ISSUE 888 - Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | THE LIMESTONE COAST AND SOUTH WEST VICTORIA | 08 8724 7111 | www.lifestyle1.net
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Historic delivery arrives Specialist beams now on site It was an historic week for the Wulanda Recreation and Convention Centre when a world first delivery arrived at the Margaret Street site. And it was not just a first for Mount Gambier and Australia, but also a first for the German based timber processor who produced the special delivery. The longest single glulam timber beams ever shipped to Australia - spanning up to 42 metres, were loaded on to two trucks to make the journey from the wharf in Port Melbourne to the Margaret Street construction site last week, delivering the final loads of timber over two trips The long and oversized loads measured 2.5 metres wide
and 49 metres in length. Three certified pilots were required to escort the loads through Victoria to South Australia. The trucks travelled under police escort and followed a pre-approved traffic management plan. The $57.3million dollar development always had Australia earmarked as the supplier of all the timber for the project but the specialist nature of the beams meant German timber engineering project specialist HESS TIMBER ended up the preferred supplier with no Australian manufacturer producing the beams required.. See inside for full story