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| Projects |
| From the prestigious Getty museum
to small town water treatment plants; from huge
industrial projects to two foot grating tiles, we've
provided innovative grating solutions, personal
service, and rock solid products. Here are a few
of our more memorable projects: |
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| J. Paul Getty Museum |
| For this exceptionally high profile
project, renowned architects, Richard Meier &
Partners and well-known general contractor, Dinwiddie
Construction Company, demanded exceptional construction
quality. Seidelhuber was specifically selected as
the exclusive grating supplier for all grating throughout
the entire Museum. Richard Meier & Partners
also specified only Seidelhuber for work on the
San Jose Civic Center. In general, architects with
high-visibility applications prefer Seidelhuber
because of the workmanship. |
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| Caldecott Tunnel (Berkeley- Orinda
CA) |
| Used for the Bay Area Rapid Transit
system, this pair of tunnels runs a total of 9 miles.
For this large project, we built the catwalk grating
for escape in the event of a subway breakdown or
emergency. |
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| Dixon City Water Treatment Plant |
| We're happy to handle small projects
too. This project demanded only a 2 foot by 2 foot
grating. Small jobs have to be finished also. |
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| Applied Materials |
| The leading capital equipment manufacturer
for the semiconductor industry had a troubling failure
of its steel cleanroom raised floor gratings. The
floor tiles were buckling under the weight of heavy
tooling which was rolled across the raised floor
panels.
We designed and built replacement floor tiles,
which would support up to 3,000 pounds of rolling
load on a 1" square anywhere on the grating
with less than 0.1" deflection. Our grating
passed Applied Material's critical tests and we
became the exclusive supplier for Applied Materials
replacement tiles with this problem.
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| The Boeing Company |
| We built the platforms Boeing uses
to paint its aircraft. This was a complex aluminum
fabrication challenge because the grating hugs the
curved side of the aircraft fuselage. This involves
compound angles. The fuselage and the edge of the
grating curved along the length of the fuselage,
front to back, and along the circumference, top
to bottom. Grating planes were never horizontal,
compounding dimensional control. In general, architects
with high-visibility applications prefer Seidelhuber
because of the workmanship. |
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| Hewlett-Packard Company |
| HP had numerous CNC machines that
sprayed oil creating a slippery floor and a safety
hazard. We built grating and applied our anti-slip
surface, Safety Grit. |
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| Major Microprocessor Manufacturer |
| One of the world's largest chip makers
and a leading manufacturer of computer, networking,
and communications products, uses a unique product
designed specifically for its use. We designed grating
to be used in front of critical manufacturing equipment
and ovens, converting expensive stainless steel
grating to aluminum grating while preserving the
strength and reducing the cost by half. |
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| Motorola |
| For Motorola cleanrooms, we've provided
thousands and thousands of raised floor tiles early
in the microprocessor development. |
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| Seagate |
| We provided specially designed raised
floor tiles for a unique, custom-sized application.
Panel dimensions greater than 2 foot by 2 foot were
required and our application solved this dilemma
perfectly. |
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| DisneyLand |
| Disney is exceptionally fussy regarding
their vendors and the quality of products introduced
into its amusement properties. Over many years,
we've provided grating for many Disney rides and
displays, especially those involving water and drainage
in high public use areas. |
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| Hollywood Bowl |
| The Hollywood Bowl, the largest natural
amphitheater in the United States, is well known
for its clam shell theater backdrop and famous outdoor
concerts. We designed and built grating for cable
trenches. These trenches ran extensively in areas
with heavy audience foot traffic. Their goal was
to cover and conceal these trenches. We built a
unique banding design with a 3/8" recess to
allow for carpet to be placed inside of the tile.
When installed, all that shows is carpeting and
a thin line of banding. |
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| The Gap, Embarcadero Center San
Francisco |
| We provided a close mesh bronze grating,
covering the huge plaza area in front of The Gap
store at the landmark Embarcadero Center. Unlike
a cast bronze, swaged bronze grating has a cleaner
look, with sharp, parallel lines. The aging process
will ultimately result in a natural statuary bronze
finish. The close mesh is high-heel friendly. |
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| PG&E |
| The gas and electric provider for
all of Northern California, PG&E elected to
install only underground transformers. We built
10,000s of underground vaults. We designed a vault
with a sidewalk-level grating on top. Our design
permitted ventilation and included a unique adjustment
kit to allow for variations in the ground grade.
We used a combination of I-Bar grating and solid
open K grating.
Used in extensively in newly built residential
neighborhoods, the grating had to be ADA compliant,
meet load requirements, be slip resistant, and
- to prevent electrocution - "poke proof."
To make our grating "poke proof," we
developed a louvered grille that allowed a 0.5"
ball to drop through the grating but prevents
a stick or a rod from touching the dangerous transformer
and cables, possibly electrocuting a curious child.
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| US Navy |
| For 15 years, we've provided aluminum
plank grating and deck track to the US Navy. Our
grating is in use on half of the US fleet. Based
on Navy designs, we fabricate two types of naval
grating. The first is for use in freezers: holes
in the grating are used to hold telescopic poles
battens (or pogo sticks) positioned floor to ceiling
to batten down freezer cargo and prevent cargo from
sliding as the ship rocks back and forth on the
high seas. The grating allows for water drainage
in the freezers. Also manufactured is deck track;
we locate holes on exact locations. Heavy battens
with mechanical locks are positioned to matching
holes in the overhead and deck to batten down heavy
equipment, cargo, and ammunition. We have deck track
in ALL of the navy's Ordinance Transports. |
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| Waljeski Residence |
| David Lawrence Gray designed the
award-winning Waljeski Residence in Malibu, California.
After the devastating Malibu fires of 1993, Gray
designed this house to survive future fires. Using
concrete, glass, and steel, the residence has won
two prestigious awards - Concrete Excellence Award
and Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Design
Award. We fabricated exquisite grating for use in
a wide variety of applications, such as sun screens,
catwalks, sun decks and hand railings, for this
beautiful home. To see the home, click on the thumbnail
photos at: http://www.davidgrayarchitects.com/Walj.html |
