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Poultry farms are a specialised market for Fabish & Jackson. dairy parlour. The roof structure is supported on eight poles and the walls are suspended between them with no footings required. Askew says this makes the installation of the drainage, water and power more straightforward. While the company holds a high shed share in Taranaki (more than 100), it has built sheds in many parts of New Zealand, and has exported a 70-bail parlour to Wales and a 30-bailer to Chile, says Askew. While the lower dairy payout has affected demand for new sheds slightly, the firm has a 54bail and a 60 bail rotary in construction, he says. Fabish & Jackson, which is a member of the Taranaki Registered Master Builders’ Association, was formed by builders Steve Fabish and Trevor Jackson more than 35 years ago. In 2010 Fabish took over the Inglewood-based company, which now employs 25 staff. It builds mainly rotary dairies, but can also do herringbone sheds. Octa-Locks have housed turntables from 28 to 100 bails in scope. The sheds can accommodate any type and brand of milking equipment. As the start of the building process, customers are typically taken to view a few. Each shed is engineered by a local design engineer who has worked with Fabish &Jackson for many years. Pre-fabrication and the in-house manufacture of many components improves control over quality and timing of projects, says Askew. The factory manufactures laminated glulam beams to AS/NZ Standard 1328:1998, which, he says, ensures the roofing structure sheds is fully bird-proofed – “There are no ledges, so no roosting positions.” . The company has its own engineering workshop, and all steel work is done in-house through to the galvanisation stage. Galvanised steel posts provide the main support structure in all of the company’s sheds, along with precast concrete
All Fabish & Jackson dairy sheds are octagonal and marketed under the Octa-Lock brand name. panels manufactured at its concrete plant. The concrete plant is equipped with two overhead gantries to handle large projects. Fabish & Jackson also builds feedpads, silage pits, implement sheds, races, farm buildings, fertiliser bins and sheds. The concrete yard manufactures wall panels, fences, maize feed-troughs, paving stones, soakhole lids, outdoor fireplaces, outdoor tables, pipe supports, exposed aggregate and concrete driveways, paths, edges, yards and flooring. The firm is also involved in training apprentices. It regards this as important for the industry, and has four at the moment.
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