"Even during Economic downfalls, Phoenix continues to grow"
If you haven’t been to the downtown area lately, you may be surprised to see how much construction activity is still going on in the heart of Phoenix in spite of recent economic conditions. Able Steel is a proud participant in all this activity.
As we finish the 750 ton ASU School of Nursing at 3rd Street and Fillmore, we begin mobilizing at the new Cityscape Project at Central and Washington Streets. The Cityscape Project when completed will take up two complete city blocks. A high rise concrete tower and adjacent Hotel will be on the eastern block bound by Central and First Streets and Washington and Jefferson Streets. This area is where Able Steel is providing the Structural and Miscellaneous Steel to Hunt Construction Group and Red Development.
A little further east at 20th Street and Thomas, Able Steel is involved in a parking garage project with Kitchell Contractors on the campus at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. In April we will be starting a curved 48 foot high screen wall designed by HKS Architects which will extend all the way across the front of a new concrete parking structure. Currently this structure only exists as a model in computer space using our SDS/2 software.
Moving further East to the ASU Tempe Campus,you will be at the ASU Weatherup Center. This is a new athletic training facility designed by Gould Evans Architects that includes a football practice field, two gymnasiums and all the needed support facilities. Able Steel is furnishing this 200 ton project to Mortenson Construction.Able Steel's capabilities also extend beyond the institutional/commercial market and include Industrial clients.
One recent example is the Chandler Water Reclamation Facility supplied to McCarthy Construction Company. This was an expansion project where we provided structural and miscellaneous steel for new components of the existing facility.
Another example of industrial work and expedited turn around occurred when Able Steel was contacted recently by Bruks/Lockwood and SRP to handle an emergency consisting of a problem they had with a 36,000 pound frame that was an integral part of a rotating coal stacker/re-claimer at Springerville Generating Station. It was returned to our fabrication plant for repairs and was desperately needed for the upcoming start up of Generating Unit #4. The frame was over 16 feet wide requiring arrangements for permits and pilot cars. Transporting was further complicated by 2 major snow storms moving through the state at very inopportune times. While we were waiting for the frame to arrive all the necessary beams and detail material was fabricated, blasted and cleaned. When the frame finally arrived it was moved into our shop and repairs began immediately. After 3 days of major reconstruction it was on to our paint booth, ready for the application of two coats of industrial paint, then it was back on the truck and transported back to the power plant a week ahead of schedule.
