Capability Statement
Taurus Fabric Build Pty Ltd
ACN 647 350 641
Originally Commenced 11th November 2011
Closed in 2017 then resumed 21/12/2020
Operations Director David Burston started in the industry in Jan 2005
as a Director in Splash Business Group P/L
In July 2022 David became an employee of the Allshelter company and
opened an Northern Australia Allshelter client service operation
Base
The Bunker, 97 McLeod St, Cairns City, QLD 4870, Australia
Allshelter and Taurus have installers servicing all regions in Australia
Int +617 4037 9324 Mob 0400 030 835 Email: [email protected]
Key Staff
Operations Director: David Burston
Ph: +617 4037 9324
One of four fabric structures installed at Truscott air base in far north WA for Super Puma helicopters transporting staff to the Timor Sea gas fields.
Taurus Fabric Build Core Values
Owning the challenge
If you have a building, need or relocation, or repair challenge, we will own it, and come back with potential solutions in a timely manner. Remote sites are not a problem, developing countries are not a problem, bullets and bombs…. are a problem, we will supply the structure, but we will let you put it up, with full phone support of course.
Whole-of-life profitability
From cradle to grave, our focus is on, “How can we create the most efficient and profitable long term fabric structure solution, for your individual situation?”
Courage
We have the courage and integrity to make the hard decisions when potentially profitable projects compromises our values.
Environmental stewardship
Our aim is to provide a building solution that reduces environmental impact, in terms of transport and material energy requirements, with lower impact end-of-life strategies.
Relationships matter
To solve our clients’ needs we listen deeply, are curious and are focused on producing outcomes we can all be proud of. Our relationships with all stakeholders are important to us.
Knowledge is more valuable shared
We like to make our expertise and knowledge freely available to those that will help in making their decision making easier.
An example of a challenge
Four of six 26m wide x 36m long Mount Isa Mines copper concentrate storages, pictured above. The EPA conditions required 7m high by 20m wide commercially unprocurable doors in a tight time frame. The Taurus team designed the doors, opened a boilermakers shop in Cairns to manufacture them in the time frame, and delivered on time and on budget. For scale note the person washing the 3rd door.
Whole-of-life considerations
Operating costs - If we are supplying a mining truck maintenance structure, one question to ask is "What is the hourly cost of your maintenance downtime, of having a truck out of service?"
What we need to understand is, "If we can make your structure 10% more efficient, what will this figure amount to over a year?" Sometimes this figure can be way over 100% of the initial cost of the structure. We can then brainstorm the potential of adjusting the width, length, air flow and configuration for the use of the containers, to achieve the improved productivity and long term profitability.
It is important to know if you want your investment as a CAPEX or an OPEX cost? On some structures Allshelter can arrange rental agreement and Taurus also has brokers that are comfortable in financing your fabric structures.
If you have a limited project life, with the structure to be sold or moved at the end. We explore ways to add value to the structures for the final sale, once the project is completed.
If it is possible we look for ways we can minimise the environmental impact, and by addressing all of the above, our focus on the solution first.
Who is Taurus Fabric Build?
Taurus Fabric Build provides solutions for all your permanent, temporary or relocatable structure requirements. Operations Director David Burston commenced marketing and installing Allshelter fabric structures, both in Australia and overseas in January 2005.
In 2011, when Splash Business Group was dissolved, David formed Taurus Fabric Build Pty Ltd with UK Business Partner, Tom Hallam-Eames from Toro Shelters. This relationship allowed Taurus to extend its design, sales and service on a global scale, reaching from the Austral-Asia Pacific region to Europe and Africa. Our head office is in Cairns which now services Allshelter clients, with install teams available to service Australia and internationally. In 2016 the business was put into recess after David lost and arguement with gravity, with three years of rehab. Due to customer demand Taurus was restarted in December 2020.
What do we do?
We provide practical solutions for your maintenance facilities, goods storage, materials stockpiling, and operational structure needs. If you require a building that is cool in hot environments, compact to transport, fast to install and that can be relocated with ease, we may well have the solution. We source or create the most suitable designs, and supply and install the engineered fabric structures. Taurus Fabric Build also has experience in building and certifying painting areas in existing aircraft hangars.
The markets we service
Our primary markets are mining, aviation, marine, logistics, industry and agriculture. We supply quality engineered fabric clad structures which are simple to install and cost effective, especially when you need the ability to relocate them in the future. Our customers maybe in a situation where they have short term tenure, or a their project or use, has a limited lifespan. Alternatively, if their business is growing, they may want the flexibility to move the structures in the future. In remote locations, they offer efficient transportation and ease of installing.
The Taurus team understands the needs of businesses working in hot, humid, and sometimes very wet environments, with potential lightning shutdowns. This enables us to offer advice on the design and orientation of structures so they are more productivity, efficiency, and profitable.
Aviation Hangars and Painting Areas:
Taurus supplies a large range of aircraft hangars, which are ideal for urban or remote airports and air strips. We are experienced in dividing existing hangars for aircraft as large as a Boeing 737’s, to create temporary bays for painting aircraft. Our comprehensive service includes design, installation, exhaust fans, lighting and full certification to meet all aviation and fire standards. The benefit is that you only lose the maintenance capacity of you hangar for the time it takes you to paint your aircraft.
Installation:
The Allshelter install teams are fully qualified and ticketed to operate on Australian mine sites and can operate around the world. No matter how remote your site, we are able to provide an install team, or an on-site supervisor who will ensure the install is performed efficiently, or we can provide a free phone support for your own install team.
Some Fabric Structure Styles we have installed:
Six structures up to 15m high installed for servicing mining equipment in Sabodala Senegal West Africa
26m wide x 56m long shelters installed at Mount Isa in 2011 for Toll transport to allow 4 x B-Quads (road train with 4 trailers) to be unloaded at once.
One of the two mobile shelters at Boddington Bauxite mine in WA to repair the 45km conveyor belts taking product to the coast.
Mining workshops installed in the Kalgoorlie region, 15m apex, 18m wide, 12m deep for Alliance Contracting by the Taurus Fabric Build team.
A 737 aircraft painting area designed, manufactured on site and installed at Tullamarine for John Holland Aviation. A mobile curtain track beam and two curtains, 60m deep and 40m across the face, with a 22m drop and 8m infill to the roof, were used to seal off 30% of the hangar on a temporary basis.
Part of 4,000m2 of warehousing provided in New Caledonia. Installed by Taurus’s New Caledonian agent Blakiston Vallino.
A Shelter similar to one leased and installed in Vietnam to local Jetstar subsidiary to be used for 737 maintenance. Install subcontracted.
Installing a 40m x 40m fabric structure for Toll in Gladstone to extend their trucking depot.
These are just a few of our projects. Other countries which we have sold structures to are: The Marshall Islands, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, PNG, Mauritania, Ghana, Senegal, and Pakistan.
The work carried out by Taurus Fabric Build is diverse, often requiring creativity and product knowledge to bring the best solution to the customer. We have a huge network of product expertise we can source according to the specific needs of a project.
Operations Director David Burston
David has marketed over one thousand fabric structures and has installed over two hundred structures since early 2005. During this journey he has had to face and overcome many site and structure challenges. These included a troop of baboons appearing under his Elevated Work Platform on a West African install site, while doing the final QA checks.
He has had a varied background, operating businesses in agriculture, aquaculture, earthmoving, building and environment rehabilitation. He has also worked in the fields of creating new industries with the Peppermint and Yabby (freshwater crayfish) industries. Other areas he has created businesses are in Quality Assurance, business and communication coaching, and he runs "The Bunker coworking Space" in Cairns, supporting local entrepreneurs and growing businesses.
This broad knowledge, from years of hands on and business experience, together with the Allshelter skilled installation team, and a wide network of professional associates, enables Taurus to produce solutions that will make your business more efficient and profitable.
Now as part of the Allshelter team he brings this knowledge together with the wide resources of the Allshelter team to work with you to get the best outcome for your building projects. For more information click here.
Some of the clients service by David Burston’s fabric structure companies:
Alliance Contracting P/L
Alminco
Amcor
Anglo Coal Australia P/L API Services
Atlas Copco Australia
Atlog (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Austral Construction Pty Ltd
Australian Defence Forces
AV West
Axiome (New Caledonia)
Baulderstone Pty Ltd
BHP Billiton Australia
Byrne Civil Engineering
Byrnecut Mining
C & M Engineering (PNG)
Cavpower
Coates Hire
Complete Portables
Conneq i.Power
Discovery Metals (Botswana)
Downer Australia
Exact Mining
FMG
GD Pipelines
Grove Group
Hastings Deering
Hitachi
Hofmann Engineering
Holland Commodities International
K. K. Kingston Ltd (PNG)
Karratha Dampier Taxi Service
Leighton Contractors
Lycopodium Minerals P/L
McConnell Dowell
Maritime Constructions
Monadelphous Group Ltd
Muswellbrook Crane Services
National Vegetation
Newcrest Mining Company
Nordev Contractors P/L O’Donnell Griffin
OPC Pty Ltd
Orica Mining Services
Ostwald Bros
PIHA Pty Ltd
R J Vincent & Co
Roadtek
Rio Tinto Ltd
Saipem Australia
Salmon Earthmoving Services
Sunstate Cement
Tradecorp International
Toll NQX
Universal Group of Companies