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At the Chehalem Cultural Center, the Performing Arts Wing remodel is a project that beautifully marries artistry and structural innovation. This renovation highlights the use of expertly bent steel materials to achieve elegant curves and helices that contribute both to the aesthetic and functional design of the space.

Steel Components and Craftsmanship

This remodel involves the precision bending of structural steel components to exact specifications, showcasing advanced fabrication techniques:

1. Tube Steel 12" X 6" X .625" WALL A500 GR C
• Detail: One length bent the easy way to a 16’-7” radius.
• Purpose: Offers smooth, sweeping lines that enhance structural integrity and visual appeal.
2. Tube Steel 14" X 4" X .500" WALL A500 GR C
• Details:
• One length helically bent the easy way to a 10’-9” radius.
• Another length helically bent the easy way to a 15’-9” radius.
• Purpose: Provides complex, helical shapes to support the artistic design of the structure.
3. 1¼" SCH40 A53B ERW WHEELED
• Details:
• Two lengths helically bent to a 10’-11½” radius.
• Two lengths helically bent to a 15’-5 7/8” radius.
• Purpose: Creates intricate curves for additional architectural elements, blending strength with aesthetic finesse.
4. 6" X 4" X 3/8" ANGLE A36
• Detail: One length bent with the 4” leg out to a 17’-1” radius.
• Purpose: Adds angled support with a subtle radius, balancing the structural framework.

Why Steel Bending Matters

Steel bending is at the heart of modern architectural design, allowing for the creation of fluid forms that would be impossible with traditional straight-line construction. The materials used in this remodel reflect the durability and flexibility needed to bring the Performing Arts Wing’s vision to life.

The Chehalem Cultural Center's Vision

This remodel not only upgrades the Performing Arts Wing but also emphasizes the center’s commitment to innovation and excellence. By utilizing advanced steel fabrication techniques, the project ensures a lasting impact on the community and future generations of performers and audiences.

For more details on the Chehalem Cultural Center Performing Arts Wing, visit Chehalem Cultural Center.

At Albina Co., Inc., we are proud to have played a key role in the construction of the newly installed videoboard at Folsom Field, home to the University of Colorado Buffaloes. The massive videoboard debuted in the 2024 season opener and is over five times the size of its predecessor, measuring 130 feet wide and 36 feet high. The project includes a significant steel infrastructure to support the board, a critical element in maintaining its strength and durability over time.

For this project, our team was tasked with bending several large structural tubes to exacting specifications, ensuring the steel framework would hold this state-of-the-art screen securely. Here's a closer look at the steel bending work we completed:

Steel Bending for Folsom Field

For the videoboard's frame, we bent a variety of A500 Grade C structural tubes, known for their high strength and resilience. These tubes were bent "the hard way"—along their stronger axis—to achieve precise radii needed for the structural support.

• TS 12" x 8" x .500" Wall A500 Grade C
  15 pieces bent the hard way to a 256’-5” radius.
• TS 12" x 8" x .313" Wall A500 Grade C
  10 pieces bent the hard way to a 256’-5” radius.
• TS 8" x 8" x .313" Wall A500 Grade C
  25 pieces bent the hard way to a 262’-0” radius.

Precision Bending for Structural Integrity

Bending the steel "the hard way" is a critical process that ensures the strength and longevity of the framework. In this case, it was especially important due to the videoboard's large size and the need for exacting precision to meet both design and load-bearing requirements. With radii of 256’-5” and 262’-0”, the structural elements had to fit seamlessly into the overall design.

The bulk of this $15 million project is dedicated to the steel infrastructure, with four large columns running from the ground to the bottom of the videoboard, providing crucial support. The precision bending we provided ensures that the board will stand strong, even under the weight of the enormous display.

Why Choose Us for Your Steel Bending Needs?

We pride ourselves on delivering top-tier steel bending solutions that meet the most stringent requirements. Whether it's supporting a massive videoboard or crafting components for complex architectural projects, our precision bending services ensure that the job is done right the first time, every time.

The new videoboard at Folsom Field is set to transform the fan experience for Colorado Buffaloes football games, providing an immersive, high-definition display that is five times larger than the previous screen. Behind the scenes, our precision steel bending work ensures that this massive structure will stand the test of time, enhancing the atmosphere at Folsom Field for years to come.

We're proud to have contributed to this exciting new addition to the stadium, and we look forward to continuing to help bring ambitious projects like this to life.

Photo Credit: @_Kate Sands

Albina provided 60,000# of bent steel for the Salt Lake City Mormon Temple Renovations over the last few years in efforts to help provide a foundation that will withstand the forces of nature into the Millennium.

40 pieces of TS 12” X 4” X .500” WALL A500 GR C bent the easy way to AESS quality standards.
16 pcs bent to a 1’-9” radius
16 pcs bent to an approx. 3’-4” radius
8 pcs bent to a 5’-2” radius

12 pieces of TS 4” X 2” X .375” WALL A500 GR C bent the easy way to AESS quality standards. All pieces bent to a 3’-4” radius.

132 pieces of 8” galvanized pipe and 44 pieces of 6” galvanized pipe. All bent to various radii.

View the Seismic Upgrade video.

SGA’s, Arsenal on the Charles, is a new life science campus in Watertown, Massachusetts with three new research and laboratory facilities on the bank of the Charles River. SGA specializes in highly sustainable life science buildings and campuses. In addition to the 4-story office and research lab, the campus offers a green space and community gardens where you will find the canopy Albina bent for this project.

We bent 11 lengths of Tube Steel 8” X 6” X .375” WALL A500 GR B to net 14 bent pieces. All parts were bent by Albina to various radii ranging from 4’-3” to 105’-0”.

The 2024 MET Gala took place on May 6th in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The theme was the “Garden of Time” and celebrated the Costume Institute’s new exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” This is the second time Albina has partnered with Kadan Productions, Inc. to create the centerpiece for the Met Gala’s Great Hall. In 2022, Albina bent the 1” pipe framework for the ribbons of a towering spiral staircase leading to the Statue of Liberty’s Eternal Flame of Enlightenment.

Vogue Magazine Article

Albina rolled, trimmed, drilled, spliced joints and welded offshoots for 12 lengths to make 8 assemblies out of 3” SCH40 6061-T6 ALUM and 35 lengths to make 8 assemblies out of 1½” SCH40 6061-T6 ALUM. All components were bent / fabricated to various configurations and radii.

Albina rolled, trimmed, coped and fabricated complete 8 lengths to make 16 additional branches out of 1½” SCH40 6061-T6 ALUM. All components were bent / fabricated to various configurations and radii.

Photo Credit : Met Gala, Vogue Magazine, Raul Avila & Kadan Productions

Albina bent 130,000#, 292 pieces, of various structural steel for the Brick Market, a mixed-use contemporary building in Portsmouth's historic district. Albina supplied various bent pieces of round tubing, wide flange, square and rectangular tubing, channel and angle for the building which features a public market on the first floor, three floors of office space and two levels of underground parking. 

For more information on the project and to see interior pictures visit JSA. Photo Credit: Rob Karosis

The Hyatt Regency, located atop the Bethesda Metro station and minutes from downtown D.C., features an award winning staircase the newly reimagined lobby space. The Ernest Wiemann Top Job Contest is a peer-judged competition created to honor outstanding work. The staircase, fabricated by Emerald Ironworks, took home a silver Ernest Wiemann Top Job Contest Award in the "Commercial-Stairs Complete" category. 

The interior stringer of this "floating" staircase has five different radii. The stringers had to be clad in wood and the steps in Italian marble. Most impressive, ot steel stringers installed to within 1/32" tolerances. Materials bent for the staircase included:

TS 18" X 6" X .625" WALL A500 GR B

               1 pc spiral bent the easy way to a 143 ft plan view radius

               1 pc spiral bent the easy way to a 14 ft plan view radius

               1 pc bent the easy way to a 17 ft radius

TS 16" X 4" X .625" WALL A500 GR B

               1 pc spiral bent the easy way to an 18 ft plan view radius

               1 pc bent the easy way to a 21 ft radius

               1 pc bent the easy way to an 18 ft radius

TS 10" X 6" X .500" WALL A500 GR B

               1 pc bent the easy way to a 28 ft radius

               1 pc bent the easy way to a 19 ft radius

TS 20" X 8" X .625" WALL A500 GR B

               2 pcs bent the hard way to an 18 ft radius

               1 pc bent the hard way to a 15 ft radius

               1 pc bent the hard way to a 16 ft radius

See the full list of Ernest Wiemann Top Job Contest Entries. 

See the full list of Ernest Wiemann Top Job Contest Winners.

Albina Co., Inc. has you covered from coast to coast! We are a family owned, local business servicing the entire nation one bend at a time! We are constantly shipping out jobs to middle America and the East Coast. Worried about freight from our shop to yours? With the amount of jobs we are doing across the country, there are many opportunities to bundle up jobs to make freight more affordable. See our most recent You Tube Video to get a visual of our national coverage! 

Click here for a list of projects referenced in the video and for photo credits. 

The American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Steel Bridge Alliance are recognizing eight bridges with 2024 Prize Bridge Awards—the structural steel industry’s highest design honor for bridges.

Albina bent 127,000# of tube steel for the South Bayfront Pedestrian Bridge and Horton Landing Park, Emeryville, California, a Merit Award Winner.

Albina induction bent 15 lengths of TS 16” X 16” X .625” WALL A1085 A513 to 149 ft and 289 ft radii and 9 lengths of TS 20” X 12” X .625” WALL A1085 A513 the easy way to 290 ft and 310 ft radii. Photo credit: Tom Loomis

You can see the full list of winners at aisc.org

We had the pleasure of staying at The Arizona Biltmore (A Waldorf Astoria Resort) recently and got to experience the new Paradise Waterslides firsthand. Equally as impressive as the slides themselves is the spiral staircase used to acend to the top of the 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 channel. Next Level Steel was the fabricator on the project.

A full list of bent materials includes:

TS 12" X 3" X .375" WALL A500 GR B

22 pcs spiral bent the easy way.  11 pcs bent to a 7’-4” outside plan view radius and 11 pcs bent to a 11’-0” Inside plan view radius.  All to AESS standards.

35 pcs bent the easy way (flat).  17 pcs bent to a 7’-1” inside radius and 18 pcs bent to a 11’-0” Inside radius.  All to AESS standards.

3" OD X .250" WALL A500 GR. B

112 pcs spiral bent to various radii and configurations all to AESS standards.

2½" OD X .188" WALL A500 GR B

6 pcs spiral bent to various radii and configurations all to AESS standards.

60 pcs bent (flat) to 3’-11” up to 5’-1” radii.

1¼" SCH40 A500B UNCOATED

25 pcs spiral bent to various radii (7’-5” up to 10’-10”) and configurations all to AESS standards.

12 pcs bent (flat) to 7’-5” up to 10’-10” radii.

1½" SCH40 A500B UNCOATED

106 pcs spiral bent to various radii (7’-2” up to 11’-1”) and configurations all to AESS standards.

73 pcs bent (flat) to 7’-2” up to 11’-1” radii.

C4 X 5.4# A36

51 pcs bent (flat) the hard way to various radii and configurations

2" X 2" X ¼" ANGLE A36

260 pcs rolled – some leg-in and some leg-out.  To various radii and configurations.

3" X 3" X 3/8" ANGLE A36

1 pc rolled leg-out to a 7’-7” radius

1 pc rolled leg-in to a 11’-0” radius

3" X 3" X ½" ANGLE A36

47 pcs rolled – some leg-in and some leg-out.  To various radii and configurations.

4" X 3" X ½" ANGLE A36

1 pc rolled leg-in to a 11’-0” radius