Cold Storage for Large-Scale Outdoor Festival
Background
Trane Abu Dhabi delivered a turnkey Portable Cold Storage solution for a large-scale outdoor festival in the Liwa desert, supplying 48 brand-new 20-foot cold rooms on a two-month rental. The installation included bespoke, corrosion-resistant racking, in-house service support, and 24/7 maintenance to ensure safe food storage and uninterrupted operation.
An organiser in Abu Dhabi required reliable, hygienic temporary cold storage to support extensive catering and concession operations across a remote desert event site. The project demanded rapid mobilisation, robust corrosion-resistant storage, and guaranteed service throughout the festival period, while entrenched supplier relationships and strong competition increased procurement scrutiny.
Industry: Events and entertainment
Application: Temporary cold storage for perishable food supplies at a large-scale outdoor event
- Entrenched supplier relationship: The event had historically used the same cold storage provider, so Trane had to establish credibility quickly.
- Competitive tendering: Several established refrigeration providers were bidding, raising the bar for technical capability and aftercare.
- Structural design: Internal rack design needed to support heavy loads, resist corrosion, and prevent contamination risk.
- Site logistics: Remote site access, constrained delivery windows, and a strict mobilisation timetable required careful planning.
- Operational range: The solution required reliable performance across a wide temperature band to suit diverse food storage needs.
- Food-safety compliance and hygienic materials to avoid contamination.
- Corrosion-resistant rack materials and protective finishes to prevent rust formation.
- Redundancy and robustness to maintain stable temperatures for the event duration.
- Rapid transport and installation logistics, coordinated by Trane Abu Dhabi.
- Provision of an in-house service team to remove dependency on external contractors, ensuring prompt troubleshooting.
Trane Abu Dhabi proposed a fully managed, turnkey temporary cold storage system delivered as a single-source service. The approach combined new, purpose-configured cold rooms with customised racking, regional logistics coordination, and Trane’s in-house service capability to provide continuous operation and rapid response during the event.
- Supply of 48 new 20-foot cold rooms, pre-configured for rapid on-site commissioning.
- Operational capability across a broad temperature band, from -40°C to +30°C, to accommodate diverse storage needs.
- Custom, corrosion-resistant racking designed for load-bearing capacity and food-safety hygiene.
- Turnkey delivery including design, transport, installation, and commissioning.
- Dedicated, in-house service team providing 24/7 maintenance and repair coverage for the full two-month rental.
- Single point of contact for project management, with support from regional MEA offices to meet tight deadlines.
- Brand-new fleet providing predictable, reliable performance.
- End-to-end delivery with a single point of contact, simplifying coordination.
- In-house service professionals avoid outsourcing and ensure fast troubleshooting.
- Custom rack design that addressed load, hygiene, and corrosion concerns.
- 24/7 maintenance is included, guaranteeing continuous support during the event.
- Proven ability of Trane Abu Dhabi to mobilise quickly and manage projects under challenging conditions.
The turnkey cold storage deployment met the project timetable and operated continuously for the two-month event. Custom racking and corrosion-resistant materials supported hygienic storage practices, and Trane Abu Dhabi’s in-house service team maintained reliable operation with rapid response capability. The outcome delivered safe, stable storage for perishable goods across the festival, while demonstrating Trane’s capability to provide a single-source, managed solution under tight logistical constraints.