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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 8 (January 15, 1927)

Workshops Reconstruction

Workshops Reconstruction.

The work in connection with the reconstruction of workshops at Hillside and Addington is being proceeded with expeditiously now that the contracts for the work have been placed. Mr. W. McLellan, a builder at Dunedin, has tendered successfully for portions of the work.

The iron and steel work will be supplied by the British firm of Sir William Arrol and Company. The erection of all the steel work will be undertaken by the Dunedin Engineering Company as sub-contractors. It is interesting to note that there will be absolutely no brickwork in either of the buildings, which will consist mainly of steel and concrete work. The roofs will be flat, after the style of northern shops. It was originally intended that all roofing should be of British material, but it has since been ascertained that the British article is too dear, with the result that American material will be used. The roofing will consist of alternating layers of bitumenised fabric and liquid bitumen, the whole being permanently protected by a macadamised surface. The boiling bitumen will be sprayed on the roof from marable oil-fired reservoirs. The roof areas for the two units of the contract will total about seven and a half acres. The sub-contractors will engage about 50 men for the steel work, and the building contractors expect to find work for a similar number. Towards the end of the contract more men will be required. The contract price is about £190,000 for the two shops. The Department will itself do all the foundation work for the workshops.