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.

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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.

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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. 

Barnshaws provide bending globally

Barnshaws is known to have been a part of many cutting edge projects outside the UK and the company was recently awarded with another innovative job contracted by UK Steel Exports.

Barnshaws benders got awarded the work for storage tanks due to competitive pricing and quick turnaround as well as good history of providing excellent quality bends to the customer.

The benders provided 122 random lengths of rolled 150 x 75 PFC that were exported to an international location for the formation of storage tanks.

For more information about Barnshaws section bending capabilities please visit www.barnshaws.com/section-bending.php.