Delivered on time the canopy made it’s journey to site last Sunday thanks to Peter and Darren from Ashgrove Transport and the rest of their team. We left the factory at 3.30 pm and we got to Stephen’s Green at 1.30 am Monday morning. We got great help from the Gardai along the route, it would have been impossible without them. I would like to apologise for any delays experienced by motorists along the way. Once we got to Stephen’s Green the canopy had to be placed on it’s end onto our own truck to get it down the street to it’s location. This was carried out by 2 cranes and went smoothly once the wind had died down. As soon as we had it at the site the boys got to it, Ollie, Johnny, Damo and Michael worked through the night and took great advantage of the calm conditions.

Ashgrove Transport on the move.

The convoy leaving Kilkenny.

Swopping the load on Stephen’s Green.

Driving into location.

Erecting the Caonpy.

Canopy in position.

The photos show a snap shot of the events which got the canopy to The Gaiety Centre. It was an experience to say the least and a very satisfying project for all concerend. We made a commitment last July to have the canopy on site on the 21st October. This we did. Well done lads…………..great job.

If you would like anymore innformation on this project or others please do call us.

Regards, Martin.

PS; Thanks Derek for the great photos……………………………they are brilliant.

Canopy sees the light……………….. at last. Well done to Gavin, Mick, Lucas, James and Willie. We moved out the canopy in the early hours this morning and turned it over to work on the top section. We will be loading it on the low loader later this evening and our journey will begin at 2pm Sunday from our factory in Ballyfoyle to site The Gaiety Centre, Dublin.

Probably the best fabricators in the world……………..

Regards, Martin

We are now on the final polishing stage of this feature canopy. We have in all 9 layers of polishing to be carried out over every square inch of it’s surface. By noon tomorrow we hope to be turning this canopy over to finish off the top lip and then concentrate on the top rain water pan and support arms. The lads have not stopped in their quest for perfection on this one. The machines are at their best to keep up with them actually.

You can see the type of finish that is being achieved through endless man hours and the skill of our guys. The fabrication is only as good as the finished polishing………. especially in stainless steel work.

I’ll keep you posted,   Regards, Martin.

We are now polishing the welds on the Feature Canopy and trying to maintain a cool temperature in the material to avoid distortion. The heat generated by the constant polishing is intense and can do create as mush distortion as the welding process. We are avoiding this by staggering the polishing positions and because the piece is so large this is easily done.

I hope to have a further update later in the week.

Regards, Martin.

We are now on the final fabrication stage of the feature canopy. We have begun fixing the mirror finish stainless steel sheets. This process is however very tedious and time consuming. There is a total of 48 linear meters of welding which has to be completely polished back to mirror standard. No bother to the boys !

Believe me it will look great, the work being done at the minute is vital to achieving the proper finish in the polishing process.

I’ll keep you posted.