Messrs. Collins Bros.' Building.

Progress, Volume IV, Issue 5, 1 March 1909, Page 172

Messrs. Collins Bros.' Building.

This is the head office of one of the largest wholesale stationers' businesses in the Dominion, Mr Grigsby. manager. The building was designed by Mr. Wiseman. architect, of Auckland, and erected for some £15,000, the contract price being 1 £2000 less. There are seven stories and an attic. The front is of Australian pressed brick, the whole of the girders and stanchions are steel, and the flooring is designed to carry a load of 4cwt. per square foot. The steel work was prepared by Norman Lang and Co., of Melbourne The joists are of Oregon Pine and the flooring of Jarrah ; the lifts and the lighting are all electric. In addition to the main staircase, there is an enclosed fire escape (both of iron) which is used as an extra stairway. The offices, which are up-to-date, are on the ground floor.