Agricultural Agricultural

Grain processing shed complete for the Stewart family at Sandyknowe Farm, Kelso.

The main tipping shed stands at 33ft to eaves with 15ft precast panels to the perimeter which will allow for 600 tonnes of wet crop to be tipped at harvest time.

This will then be transported via a conveyer in the under floor trench to a 50 tonne per hour dryer by Tornum Ltd.

We have recently completed a new 220ft x 80ft grain store for W & R Logan, Haddington.

The building features 8 bays of dedicated grain storage, providing a capacity of approximately 5,000 tonnes. Additionally, 3 bays at the end are insulated with composite panels for general-purpose storage.

We also handled all planning and building warrant works, including precast panels, polished concrete floors, and sectional overhead doors.

BHC constructed a 754ft x 124ft portal frame dairy unit including a slurry tank with an approximate 3.5 million gallon capacity.

The shed features eight Lely robots, a new handling area fitting with a food trimming crush, collection pen and cattle funnel.

The dairy unit is fitting with automatic curtains on two sides to help control the temperature and humididty.

The internal fit out included self locking yokes, 448 cubicle stalls, drinkers and plumbing, man pass wash station and concreting in the external yard.

BHC were approached for the build of a slatted cattle shed near Biggar that we completed in time for housing back in Autumn.

We worked with the client to maximise space in their existing steading and were able to accommodate 102 of their 700kg beef cows, complete with an 8ft deep suspended tank for slurry storage underneath.

This project featured a spaced roof, Greenhill rooflights, Teemore / Jourdain barriers, David Birch, slat mats, as well as BHC’s own special gutters, open protected ridge, mix points, sheeted gates, and water-pipe posts.

We delivered a turnkey project including civils, concrete flooring, cladding, and internal doors for two connected buildings: a 56m x 30m cold store and a 57m x 30m potato grading shed.

The cold store was divided into three refrigerated sections with internal walls for temperature control. Both buildings featured sectional overhead doors, and wall cladding was fitted with fans and louvres. We coordinated with a refrigeration contractor to integrate ventilation systems, ensuring efficient operation.

The project was completed on time and to the client’s specifications.

We recently completed a slatted cattle shed with underground slurry tank to Hartbush Farm in Dumfries.

With 4 rows of 14ft slats split into 40ft pens and 2 suspended feed passages, the shed sits above an 8ft deep shuttered tank providing over 30 weeks storage.

A few details include spaced roof, open protected ridge, Greenhill rooflights, redesigned mixing/empty points and fast empty drinkers fed by fusion-welded water fittings.

Another local completed at Howburn Farm, Biggar where we have completed the erection of a new grain / general purpose storage building.

The building features 150mm grain panels to the perimeter, with a heavy duty galvanised sloped flashing back to the cladding to keep the grain in and the birds out!

A polished concrete slab will be laid next week after a final floor grading by Kinloch Agricultural Contractors who have carried out all groundworks.

BHC were tasked with adding an additional 120ft x 92ft extension to a cold store in Cupar, Fife!

This job was completed just in time for harvest, the new space holds 2,500 potato boxes (6’ x 4’) stacked 8 high.

With 100mm insulated composite panels and a smooth 150mm polished concrete floor, it’s ready to handle busy seasons for years to come.

Within the space of twelve months, we had completed two buildings on this steading.

A workshop and cattle shed, followed by the recent completion of a large cattle shed with a central feed passage.

The shed was designed with animal health in mind, featuring a 3” gap between the top and bottom wall panels to provide fresh air at animal level and a spaced fibre cement roof as an outlet to remove stale air. Natural light is enhanced with 27ft strips of heatguard polycarbonate roof sheets.

We provided a bespoke heavy-duty beef fitout, allowing the customer to shut the cattle into each area whilst scraping the passage or mucking out the bedded court.

All concrete and shed works were carried out by BHC’s in-house teams.

We recently completed a combined slatted sheep shed and grain store for a valued client in Fife.

This twin-span portal framed building was designed to fit within an existing steading and features including:

A penned area with MIK sheep slats and swinging barriers to central feed passage with additional feed space via walk through troughs, a custom fitout allowing circular flow of sheep to use as handling area all-year-round, a 4ft deep reinforced concrete slurry tanks with 8ft deep mixing/empty points with BHC special safety cover, double-layer spaced castle boarding for maximum ventilation with weather protection and a 30ft sliding door opening to grain store.

We have just completed a new 64,000 bird free range laying unit for a returning customer near Forfar.

This consisted of 2 separate 32,000 bird sheds at 110m x 25m feeding a 20m x 20m pack house with storage facilities and an external loading dock.

Our services included foundations, steelwork, cladding, concrete works, doors, pop holes and internal fitout while working closely with Big Dutchman who provided the poultry equipment.

We’ve recently completed a new 40m x 30m x 8m salt storage facility, designed to hold 10,000 tonnes of salt. With 70 tonnes of steel and 310 tonnes of precast used, this structure is built to withstand the toughest conditions.

Key features include:

• Fibre cement roof & single-skin side cladding for long-lasting durability
• 4m high precast retaining panels for maximum strength
• Power-floated concrete floor for a smooth, durable surface

It’s great to see another project come together for this returning customer.

We were tasked by a returning customer to replace an existing stone byre with a modern building, while retaining the existing stone walls and tying in with the surrounding buildings which ran at various angles.

The site was surveyed using one of our 3D laser scanners, allowing us a bespoke level of accuracy that would not be possible through conventional methods.

6 weeks after scanning, the materials arrived on site and were erected safely and efficiently by our site team. We are all extremely happy with the finished product.