Concert-lovers and theatre-goers in Hull will get a great view of the Wedge Group’s expert galvanizing skills when they visit a new Arts Centre, which has been built close to the city.

A giant 10m x 7.6m steel lattice lighting and sound-system gantry has been installed at the front of the new Preston Road Arts Centre, which is part of a major regeneration initiative in the area.

 

The new Arts Centre has a sliding stage which can be used for outdoor performances, such as concerts, or moved inside the building for plays and other events.

A total of two tonnes of steel was galvanized for the giant structure through a successful working partnership between locally-based Humber Galvanizing Ltd - which secured the arts centre contract – and Pillar-Wedge Ltd, of Heywood, Lancashire.

Pillar-Wedge Ltd carried out the hot-dip galvanizing of the large steel lattice beams in its massive fully-enclosed galvanizing bath which is more than 10.2m in length, 1.52m deep and 3.2m wide.

The work was successfully completed on behalf of Humber Galvanizing Ltd’s direct customer, P & D Engineering Services Ltd of Saltend, Hull, and the main contractor, Sewell Group, also based in Hull.