The new Mascoutah, Illinois High School opened for classes in September of 2011. This $38 million new construction project is a model new facility for education, and Foreman Fabricators was honored to be a part of the school’s new look. Foreman was referred to the project by the construction firm S.M. Wilson, who recognized Foreman’s expertise for taking the architectural design for a stainless steel and glass hand rail and making it a reality. Working through Hammerts Iron Works, Foreman Fabricators helped create a showcase atrium entryway for the High School’s impressive new main building.

Justice Center Parking Garage:  9/10/09
Custom-Perforated, Clear Anodized Aluminum Panels

Foreman Fabricators won the bid to create and install architectural panels for the downtown St. Louis Justice Center parking garage at the corner of Clark and Tucker.  With its location highly visible to fans attending the baseball stadium and hockey arena, the City of St. Louis wanted to enhance the aesthetics of this parking garage, without breaking the budget.  Foreman had initially won the project as the low bidder, and then was asked for options on how the costs could be reduced even further. 

Foreman Fabricators does it all when it comes to the art of welding, polishing and buffing.  If you simply need strong, durable welds that will stand up to heavy industrial use, we can deliver.  And we’re experts at producing finely finished welds that “disappear” into the finished work AND FINAL “FIT-UP”, making a multi-pieced assembly look as though it were a single unit.

From new fabrications designed to your exact specifications, to repairing a broken metal item of almost any kind, to matching an existing item for replacement, there’s no one better than Foreman Fabricators. Whether it’s for durable utility or for exceptional beauty, or both, Foreman Fabricators has the welding and polishing skills to meet your needs.

Contact us today for a quote or specs on any of your welding or polishing needs.

A variety of weld finishes are available based on the intended use of the fabricated item and the need for aesthetic appeal.

Be sure to read our blog articles for more examples of our welding and polishing capabilities:

Hof Construction Architectural Cladding

A wide array of finishes and styles are available for fabricating metal products.  Some items can be fabricated from metals that have specialized finishes or coatings, and in other cases, the finishes can be applied after the product is fabricated.  Polishing is another finish option, and Foreman Fabricators is expert at the process of polishing and buffing to bring out the maximum beauty of the metal. 

Contact Foreman Fabricators today and we will help you select the finish option best suited to the intended use of the metal item.

Lacquers & Coatings:  Lacquers and other coatings are often applied to metals to prevent the finish from oxidizing and degrading, and to maintain luster.  The variety of available coatings is quite extensive. 

Mill Finishes:  A mill finish refers to how the metal looks as it comes from the manufacturing mill.  Sometimes these metals are treated or coated to enhance shine or prevent oxidation.

Mirror Finishes: Mirror finishes are highly reflective and use very low grit levels to minimize the visibility of grain lines and offer the cleanest, smoothest finished surface.

Brush Finishes:  Also referred to as a “satin finish”, a brush finish gives metal a linear directional grain, and the visibility and depth of the grain is determined by the grit of the abrasive material used to create the finish.  A number system is often associated with the level of the finish.
   
#3 – This finish process uses an abrasive with a grit of approximately 100 to produce a highly visible finished pattern.
#4 – This finish process creates a slightly softer pattern than the #3 finish, and uses an abrasive grit of about 150.
#6 – A specialized Tampico brush is used in this process to soften the look of the finished grain.
#7 – This level gives a highly reflective finish, but still shows some grain lines.
*8 – The highest level of finish, this process gives a full mirror finish with almost no grain lines visible.

Pre-Finished Materials:  There is an extensive array of pre-finished metals that can be used to give your fabricated metal item the look you want.  The following links show some of the finish types available: 
www.chemetalco.com
www.rigidized.com
www.oldcastelbe.com/products/architectural-glass/silk-screened/silk-screened .