Has anyone else noticed a quiet design revolution taking place on our streets? In our parks, our playgrounds and along our riverbanks?

Over the years, we’ve seen changes in the way that our city planners, private developers and urban landscapers approach the design of public infrastructure features – moving from pure utility to aesthetic considerations - and integration with urban master planning.

More and more, we are seeing formwork from sheet metal incorporated within our urban streetscape and open space environment in various forms – from park benches and picnic tables, drinking fountains, bollards, fencing, to treeguards and grates designed as façades for water sensitive urban design features.

Even our humble bins have experienced a makeover!

We’ve seen a move to creation of visual amenity extend through our urban and local government regions, across state government (public and heritage buildings) and other public infrastructure (ports, rail and airports), as well as private developments. The streetscapes of Sydney, for example, now boast cutting edge street furniture design with a collaboration between a local architect and metal fabricator recently taking out a top German design innovation award.

At FORM2000, we understand the primary design considerations associated with public infrastructure - aesthetics and utility, portability, durability - with ability to withstand weather considerations - consistency and replicability.

In our urban and metropolitan areas, varying planning guidelines have been developed to ensure construction of streetscape and landscape furniture – including integration of formwork features in sheet metal – in accordance with the character and development profile of various precincts and urban renewal projects.

We have the ability to work to local government design and construction specifications to produce quantity sheet metal product volumes on a consistent and cost-effective basis.

Equally, we can work with government customers, private developers and landscape architects to provide input at design phase to develop unique, custom sheet metal solutions - advising on materials and finish, laser cutting effects and manufacturing process to best achieve design objectives. We offer a variety of metals including mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum - and metal finishes – from polished, to painted, to powder-coated.

Let us show you how sheet metal formwork can be incorporated to enhance the most mundane public amenity, creating objects of great beauty, strength, durability and utility.