Albina bent 40,000# of steel for the Freyer-Newman Center, home to Denvers’ Botanical Gardens. Albina bent 60 pieces of W8 X 31# A992 the hard way to a full scale layout. We also bent Tube Steel 8" X 6" X .500" WALL A500 GR B the hard way and MC8 X 20# A36 the hard way. The Freyer - Newman Center is a LEED GOLD building, designed by Denver’s Davis Partnership Architects. The Center will house six classrooms; four galleries; new herbaria for vascular plants, mushrooms and slime molds; laboratories; a new library and a coffee shop, and is slated for completion this spring. Final install pictures coming soon!
Albina provided 109,000# of bent steel for the Eli Lilly San Diego Biotech Center in La Jolla, CA. Eli Lilly doubled the size of its research facility to 300,000 square feet during this project. Materials included: 8″ X 8″ X 5/8″ ANGLE A36- half of the parts rolled leg in and half of the parts rolled leg out. Tube Steel 8″ X 8″ X .500″ WALL A500 GR B 8 5/8″ OD X .625″ WALL A500B Wide Flange W16 X 57# A992- Split into WT8 and rolled some parts stem in and rolled some parts stem out. Wide Flange W24 X 103# A992- DOUBLE split to a finished height of 8¼” tall. Albina then rolled some parts stem in and other stem out.
Albina bent 45,000 lbs. of steel for the Chase Center- Home of the Golden State Warriors. Materials bent included Tube Steel 2" X 2" X .250" WALL A500 GR B, Tube Steel 14" X 14" X .500" WALL A500 GR B, Tube Steel 3" X 3" X .375" WALL A500 GR B, and Tube Steel 12" X 12" X .500" WALL A500 GR all bent to a 270 ft radius. The stadium is located in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco.
With every new year comes change and this new year we have a few announcements about some changes to our Albina team.
MEET BEN INGERSOLL: ALBINA'S NEW TRAFFIC & PURCHASING MANAGER. We are pleased to introduce the newest member of our Albina team, Ben Ingersoll, who is joining us Monday January 13th as our new Traffic & Purchasing Manager. Ben will be relocating to our Tualatin, Oregon headquarters from Northern California. Ben brings a lot of purchasing and shipping experience with him and he is going to be a great fit to the Albina team. You can contact Ben at 503-692-6010 or email bingersoll@albinaco.com.
Ben will be replacing Jason Orefice who is transitioning into a new position on the Estimating and Project Management side of the business. Jason will be a perfect fit with our Sales and Estimating team and will be able to provide invaluable support to our customer base. Jason’s contact information will not be changing and he can be reached at jason@albinaco.com.
In addition, VP of Sales, Stuart Hasman, will be retiring at the end of this month. We want to thank Stu for his many years of service to our organization and we wish Stu and his family the best of luck in retirement. He will be missed! If you have any needs that require the attention of a Territory Manager/VP of Sales, please feel free to contact Brad Lund (blund@albinaco.com). You may have already talked with Brad as he has been with us for 14 years and has a vast knowledge of our capabilities, your region and the services we offer. If you have worked with Brad in the past then you are already familiar with his outstanding reputation and dedication to quality customer service.
We are confident that these changes will help better serve your needs as our company and your business continue to grow. Thank you for your continued support, we are excited to see what 2020 brings!
Albina elliptically bent 50,000# of 14" XH pipe, all material exposed, to extremely tight tolerances for the Wagon Creek Pedestrian Bridge in Mt. Shasta, California. The McConnell Foundation partnered with Siskiyou County by awarding a $600,000 grant for the Wagon Creek Bridge, and the bridge is considered the crown jewel of the Lake Siskiyou Trail.
