Barclay Mechanical celebrates 40 years of business excellence
Michael Barclay, founder of Barclay Mechanical, with his wife Susan and grandson Peter Michael Bentz enjoy Barclay Mechanical's 40th anniversary celebration on Saturday November 21 2020
ASME and AWS certified welding is the hallmark of Barclay Mechanical business. Barclay Mechanical welds are stamped with the initials of the welder on each job.
On Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, Barclay Mechanical in Manti celebrated 40 years of business success with an open house tour at their facility at 595 West 100 North in Manti. Hot dogs, drinks and snacks were given out, and attendees had a chance to win a Barclay Mechanical-made nativity.
Forty years ago, Mike Barclay started Barclay Welding in Paul, Idaho with only five employees. They worked mostly repairing processing equipment and ASME boilers for sugar beet and potato factories. Five years later Michael Barclay invented the grain seed cart which allowed the potato factories to pick up the potatoes in masses. After making more than two dozen carts Barclay had the necessary funding to grow the business, changing his services from just welding, to Industrial Mechanical Construction. Along with the changing business model Barclay changed the name of the company to Barclay Mechanical Services Inc and took on large-scale structural steel construction, ASME boiler replacement and process piping.
Fast forward to 1993, when Barclay started a sister company “Barclay Mechanical Services of Utah” in Manti, Utah. Barclay ran both companies in Idaho and Utah for 11 years. By the year 2000 Barclay Mechanical completed some of its biggest multi-million dollar projects, with 50% of the projects being outside of Utah and Idaho.
Barclay sold Barclay Mechanical of Idaho in 2004, and in 2010 sold the Utah business in Manti to three of his sons. Kenneth, Scott and John Barclay continue to run the company in Manti from the 23,000 square foot facility on 100 north in Manti even though ninety percent of their work is now out of state and even international.
Barclay Mechanical subcontracts galvanizing, excavation, engineering, electrical, insulation and coatings processes to local industries when working out of town. Locally they staff from six to eight welders full time in Manti and are proud of their on-the-job training program which has produced some of the country’s finest welders who are qualified in ASME and AWS welding procedures. Barclay’s famously high-skilled welders are a product of its proven standard of excellence.
Barclay Mechanical’s work in energy, food processing, production and agricultural sectors as well as their fabrication of ASME pressure vessels, high pressure piping, structural steel and numerous custom industrial metal products has positioned them as a leading mechanical contractor working all over the country. They recently completed an 18-month project building a new flare stack for a refinery in North Salt Lake.
Four years ago, Barclay Mechanical set up an endowment scholarship at Idaho State University for welding students. The endowment scholarship was in honor of Michael Barclay’s father (and current owners’ grandfather) Daniel Paskins Barclay who taught welding at Idaho State University (ISU) and was the department head of the welding program from 1962-1970. “Welders will always be needed.” Said Daniel P. Barclay as he was personally appearing at ISU to present the scholarship.
