STEEL FOR FRAME.
RECORD QUANTITY ORDERED. PUTARURU STONE USED. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. A bigger quantity of steel, 2600 tons, will be used in the erection of the Dunedin Post Office than has been used, in any other building in the Dominion up to the present time, etated Mr. Andrew Fletcher to-day. The whole of the steel, he said, would come from Great Britain. This is in contradiction of the Auckland statement that as much as possible will be got from Australia. In order that the work might be carried out as rapidly as possible, Mr. Fletcher said, it was proposed to erect the structural steel frame for the first three storeys, and then proceed with the concrete work and granite facing up to that height. On the completion of these lower sections of the frame, concrete backing and granite facing, the remainder of the steelwork would be fabricated and erected to the full height of the building. The stone facing granite for the first three storeys and the Putaruni stone above would be eight inches in thickness, dowelled into the main concrete walling.
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Auckland Star, 2 September 1933, Page 11
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186STEEL FOR FRAME. Auckland Star, 2 September 1933, Page 11
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