The Future Looks Bright for the South West

If there’s one thing Cornwall is not short on its vast areas of open land, and as you drive in and around the county you may have noticed some changes to the Cornish landscape in the past years, mainly the installation of Photovoltaic Power Stations, more commonly known as Solar Farms.

In February 2013 Devoran Metals was approached by Spanish based company Axial Solar to supply and fabricate rebar cages to reinforce solar panel bases.  In the space of just 2 weeks Devoran Metals supplied over 420 prefabricated cages to the solar farm site in Rame Cross near Helston, Cornwall.

Nearly 12 months on Devoran Metals have just supplied another 250 prefabricated cages for Axial Solar to a site in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and another 135 cages for K.P.T (sw) Ltd to Totnes, Devon. Producing approximately 50 complete units per day we are currently supplying 416 prefabricated cages for Eiffage Energia to a site in St Columb Major, Cornwall.

With Government plans hoping that by 2020 over 4 million homes across the UK will be powered by the sun, one thing’s for sure, the future for the South West is set to be a bright one!

Devoran Metals provide a full in-house fabrication service to all customers, with prefabrication solutions to suit individual requirements. Please feel free to send us the bending schedules and drawings for a competitive quote today.

www.devoran-metals.co.uk

Devoran Metals Prefabricated Cages

Rebar Art: Oh the possibilities...

After making the 14' high tree umbrella and bird feeder for Henry Orchard & Sons, it got us thinking: what other strange and unique designs could be made out of rebar? In its natural state some people may consider rebar 'ugly', however with a little bit of imagination and a good team of master fabricators behind you (just like the ones we have here at Devoran Metals) this versatile material takes on a whole new beauty. Take a look at the examples below which I found! I think my favourite are the chairs...or maybe the coat rack.... or maybe the planter...actually I can't decide, I love them all!!   

Love the idea of painting rebar!! Wonder how our customers would feel if we painted all their orders pink, hmmmm....

These pieces would look great in any garden, not too sure about that huge spider though...Scary!!

If you have any ideas email us at sales@devoran-metals.co.uk for a quotation

Devoran Metals in the Garden

If you think that rebar can only be used for reinforcement then think again! Here at Devoran Metals we think that this wonderfully versatile material looks great in the garden and makes unique eye-catching products such as trellises, arches and even bird feeders. 

Never one to turn down a challenge, Devoran Metals prefabricated our biggest garden project to date, a 14’ high tree-umbrella / bird feeder for Henry Orchard & Sons in St Austell. Measuring nearly 4.5 meters, the staggering creation was designed and fabricated by our team in just one day! Who knew trees could grow that fast?

You can view and buy our garden products online at www.devoran-garden-gabions.co.uk

We can turn your ideas into Reality!

Machinery Investment Increases Rebar Production Capacity

Here at Devoran Metals we have vastly improved production capacity with investment in new rebar bending machinery.

The Stema Pedax Twinmaster, which runs alongside our original coil rebar bender, cuts and bends twice as much rebar at a time as well as processing 16mm diameter rebar, which previously had to be cut and bent manually; a much more time consuming process.

Not only does the machine save time on rebar production, it also reduces waste and manual handling requirements.

At Devoran we can cut and bend rebar from 8mm to 40mm diameter with full CARES certification, and we also have the capability to cut and bend reinforcing mesh to your requirements.

With our experienced in-house steel fixers and welders we can also offer a prefabrication service for ground beams, pile cages and so on to save time and labour costs on site, or to fill a skills gap on sites with no experienced steel fixers.

For more information, please visit our website.

Devoran Metals show a 'hole' lotta love for the Phoenix Stroke Appeal

When there's a Charity Golf Day on, you may expect that Devoran would be supporting it by sending our MD Richard up to it to hit a few balls, score a few birdies and maybe sink a few pints at the 19th hole, but when the details came through to us about the Phoenix Stroke Appeal event at Killiow Golf Club in Truro we went a step further and sponsored a hole!
The Phoenix Stroke Appeal is BBC Radio Cornwall's dedicated charity. They aim to raise £500,000 to help stroke survivors in Cornwall. It looks like the event was a great success and the sun came out to shine on all the participants! We wish BBC Cornwall every success in hitting their £500,000 target.

Phoenix Stroke Appeal
http://www.rcht.nhs.uk/RoyalCornwallHospitalsTrust/WorkingWithUs/FundraisingAndVolunteers/Appeals/Appeals.aspx

Killiow Golf Club
http://www.killiowgolf.co.uk/

BBC Radio Cornwall
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiocornwall/programmes

Devoran Metals Ltd
http://www.devoran-metals.co.uk/
http://www.devoran-garden-gabions.co.uk/

Prefabricated Reinforcement gets RNAS Culdrose accommodation off to a flying start!

Devoran Metals Ltd have supplied a number of prefabricated pad reinforcement cages as part of a 5 year MOD building project at RNAS Culdrose in Helston.

The MOD's Project SLAM (Single Living Accommodation Modernisation) will deliver 3,800 new-build, single living bed spaces as well as shared living and kitchen areas for service people across the country.

The steel cages were cut, bent and prefabricated by Devoran Metals then delivered to Raymond Brown Construction Ltd on site at RNAS Culdrose saving a great deal of time, space and money.

Devoran Metals can supply prefabricated steel reinforcement for projects nationwide. Visit our website for more details. http://www.devoran-metals.co.uk/steel-prefrabricated.html