Blog posts of '2022' 'April'

Albina bent 101,000#’s of steel for structural base of the new jumbotron at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.

Materials bent included:

20 lens x 50 ft: 10¾" OD X .375" WALL A500 GR. C
Bent 43 pieces to various radii ranging from 5'-3" up to 224'-4" all to AESS standards.

19 lens x 60 ft: 12¾" OD X .375" WALL A500 GR. C
Bent 27 pieces to various radii ranging from 5'-11" up to 208'-8" all to AESS standards.

1 len x 42 ft: 12¾" OD X .500" WALL A500 GR. C
Bent 3 pieces to a 4'-6" radius all to AESS standards.

Photo credit @cheryjsproul and @brookesmithphotography

Restoration Hardware’s newest San Francisco gallery spans all 5 stories of the historic and newly renovated Bethlehem Steel Building and features a gorgeous spiral staircase! You can visit the Bethlehem Steel Building on the corner of Illinois and 20th Street in the Dogpatch. Materials Albina rolled for the spiral staircase included:

20 lengths x 20 ft 1½" OD X .120" WALL HREW
4 pcs spiraled to a 8’-11” radius
4 pcs spiraled to a 4’-5” radius
4 pcs spiraled to a 8’-9” radius
1 pc bent flat to a 4’-5” radius
1 pc bent flat to a 8’-9” radius
1 pc bent to a 10” radius
6 lengths x 20 ft FB ½" X 2" A36
All material was rolled flat to a recalculated radius- customer to pull to pitch.
6 pcs bent to a 4’-1” radius the hardway
20 pcs bent to a 9’-0” radius the hardway
6 lengths x 20 ft C2 X 1 X .188 A36
All material was rolled flat to a recalculated radius- customer to pull to pitch.
6 pcs bent to a 4’-1” radius the hardway
10 pcs bent to a 9’-5” radius the hardway
144 pcs PL ¼" X 1'-2½" A572-50
24 pcs PL ¼" X 2'-4" A572-50
C15 X 33.9# A36
4 pcs bent to a 4’-3” radius the flanges in
5 pcs bent to a 8’-11” radius the flanges out
C12 X 20.7# A36
4 pcs bent to various radii the flanges in
2 pcs bent to various radii the flanges out

The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Science in Lubbock, Texas is a 220,000 square foot state-of-the-art campus featuring two theaters, event space, a full-service bistro and a ballet academy under one roof. Albina bent various materials for the signature spiral staircase in the Christine DeVitt Lobby. See the video below to get a sneak peek inside!

The projects is featured in the May edition of Modern Steel Construction. For more details on the entire project and to see a full list of winners check out AISC's website. 

TS 16" X 8" X .625" WALL A500 GR C
16 pcs: Spiral bend the easy way
Bent down to a 7 ft plan view radius.

TS 10" X 6" X .625" WALL A500 GR C
10 pcs: Spiral bend the hard way
Bend down to a 14' 11" plan view radius.

Albina bent 40,000# of steel for the steel tree-like columns and curved “steel” branches that create the biophilic-inspired archway entrance for the Freyer-Newman Center at the Denver 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 houses six classrooms; four galleries; new herbaria for vascular plants, mushrooms and slime molds; laboratories; a new library and a coffee shop. 

The project was featured in the April Issue of Modern Steel.