Boy how the tide has turned! No longer do I hear, “I don’t want to go to school today!” Instead I hear, “I can’t wait until we get to go back to school!” Kids across the country are gaining a new appreciation for how important it is to physically be able to enter their school buildings to learn. We have been very fortunate to be involved in a number of projects at schools across the nation including custom spiral and circular staircases, curved steel signs, curved steel artwork, curved steel canopies, and more!
Todays Highlight: Curved Steel at our Nation’s Schools & Universities
Fariborz Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science at Portland State Curved Steel Artwork Portland, ORThomas Jefferson School of Law Curved Steel Spiral Staircase San Diego, CAUCSF Medical Center Curved Steel Parking Canopy San Francisco, CAUniversity of Oregon Curved Steel Sky Bridge Phil & Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact Eugene, OREvergreen High School Curved Steel Sign Vancouver, WASherwood High School Bike Racks Sherwood, ORRainier Beach High School Curved Steel Handrail Seattle, WAGonzaga University Curved Steel Spiral Staircase in the Student Union Spokane, WAOregon State Student Experience Center Curved Steel Canopy Corvallis, OR
Albina Co., Inc. bent 40,000 lbs. of various sizes of tube steel for the spiral staircases at the John J. Hemmingson Center at Gonzaga University Spokane, WA. Materials consisted of Tube Steel 16" X 8" X .500" WALL A500 GR B rolled the easy way down to a 22 ft radius. These lengths of material were spiral bent using our induction heating process to AESS standards. We also bent Tube Steel 12" X 6" X .250" WALL A500 GR B rolled the hard way down to a 19 ft radius. The John J. Hemmingson Center was completed in 2015 and serves as a meeting place for students, staff and visitors the University. We visited the campus shortly after it opened and my son will tell you that the highlight for him was the cafe where you can make your own milkshakes! He was sold from then on out and hopes to attend Gonzago University himself one day! [caption id="attachment_1442" align="aligncenter" width="3222"] University of Gonzaga Steel Spiral Staircase[/caption]
