We carried out the manufacture, design and assembly of a new project of solar carport structures for Tamesol in Gerona. On this occasion, we have installed canopies for eight standard-size parking spaces.
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Technical specifications of the project: Solar carport structures for Tamesol in Gerona
On this occasion, our client has chosen the parking canopy of the IPE model to install photovoltaic solar panels.
- We have installed 8 standard-size parking spaces.
- The model installed has been the IPE.
- IPE pillar, beam arm and reinforcement triangle.
- Galvanized straps.
- Sheet corbel painted in black.
- On this occasion, the cover and its installation are not included as the customer will install solar panels on his own.
Besides the IPE model parking canopies, Europa Prefabri Group has a wide range of parking canopies.
Our range of parking canopies:
Tensile Canopies
- Innovative textile architecture for multiple uses with modern designs.
- The guarantee a perfect aesthetic harmony with security and materials quality.
- They are modular structures that can adapt to the spaces geometrics.
- Its versatility goes further the usability as parking canopies for cars, as they can also be used in terraces and gardens for shadow areas.
Cantilever carports
Europa Model
- With a square tube pillar made with sheets of folded steel.
- It is an aesthetic parking canopy, low cost available in simple or double version.
- Galvanised or pre-lacquered cover on the colour chosen by the customer.
- Maximum safety and quality of the materials used.
IPE Model
- Detachable parking canopy made of hot galvanised steel girders model IPE for special resistance conditions: Snow load, high wind, etc
- Maximum strength of the structure capable of withstanding overloading of wind and snow.
- There are different versions depending on the type of girders used.
- Galvanised or pre-lacquered roof in the colour demanded by the customer.
- Hot-galvanised structures upon request.
Ibiza Model
- Special design with metal trusses diamond-shaped roof.
- Hot galvanized structure upon request.
- Different simple or double versions.
- Galvanized or pre-lacquered roof, colour upon customer’s request.
Sandwich panel carports
- We substitute the cover galvanised panel sheet by an isolating sandwich panel to offer a better thermal and acoustic isolation.
- Solution available in all the parking canopy models.
- Different options for the sandwich panel in polyurethane: colours, thickness, flat or roof tile shape, etc.
Solar carport structures
- As a company specialized in manufacturing of parking canopies, we have developed several models of solar carport structures in order to bear the load of photovoltaic panels on the roof.
- At Europa Prefabri we manufacture our models as well as the customers’ design. We also develop turnkey solutions that include the supply and assembly of the photovoltaic facilities.
- We advice our customers in order to find the energy and structural solution that better adapts to the customer’s project.
- It is also possible to add charging stations for electric cars (fotolineras).
Curvy carport
Ola Model
- Special design of the cantilever carport with a curved shape and folded-steel frames.
- Galvanized or pre-lacquered roof with colour chosen by the customer.
- Hot galvanized structures upon customer’s request.
- Possibility of adapting the model depending on the customers’ needs.
Celosía vintage Model
- Parking canopy made by metallic lattice with welded profiles.
- Different versions, simple or double.
- Galvanized and pre-lacquered roof, colour upon customer’s request.
- Hot galvanized structures upon request.
- Maximum security and material quality.
- Possibility of adapting the models depending on the customers’ needs.
Cable-stayed model
- Special parking canopy with an original design made with hot-rolled steel beams with metallic straps.
- Possibility of a pedestrian hallway with polycarbonate roof in double spaces.
- Galvanized or pre-lacquered roof, colour chosen by the customer.
- Hot galvanized structures upon customers’ request.
- Maximum security and materials quality.
- Possibility of adapting the model depending on customers’ needs.
Integral service for parking canopies
We are specialized in the manufacture and assembly of parking canopies. Our company has more than 30 years of experience in this sector.
We do all the necessary works for the assembling of the parking in the location demanded by the customer, so he only needs to make an order.
Europa Prefabri offers a full service that includes from supply and assembly of guard cabins or automatic barriers to road signalling or civil works: from small private parking canopies to neighbourhood parking canopies to big projects in airports, stations, big companies and malls.
We also develop services like maintenance, substitution and preparation of old parking structures or replacement of spare-parts.
Estructuras Tubulares Europa is a direct supplier. The materials that we offer as well as the people that work with them are fully integrated in our company, so there is no intermediation in the compensation established. This basis allows us to provide to our customers the best service with a competitive price.
Among our parking canopy projects we highlight
Europa Prefabri carries out canopy projects for large surfaces (supermarkets, airports, train stations, factories, shopping centres, public institutions) and private parking canopies (homeowner’s community, chalets…). We have also carried out projects of special canopies for golf courses and for covering the stands of football stadiums.
Parking canopies for large surfaces
Over 30 years we have carried out large projects. We have installed parking canopies for airports (Madrid, Malaga, San Javier); for train and tram stations (Elche railway station, tram depots in Ouargla, Algeria); for large supermarkets, such as the projects carried out for Lidl, E.Lecrec, Simply, Carrefour… and for public institutions, such as those that we carried out for the Navarra Police Force, the Spanish Navy or the Carlos III Institute.
Parking canopies for supermarkets and shopping malls
- Transportation and assembly of parking canopies with Alucobond for Lidl, where we installed 133 parking spots, with 80 simple spots and 53 double spots.
- Design, transportation and assembly of parking canopies for the supermarket chain E.Lecrec at Norbonne, France. This is a full-hot-galvanized canopy, with a special height for vehicles with roof rack and campers (that are really popular in France).
- Manufacture and installation of parking canopies for Simply Supermarkets in Tortosa, Tarragona. In this project, we installed 79 canopies with our model Europa in its double version.
- We carried out the manufacture and installation of parking canopies for Carrefour in Las Rozas, as part of the refurbishment works of the Shopping Mall El Pinar. The owner company, Carrefour Property, awarded us all the works to be carried out in the parking lot including the manufacture and installation of new canopies along with the conditioning of those already installed, signposting, painting…
- We installed 250 carports for the Shopping Centre Abadía de Toledo with our tensile canopy.
Parking canopies for airports
- Design, transport and assembly of parking canopies for Madrid Barajas Airport: 1.300 parking spaces, on which we previously carried out the dissembling of more than 1.200 spaces and the cleaning of the area. Works developed in 4 phases: installation of tensile canopy, installation of carports for a VIP parking, a pedestrian walkway…
- Design, transportation and assembly of parking canopies for AENA at Málaga’s Airport, where we installed 90 cantilever carports model “OLA”, with a wave shaped roof. The distribution was of two simple modules, the first for 59 spaces and the second for 31 spaces. We also assembled three special parking canopies to cover the entrance and exit barriers of the parking, as well as another special canopy to cover the ATM.
- We carried out the design and installation of 1.200 parking canopies for San Javier Airport at Murcia. In this case, our client chose the “OLA” model.
Parking canopies for train and tram stations
- Design, transportation and assembly of parking canopies for Ourgla’s train station parking, in Algeria. We covered 161 parking spaces in 8 groups for standard cars, 12 parking spaces for special cars for people with reduced mobility and 20 spaces for motorcycles.
- Fabrication, design and installation of parking canopies for the new AVE railway station at Elche, Alicante. On this occasion, we carried out the installation of 96 canopies, being 90 of them standard canopies, 14 single and 76 double. Besides, there are 6 spaces with special dimensions for people with reduced mobility.
Parking canopies for factories
We have developed the manufacturing, design and assembly of a cantilever carport project for San Miguel’s beer factory at Málaga, which has a surface of 60 000 m2 and produces 2,5 millions of hectoliters per year.
- In this project we installed cantilever carports for 91 single spots
- Cover roof of a 5m pre-lacquered sheet in white
- Pipe galvanized straps
- Hot-rolled galvanized brackets (column and arm), designed to better resist the meteorological and environmental conditions of the location.
- On this occasion, our client chose the Europa Model type A.
- Brackets placed using chemical dowels.
- Spots of 5×2.3m depending on customer’s demand.
We have carried out the design, fabrication, transportation and installation of a new group of parking canopies for Metalogenia at Huesca. In this case, we installed our IPE model.
- We installed 102 carports (single and double) distributed in 4 groups.
- Cover made with a trapezoidal sheet of 5 meters pre-lacquered and painted in grey.
- Galvanized straps
- IPE hot-rolled steel columns
- IPE hot-rolled steel beams
- 34 brackets placed using chemical dowels.
- Lacquered roof gutter and PVC down pipes.
- Spots of 5×2.50m according to customer’s demand.
We have developed the manufacturing, design and assembly of 56 parking canopies for Bosch factory at Madrid.
Parking canopies for public buildings
To protect cars from climate conditions we have assembled custom parking canopies model Europa type Y for Navarra’s Police Force. We installed the canopies, which we had previously manufactured them in our facilities, in 3 days.
- First quality cold forming sheet with a fold for an inside maximum reinforcement, in order to get a metal box beam along the whole porch.
- Roof made of red lacquered sheet and painted brackets (colors following customers’ requests).
- Fastening to the porch’s roof through galvanized self-tapping screws with washers.
- Tube galvanized straps of 80x40x2mm.
- 40 park spaces distributed in two double groups of 20 spaces each (10+10).
- Park space measures: 2.5 x 5 m.
- We installed more than 90 parking canopies for the Carlos III Institute at Majadahonda. In this case, we assembled various groups (single and double) of our Europa model, painted in maroon.
- We carried out the fabrication and installation of parking canopies for the Spanish Navy. The brackets chosen were of the B model, with a small back heel that does not hinder to park comfortably, but gives the canopy greater aesthetics. The client chose a stone grey lacquered cover finishing and painted structure with grey oxidized, plus two coats of anti-phosphate and antioxidant primer.
Parking canopies for residential areas
- We have developed the fabrication, design and installation of parking canopies for a homeowner’s community in Benidorm. This project is a new expansion, completing that already implemented in May, with a total of 32 single parking spaces divided into two group. In July 2016, we had already installed 96 double parking spaces, divided into two groups, and in 2015, we had assembled 27 parking spots.
- We have manufactured, designed and assembled a project of parking canopies for a homeowner’s community at Alicante. On this occasion, 149 simple parking spots have been installed in 17 different modules with a plastic composite roof, ideal for marine environments. All the structure is hot galvanized and has a guarantee of 10 years in the coast areas. These parking canopies are the best solution for homeowner’s communities and enterprises located close to the coastline in order to protect their cars.
Special canopies
We also develop special canopies and metallic covers.
- Our company carried out the design, fabrication and installation of metallic shelters to cover the football stadium bleachers of Morata de Tajuña, located in the community of Madrid. We installed these shelters to protect the crowd from the weather conditions.
- Manufacture and assembly of a special metallic structure canopy with a pyramidal shape, custom design for the golf practice area of RACE, at Alcobendas.
- Manufacture and installation of cantilever carports for the golf camp at the Zaragoza Air Base.
- We have carried out the fabrication and installation of a special cantilever carport that will serve as a service station for buses stationed at the South Bus Station, in Méndez Álvaro, in Madrid. We manufactured and assembled the galvanized structure in a short period of time and included auctions and special painting required by the customer.
All the materials are detachable; they can also be easily assembled. The outcome is an aesthetical and functional parking canopy.