4 | REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Calder Stewart Milton - Hillside Workshops T T Richard Loader A new dawn for Hillside Workshops The $105 million major reconstruction project to facilitate the work is entirely Government funded. T T to page 6 The team at Calder Stewart are in the closing stages of a redevelopment project that breathes new life into KiwiRail’s historic Hillside Workshops in the heart of South Dunedin. With a history dating back to 1875, the substantial site has an important place in New Zealand’s rail heritage, and at its peak back in the day when every component for a locomotive and rail wagon was built by scratch on a blacksmiths forge, well over 1000 people were gainfully employed there. That all came to a stop when the Government of the day decided to procure the trains and rail wagons ready-made from overseas. The site went from a busy hub and major employer, to operating at a skeletal level and falling by the wayside. Hillside was brought back from the brink when the decision was made to procure the rail wagon components from overseas and bring them back to the Hillside workshops where a local team off craftsman will undertake assembly of 1500 new wagons over three years to upgrade KiwiRail’s national fleet, as well service and maintain the fleet. The $105 million major reconstruction project to facilitate the work is entirely Government funded. Christchurch based civil construction and demolition company Taggart was engaged by KiwiRail to carry out the necessary demolition work including the removal of 24 buildings that had reached the end of their useful life, which they completed in late 2023, www.interiorconstruction.co.nz Steel Stud Walls and Partitions Aluminium Partitions Suspended Ceiling Gib Install Construction Management Seismic Bracing Plastering Insulation ICON provides all the trades and experience you need to complete your interior fit-out project in a single contractor. 022 470 2485 For any inquiries, questions or commendations, please call One team for all interior construction solutions Proud to supply Plant and Equipment for the Hillside Workshops • Gantry Crane Manufacture & Servicing • Pressure Vessels • Mechanical Engineering • Plant Maintenance & Installations • Steel Fabrication • Machining
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