Scenic and practical steel art: Barnshaws shapes the Tree Seat

Who wouldn’t want to rest their feet sitting down on this brilliantly designed seat in North Berwick? Not long ago artist Craig Inglis won the commission for a Scottish public artwork, and he took several things into account when designing the seat.

The artist was said to consider the town’s strong attachment to its wonderful flora and fauna, and the sea. The design also had to be practical and not to take too much space or overwhelm people. The end result of the design was remarkable with leaf motives and curving imitating movement. The seat was also cleverly formed around the tree.

The job was performed for FBS Metalworks, a great company that Barnshaw Section Benders have had a strong relationship with and have supplied work in the past.

Barnshaws supplied the tree seat with 4 tubes of 48.3 diameter x 3mm rolled to suit 2000 O/DIA with a 200mm rise wave shaped.  The form acquired a flowing look that symbolises the ocean waves.

Craig Inglis commented on his art piece saying: "The challenge was to keep the lightness of organic forms while keeping the structure strong enough to withstand hard wear from thousands of visitors and residents - and comfortable enough for them to enjoy sitting on it". This is definitely a job well done.

 Note to editors:

Established in 1969, Barnshaw Section Benders are based at six manufacturing sites around the UK, located in the West Midlands, Manchester and Hamilton,

Scotland. Across these sites over 120 specialist machines are housed, and have provided steel bending services for some of the country’s largest projects, including shopping centres, football stadiums, airports, and most recently the Olympics.

For more information, please contact PR Department at pr@barnshaws.com  

Leopardstown Racecourse is getting a makeover

Leopardstown Racecourse is now taking shape and Barnshaws experts have supplied excellent metal bending service. Duggan Systems, who have chosen Barnshaws due to competitive pricing and previous outstanding service supplied on numerous projects, contracted the summer 2013 project.

Although work is still in progress, Barnshaws’ curved window frames for the racecourse look remarkable. The job involved 62 pieces of aluminium extrusions rolled to a given template. The customer was also informed that unlike many competitors, the items have been formed in a carbon free area, on specialised tooling that results in little or no surface marking to the finished sections.

31 pieces of aluminium extrusion, 69x65 in size, were rolled to a template in 180-degree segments. The other 31 small bead profiles were processed in the same way.

Duggan Systems is very satisfied with the supplied product and we at Barnshaw Section Benders are anticipating the new look of the racecourse when the project is finished!

For more information about our aluminium bending capabilities please visit http://www.barnshaws.com/aluminium-bending.php.

Note to editors:

Established in 1969, Barnshaw Section Benders are based at six manufacturing sites around the UK, located in the West Midlands, Manchester and Hamilton,

Scotland. Across these sites over 120 specialist machines are housed, and have provided steel bending services for some of the country’s largest projects, including shopping centres, football stadiums, airports, and most recently the Olympics.

For more information, please contact PR Department at pr@barnshaws.com  

Barnshaws supplies tighter bends to Park House development

Severfield Watson Structures have taken on a wonderful job- Park House development that required Barnshaws’ bending expertise.

The development is set to be a spectacular eight-storey office space with only six internal columns, creating City-standard spaces, including two upper floors underneath the curved glass roof. This most sought-after commercial location will also include eleven retail units that feature shop fronts twice the average height for the area. In addition, there will be luxurious residential apartments with their own entrance.

Barnshaw Section Benders were awarded the job due to excellent quality supplied to the contractors in the past and also as the bends were processed tighter than competitors could offer. Barnshaws supplied the development with 138 pieces of various curving, largest of which were:

457x191x98 Universal Beam,

660x32 Circular Hollow Section,

305x305x97 Universal Column, and

450x250x16 Rectangular Hollow Section.

Barnshaws is known to offer exceptional service: tighter and better quality bends, faster than competitors, innovative and collaborative when it comes to getting invested in the project and advising clients on what is most effective. Barnshaw benders offer a variety of services that can be found at www.barnshaws.com.

To read more about Barnshaws latest projects please visit the news section.

Also, have a look at the excellent video showing the timelapse of the Park House building process by clicking here. 

Wake up and smell the… Chelsea Flower Show!

Barnshaw Section Benders have just supplied a curved pipe that formed the stem of a flower design in the Chelsea Flower Show starting on 21^st May.

Chelsea Flower Show is attended by the royal family on opening day every year as it is one of the biggest and most prestigious flower shows in the UK and has been held in Chelsea since 1913. The show features innovative outdoor living areas and garden ideas to try at home.

Barnshaws was awarded with this creative project due to the benders’ innovative recommendation to have the pipe induction bent to benefit from minimum ovality.

The job consisted of curving 5’’ NB SCH 40. Barnshaws induction (hot) bent the stainless steel pipe to achieve S-bend with 600 x 690 radius.

Barnshaws hot bending capacity range is very impressive and includes tubes up to 711mm (28" x 30mm thick), rectangular hollow section up to 500 x 300, square hollow sections up to 500 x 500, beams up to 610 wide and channels up to 430 wide. No other company in the world offers such a range of sections and unusual forms.

Interested to find out more about Barnshaws stainless steel tube curving or induction bending capabilities? Simply click here to contact us for a free consultation.

For more information about the Chelsea Flower please visit their website.