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Curved Steel Handrails Frame Rooftop at Luxury Boutique Hotel Nikko in San Francisco

Curved Steel Handrails Frame Rooftop at Luxury Boutique Hotel Nikko in San Francisco

Albina Co., Inc. recently rolled some rooftop handrails for the Hotel Nikko, a luxurious boutique hotel in San Francisco. Materials bent included:

1½" SCH40 A53B ERW WHEELED
150 pcs- cut, cope, deburr and bent by Albina. Albina held the coped end at a specified dimension and left the other end long fo...

Curved Steel "Treehouses" Provide Tranquil Break Area for Employees at Corporate Headquarters in Santa Clara, California

Curved Steel "Treehouses" Provide Tranquil Break Area for Employees at Corporate Headquarters in Santa Clara, California

Curved steel treehouse structures provide a tranquil and relaxing break area for the employees of a computer hardware manufacturing company, at their corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Albina Co., Inc. was the steel bender-roller on this project. We bent 55,000# of bent material incl...

Curved Steel Art Sculpture "Wind Witches" by Brian Borrello Takes Center Stage at Big Bend Community College

Curved Steel Art Sculpture "Wind Witches" by Brian Borrello Takes Center Stage at Big Bend Community College

“Wind Witches” by Brian Borrello. The rounded twisting shapes of “Wind Witches” by Brian Borrello are inspired by the logarithmic spiraling within desert plants. The two sculptures are also an expression of the order and symmetry found in nature. Located at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, ...

"A Monumental Journey" Wins 2021 IDEAS2 Merit Award

"A Monumental Journey" Wins 2021 IDEAS2 Merit Award

"A Monumental Journey" by Kerry James Marshall was one of ten innovative projects to win a top Steel Design Award this year. Sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Award program recognizes...

That is One Big Slinky

That is One Big Slinky

That’s One Big Slinky! Albina recently coiled two assemblies out of 39 lengths x 20 feet of 2” OD x .120” wall T304 s/s (180 grit). Albina rolled, trimmed, weld prepped and TIG welded each coiled length. The material was coiled to a 90” diameter. Albina has the expertise to bend coils to virtually a...

Curved Steel Spiral Staircase Makes a Splash at the Arizona Biltmore Paradise Pool Slides

Curved Steel Spiral Staircase Makes a Splash at the Arizona Biltmore Paradise Pool Slides

Albina recently rolled a ton of different material and material sizes for the Arizona Biltmore (A Waldorf Astoria Resort) for their new Paradise Slides. Materials Albina bent for this project included tube steel, various sizes and widths of pipe and round tube as well as several pieces of angel and ...

Curved Steel Aerial Tree Walk at Leach Botanical Gardens Creates Unique Architectural Feature

Curved Steel Aerial Tree Walk at Leach Botanical Gardens Creates Unique Architectural Feature

The Leach Botanical Garden in Portland, Oregon underwent a six year, $12.6 million dollar renovation complete with new garden space, walking paths, a unique curved steel Aerial Tree Walk, an arbor and a fireside terrace. The Oregonian featured an article titled "Leach Botanical Garden Unveils $12.6 ...

Lots of OEM Parts Require Curved or Bent Steel

Lots of OEM Parts Require Curved or Bent Steel

Albina Co, Inc. produces consistent, accurate and repeatable rolled metal parts and components for various OEM and industrial business sectors. We produce small parts such as pipe spools, hydraulic lines, handles, brake bands, boiler tubes, heat exchangers, and coils.

We bend and fabricate pipe spo...

Residential Steel Spiral Staircases and Stringers

We specialize in architectural exposure quality spiraling of tube steel, channel, plate and pipe to amazingly tight radii and steep pitches and we work on both commercial and residential applications. this blog highlights a few recent Residential Spiral Staircase projects we have been a part of.

Two lengths spiral bent to a 13 ft plan view radius of 8" SCH40 A53B ERW WHEELED

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The Change You Create

The Change You Create

As we near the end of the pandemic, and start to come out of the recession, we are seeing little signs of change and positivity more and more every day. The phones are ringing, people are becoming more engaged, and projects are finally getting off the ground. Together, we have the opportunity to tur...

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