Curved Steel Construction in Seattle, WA.

There is an impressive curved steel building currently being erected in Seattle, WA. right now! For The Spheres, Albina’s scope of work included approximately 750,000# and 1.050 pieces of bent steel material consisting of TS 9" X 5" X .500" WALL A500 GR B, TS 10" X 6" X .500" WALL A500 GR B, and TS 12" X 8" X .500" WALL A500 GR B. The curved steel sections were bent the easy way and a portion bent off-axis. All material is AESS with very tight tolerances. The project consists of 8 miles of welds and 8 miles of grinding performed by the lead fabricator! The amount of welds and grinding was significant, but thanks to Albina's ability to bend portions of the project, a significant amount of welding and grinding was avoided. The bends fit to fixtures (fabrication) within 1/32nd of an inch! Almost NO correction was needed during fabrication or erection. [caption id="attachment_750" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Sections[/caption] [caption id="attachment_751" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Sections Erected[/caption] [caption id="attachment_752" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Spheres[/caption]