Dunedin Railway Station

Dunedin’s historical railway station is undergoing a huge refurbishment project with Brazier Scaffolding providing much-needed access and weather protection. Dunedin Railway Station first opened in 1906 and is now a Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Category 1 building. A prominent feature of the Flemish renaissance style building is the 42m tall clock tower.

Historic Dunedin building

Brazier Scaffolding’s CEO Glen Brazier said, “we were contracted to provide complete exterior access and full weather protection for the historic Dunedin building. Using Layher’s Allround Scaffolding and Keder XL temporary roof system we were able to complete the project on time and with zero incidents.”

Glen said “we faced many challenges during the project, not least the often-poor weather conditions but also the pandemic restrictions, and not being able to tie into the building. In addition, this was a live site, as the building was in daily use.”

Hoist increases efficiency

To increase efficiency during the project, Brazier Scaffolding used a Layher 200 material hoist (GEDA 200).

Following the construction of the scaffold, the entire structure was wrapped in printed canvas covers which replicated the exterior of this landmark building.

Railway Station landmark

Naylor Love said “while the scaffold tent will be an impressive landmark in its own right, we didn’t want anyone to forget what the Railway Station looks like while we’re on site over the next couple of years, so [we installed] a scrim printed with a photo. If you stand in the right spot, you should still be able to get a convincing selfie in front of Dunedin’s most photographed building!”

Naylor Love’s Paul Stevenson said, “the engineering provided some challenges in and around this public building with a cycleway on one side and main trunk railway line on the other. On the inside there is an access scaffold to every workface – and sequencing of every area has been essential – all been fully understood between the Naylor Love team and Braziers.”

Worthy of the tourists photo

Paul continued “with stage 2 working towards completion and stage 3 about to be established we are looking forward to the same standard of service and functionality that we have had in stage 1 and 2. The printed scrim –from a comment from myself to the client at tender time has been carried through to showcase what is under the scaffold – given this is one of NZ’s most photographed buildings the printed scrim is worthy of the tourists photo!”

Thank you to Brazier Scaffolding and Naylor Love for the use of these photos.

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