We were recently commissioned by ACD Landscapes to design, manufacture and supply these fairly ornate-looking, but robust cube seats for their landscape design at Drayton Garden Village (DGV). ACD were delighted with our design and the finished article. All seven are now installed and the project is coming on great-guns!
One of the set of seven Machan ‘wee cube seats’ that we made for Drayton Garden Village.
It’s always great to get involved with clients at the design phase, and DGV was a real departure for us.
At Machan, we are more used to producing standard items, but there is always a design request. For example, we were asked to make robust street seating for the Holy Trinity Homeless Accommodation in Stirling. It was a fairly simple thing to do and we were delighted to supply The Holy Trinity Church (Start-Up) and Stirling Council with hard wearing products. We were also happy to supply the seats in a calming, tranquil colour that fitted in with the renovation of their homeless shelter.
A version of the 072 all-steel seat supplied for Start-Up homeless charity in Stirling in bespoke colour finish
The John Street benches for the
Italian Centre in Glasgow were a different challenge. Glasgow City Council needed benches similar to those that had been manufactured and supplied some years before with the addition of one feature; something that would prevent the bending back of the straps on the base of the seat by vandals, but most likely drunk people walking past te benches late at night (sound familiar?) – like the prongs of a fork that had been attacked by Uri Geller.
So, we simply added capped ends to the straps and the benches have survived, vandalism free, since March 2012.
Drawings for the curved, reinforced John Street benches that we made for The Italian Centre, Merchant City, Glasgow
Then you get the larger, industrial projects where lots of different kinds of products have to be supplied, like this one at
Queen’s Quay, Belfast where we supplied heavy, robust, 314 grade stainless steel
bollards,
post and rail,
seating,
fencing and
cycle stands. This was a fantastic project to be involved in where the finish had to withstand the elments – being right next to the sea.
Queens Quay, Belfast redevelopment.
Queens Quay Belfast, the main drag. Showing our bollards in the island
Queens Quay, Belfast, the shore front; showing our bollards, cycle stands and post and rail
So just a selection of the projects that Machan has been involved in of late. So, for more information about Machan Engineering products and services please visit www.machanengineering.com or give us a call on (+44) 01324 824309 to see how we can help you with your project.
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