525sqm Temporary warehouse. Cam Store took delivery of a top-of-the-range facility from temporary building manufacturers, suppliers and installers Spaciotempo UK, during the summer in order to accommodate a new storage contract.

The company employs 20 people at its base in Royston, Hertfordshire, where it has around 10,700sqm of secure storage space on a four-and-a-half acre site.

Offering commercial warehousing and personal and business self-storage, Cam Store's facility is routinely used by firms as off-site storage for thousands of items, including machinery, electrical items and other products.
Earlier this year, in order to win a new contract, it needed to provide warehouse space that was watertight and free from condensation, a stringent requirement which could have forced Cam Store to invest in a new purpose-built facility.

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