2. Heritage & Commercial
  3. National Pressed Metal
  4. Victorian State Library Redevelopment 2019

National Pressed Metal

National Pressed Metal is the contracting arm of Australian Pressed Metal, able to carry out large heritage restoration commercial projects throughout Australia and New Zealand. For more information please contact Kelly Schipper on 0417 546 696. Projects completed by National Pressed Metal include: -PORT PIRIE RAILWAY STATION South Australia 2024 -LAMBTON QUAY Wellington New Zealand 2019-2020 -STATE LIBRARY MELBOURNE Victoria 2019 -FLINDERS STREET STATION, Melbourne Victoria 2016-2018 -PERTH MULTICULTURAL CENTRE; Museum, Beaufort Hall & Staircase, Hackett Hall, Library & Lantern & Gaol, Perth, Western Australia 2018-2019 -CARLTON HOUSE York Street Sydney 2015-2018 -CENTRAL STATION Switch House roof restoration Sydney 2016 -SYDNEY WATERBOARD Primus Hotel Sydney 2015 -DIMMEYS BUILDING Richmond Victoria 2014

Victorian State Library Redevelopment 2019

  • Scope of Contracting Works
    Restore heritage skylights and decorative plaster to Queens Hall.
  • Project Duration
    2017-2019
  • Client
    Development Victoria, State Library Victoria
  • Project Location
    Swanston Street, Melbourne
  • Project Description
    Principal Contractor: Built.   Heritage Architect: Architectus.    IAN POTTER QUEENS HALL SKYLIGHTS: Fishscale: The original cast iron fish scale skylights required manual debriding & sealing on the surface adhering to glass panes. Glazing required each curved pane to be individually measured & a template constructed to produce the curved glass specified. 196 individual panels- 4 different sizes and curvatures were required. Manufactured by a Victorian owned & operated company- finding a supplier willing to take on the job took 5 months.  Pyramidal: 36 required to be designed & constructed, utilising one existing sample in disrepair as a guide for replication. There were 120 panes of glass required for the Queens Hall pyramidal skylights, 12 different sized panes requiring onsite templates.  Mild steel frame was welded offsite & 24 timber mouldings per frame, with over 2,600 lineal metres of timber was required for the skylights in total. Entire unit was to coordinate with electrical and air-conditioning systems & be hermetically sealed once installed.  Timber lattice: Existing timber lattice was sanded & mechanical fastening removed. Damaged areas reinforced and/or replaced with like-for-like material sourced through heritage window specialist. Glazed with curved glass panes requiring individual templates. Plaster rectifications: Extensive hard plaster rectifications to cracks in walls throughout, as well as decorative plaster scrolls, corbels, columns, motifs & roses throughout Queens Hall ceiling, mezzanine & skirting utilising traditional techniques & materials.  Glazing rectifications: 6 cracked glass panes in existing feature wall – replacement panes were sourced from Boston. Cracked panes removed and replacement panes installed utilising heritage techniques and materials.