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Another Phase of Work Completed for the Stanford ChEM-H & SNI Building
Albina recently finished another phase of work for the new Stanford ChEM-H & SNI Building located on the Stanford University Campus. This latest phase consisted of 35,000# of bent HSS (rectangular and square tubing). Tube Steel 12" X 2" X .250" WALL A500 GR B, bent the easy way down to a 15 ft radius (cold) Tube Steel 20" X 12" X .500" WALL A500 GR B, bent the easy way down to a 100 ft radius Tube Steel 14" X 14" X .375" WALL A500 GR B, down to a 15 ft radius (cold) To see artist renderings of the project and to learn more about the building's design please visit GGN's (Gustafson Guthrie Nichol) website. GGN is a landscape architecture firm based in Seattle, Washington.
It's DUCT Season!
Need duct component parts? Albina is the largest distributor of angle flanges west of the Rocky Mountains! Over the last few months, Albina has supplied thousands of angle rings in various diameters and out of various material sizes all for the Intel project in Oregon. If you have the need we will have the stock! Give us a call, we will help you connect your ducting. Stocked items (angle rings, plate flanges and cut-offs) can be ordered online for your convenience. These stocked items, as well as our non-stocked items, can also be ordered via phone, email or fax. Albina can drop ship Clamp Together Ducting and Standard Component Parts direct to your location. Albina's inventory helps local contractors save time and expense with standardized component parts. Stocked parts are available for immediate shipment which means you can complete your project on time without costly delays. Non-standard component parts can be ordered or fabricated upon special request.
Explore "The Spheres" Online Now!
Building The Spheres was a project that began in February 2013 and just this month The Spheres will officially open. Numerous Pacific Northwest businesses collaborated to make The Spheres possible. The Spheres website is officially live and you can explore not only the building and the many milestones during conception and construction, but also the very unique plant life that inhabits The Spheres. Albina Co., Inc. was the steel bender/roller for the Curved Steel Bio-Sphere buildings in Seattle, WA. Albina bent 750,000# and 1,050 pieces rectangular tube steel bent the easy way and a portion bent off-axis. Almost 8 miles of welding work and grinding was avoided because of Albina’s ability to bend a portion of the project. Almost NO correction was needed during fabrication or erection as the bends fit to the fixtures within 1/32nd of an inch! Amazon Curved Steel Spheres [caption id="attachment_1427" align="aligncenter" width="600"]Amazon Curved Steel Spheres Curved Steel Spheres[/caption]
Spiral Stair Stringers for an Office Complex in San Francisco, California
We provide both functional and fancy solutions when supplying spiral stringers for spiral, circular and helical staircases to our customers. We specialize in architectural exposure quality spiraling of tube steel, channel, plate and pipe to amazingly tight radii and steep pitches. We work on both commercial and residential applications. We recently spiral bent Tube steel 10" X 6" X .625" WALL A500 GR B the easy way down to a very tight 7 ft inside radius for an office complex in San Francisco, CA. All of the material was bent to AESS (Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel) standards. We are currently working on obtaining some amazing pictures of another project, the spiral staircase that we completed for the University of Gonzaga Student Union. I will post the pictures as soon as we received them so check back!
We Can Split Any Size Wide Flange Into "T" and Straighten To Mill Tolerances
We can split any size wide flange into "T" and straighten, in our profile roll bending equipment, to mill tolerances. Albina recently split W8 X 24# A992 into 192 pieces of WT4 x 12#. After splitting we rolled stem out to a 35 ft radius. We also bent 96 pieces of 4" X 4" X ¼" ANGLE A36 to the same 35 ft radius (legout). All of the beam splitting and rolling was for a new City Office Building in Northern California. [caption id="attachment_1420" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Steel Wide Flange Split into Tee Steel Wide Flange Split into Tee[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1421" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Steel Wide Flange Split into Tee Custom Fabrication Process of Spltting I-Beam/Wide Flange[/caption]
60,000# of Bent Tube Steel for Young Living Global Headquarters in Lehi, Utah
Albina Co., Inc. recently bent 60,000# of Tube Steel 18" X 6" X .625" WALL A500 GR B for the Young Living Global Headquarters in Lehi, Utah. Young Living Global is a world leader in producing essential oils and broke ground in May 2017 for its 263,000 square-foot, world-class building which was designed to complement Young Living’s philosophy of living harmoniously with nature. They focused on green initiatives in both the indoor and outdoor design. “The care and detail that went into designing our headquarters was a collaborative effort to capture our Founder and Chairman of the Board D. Gary Young’s vision for an architectural representation of the spirit of wellness and abundance that Young Living embodies,” said Jared Turner, Young Living Chief Operating Officer. “I am certain this campus will be one-of-a-kind, inside and out; and we look forward to sharing it with our local community and all who wish to visit.” We bent a total of 53 pieces and all of them were bent the easy way or spiral bent the easy way to as tight as a 43 foot radius. All of the steel material was bent to Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel standards.
2018 IDEAS2 AISC Merit Award Winning Project!
In early December, we received notification from the American Institute of Steel Construction that the UC Davis Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, of which Albina Co., Inc. did the structural steel bending for, was selected by the AISC awards jury to receive the 2018 IDEAS2 Merit Award in the $15-$75 Million Category. In all, the jury selected 12 projects for the recognition this year for the IDEAS2 Award, the U.S. Steel Industry’s highest honor for building design. Four projects received the National Award, while six projects received the Merit Award, and two projects received the Presidential Award, one for excellence in adaptive reuse and another for excellence in erection engineering. AISC will announce the winning projects as NASCC: The Steel Construction Conference in Baltimore this spring. [caption id="attachment_1093" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Curved Steel Roof UC Davis Overview of Curved Roof Structure[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1092" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Curved Steel Roof UC Davis Curved Steel Entry [/caption] [caption id="attachment_1091" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Curved Steel Roof UC Davis 50,000 Square Foot Permeable Roof[/caption]
AISC Published Ad in USA Today- "Wood Burns. Steel and Concrete Don't."
The AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction) ran an ad in yesterdays's USA Today in selected markets across the U.S. in conjunction with a special insert that the newspaper is publishing called “Construction in America.” The ad and supporting information on AISC’s website is focused on debunking claims being purported by the wood industry about the fire resistance of wood used in construction. More and more buildings, specifically in the Northwest, are being designed out of wood. Please take the time to review the information being presented by the AISC. [caption id="attachment_1411" align="aligncenter" width="2964"]USA Today AISC Wood Burns AISC Ad in USA Today's special insert titled "Construction in America"[/caption]
Albina Co., Inc. Teams up with US Marine Corps Reserve for “Toys for Tots”
We collected toys this year for the U.S. Marine Corps, "Toys for Tots". The team collected $366.00 in toys, and Albina Co. matched that, totaling $732.00 worth of toys! Way to go team! [caption id="attachment_1408" align="aligncenter" width="1632"]albina co toys for tots donation President Brian Smith with Albina Co.'s Toys for Tots Donation[/caption]
We Get It, You're Busy!-That is Why We Value Your Time (Video Conferencing At It's Best!)
As 2017 winds down, we would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you. We hope to have the pleasure of doing business with you for many years to come. As we reflect on the many relationships we built upon this past year, the very interesting and high-profile projects we have been a part of, as well as the challenges and obstacles we faced along the way, we are thankful that we had such a great customer base to share those experiences with. We are looking forward to a new year that will certainly bring its own set of adventures, but we are ready! WE GET IT...YOU ARE BUSY! THAT IS WHY WE VALUE YOUR TIME. It seems anymore that there isn't just a "busy time of year", every day, throughout the entire year is busy! We get that you are being pulled in many different directions with work, family, fun activities, etc. That is why we want you to know that WE VALUE YOUR TIME and boy do we have a gift for you this holiday season! The visionary concept of "videotelephony" was first popularized in the late 1870's in both the United States and Europe. The first systems were developed by AT&T Corporation, first researched in the 1950's, and failed mostly due to the poor picture quality and the lack of efficient video compression techniques. Today's video conferencing systems are no longer just for webinars. Albina has invested in a system that makes video conferencing as simple as one click in an email. Even if you do not have a camera on your end, our video call allows you to see our smiling face, while we both can talk like a telephone call. But it can go much further than that! We can share our screen with you to review drawings We can link you to our shop cameras so that you can see your job in progress We can teach you how to use the calculations application inside our website We are still learning how this can bring even more value AND respect your time. Click on this YouTube Video to see a brief example of what we are now able to accomplish (and at the same time, receive my holiday well wishes via video!) Never tried a video call? Drop us a line and we would be happy to show you.
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