Building Progress - The National Railway Museum of New Zealand https://www.nationalrailwaymuseum.nz/category/building-progress/ Dedicated to preserving New Zealand's Railway heritage for all to enjoy Fri, 26 Jan 2018 05:35:01 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.nationalrailwaymuseum.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-cropped-favicon1-32x32.png Building Progress - The National Railway Museum of New Zealand https://www.nationalrailwaymuseum.nz/category/building-progress/ 32 32 189844105 Stage 1 Complete – Turntable Foundations and Retaining Wall https://www.nationalrailwaymuseum.nz/building-progress/stage-1-complete-turntable-foundations-and-retaining-wall/ Sun, 07 Jan 2018 11:17:41 +0000 https://www.nationalrailwaymuseum.nz/?p=236 Some time back the turntable was completed but the legal aspects were not attended to. Thanks to diligent work by our Secretary, a Code of Compliance has now been issued by the Christchurch City Council. This means that we can now apply to NZTA (the Rail Regulators) for approval to use our track and turntable […]

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Some time back the turntable was completed but the legal aspects were not attended to. Thanks to diligent work by our Secretary, a Code of Compliance has now been issued by the Christchurch City Council.

This means that we can now apply to NZTA (the Rail Regulators) for approval to use our track and turntable for the first time.

Stage One is therefore now formally and legally complete!

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]]> 236 Grant Approved by Christchurch City Council https://www.nationalrailwaymuseum.nz/building-progress/cccgrant2017/ Sun, 07 Jan 2018 11:11:12 +0000 https://www.nationalrailwaymuseum.nz/?p=234 Roundhouse Updates As a result of some hard work by our Chairman Bruce Shalders we have been granted $10,000 by the Christchurch City Council to “Re-Stage the NRM Building”, the intention being to divide the building into more manageable and affordable portions for construction. Bruce spent many hours on this application and met with Council […]

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As a result of some hard work by our Chairman Bruce Shalders we have been granted $10,000 by the Christchurch City Council to “Re-Stage the NRM Building”, the intention being to divide the building into more manageable and affordable portions for construction.

Bruce spent many hours on this application and met with Council staff a number of times. On another front this grant from the CCC is very important as it reflects support from them, support that is always asked about when applying for funds from other sources, especially Lotteries.
We can now state that our local council is supporting our objectives.

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]]> 234 Placement of Piles has Begun! https://www.nationalrailwaymuseum.nz/building-progress/placement-of-piles-has-begun/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:59:05 +0000 https://nrmtestweb.wordpress.com/?p=115 A rather exciting development has occurred recently, the Piles have begun to be driven under where the Roundhouse will be situated. Photos by John Mackenzie & Pete Soundy.

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]]> A rather exciting development has occurred recently, the Piles have begun to be driven under where the Roundhouse will be situated. Photos by John Mackenzie & Pete Soundy.

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The metal screw piles ready for placing.
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Contractor making sure piles are vertical before screwing into the ground.
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Held vertical, ready to be screwed into the ground.
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A small amount of the piles driven down to date.
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Some of the old concrete fill that had to be removed to get the piles past it.
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The finished job, ready for inserting reinforcement bars and filling with concrete.

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]]> 115 Museum Access Track https://www.nationalrailwaymuseum.nz/building-progress/museum-access-track/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:46:07 +0000 https://nrmtestweb.wordpress.com/?p=92 Recently the access track to the Museum was laid thanks to KiwiRail staff and members of the Canterbury Railway Society who came along after and laid the ballast. – Photos by Gordon Bartram & George Wealleans

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]]> Recently the access track to the Museum was laid thanks to KiwiRail staff and members of the Canterbury Railway Society who came along after and laid the ballast. – Photos by Gordon Bartram & George Wealleans

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The access track to the Museum building after being laid by KiwiRail staff.
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Members of the CRS with their ballast train laying the ballast on the access track.

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