Hot Dip Galvanized Structural Steel

Hot-dip galvanized steel was used in this parking garage for its aesthetic appeal and also to protect the automobiles from UV rays and other elements in Arizona. The project contains many different HDG pieces including the:

• parking canopy
• columns and beams for the skin structure
• crash barrier
• and guard rails

...totaling 300,000 pounds of steel. The project designer spent time with the galvanizer to learn more about the hot-dip galvanizing process in order to create details that worked well with the HDG process, such as the steel framing from which to hang the stainless steel skin. The skin is used to help provide shade and protection from the elements for the parked vehicles. Using galvanized steel allowed the contractors to complete the project on time and under budget. In fact, the project was such a success that an expansion of the facility using galvanized steel is planned.

Hot Dip Galvanizing on the Triborough Bridge Expansion (left at Queens, New York City) has afforded the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority the ability to have a protected structure which will supply many years of corrosion free steel which will reduce required maintenance.

This reduction in maintenance allows not only for potential cost savings, but can also avoid untimely and inconvenient and costly interruptions to service on this bridge.

Hot Dip Galvanized Structural Steel Projects

Commercial and Industrial
Terminal 8 & 9 Merger	JFK Airport, New York, USA
Bermuda Parking Garage	Hamilton, Bermuda
Pulp and Paper
IOL Refinery Upgrade	Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Stora Forest Project Expansion and Upgrade	Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marine and Offshore
Aquaculture Cages	Scandinavia and USA
MacDonald Bridge Upgrade	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada
North Triumph, Jackets and accommodation modules	Sable Island Drilling Field, Canada
Utility
Power Substations, Newfoundland Hydro	Newfoundland, Canada
Central Main Power Stations	Maine, USA