Defect forces removal of copper from library

The opening of the new ciy library will be delayed as workman remove the the insulation in the walls. The insulation may be faulty and pose a fire risk.
The opening of the new ciy library will be delayed as workman remove the the insulation in the walls. The insulation may be faulty and pose a fire risk. Bev Lacey

HUTCHINSON Builders this week will continue the final stages of the construction of the Toowoomba City Library.

Hutchinson Builders area manager Robert Weymouth said 780 panels on the façade would need to be removed and re-attached to the building before it was handed over to council next month.

Mr Weymouth said the firm's internal quality assurance team discovered a defect in insulation material behind the external cladding.

"Despite assurances from the manufacturers Hutchinson carried out extensive investigations and was not happy with the results, so full removal of this product will be undertaken as we will not compromise on quality," Mr Weymouth said.

"The exterior cladding will be removed panel by panel, have a new insulation product installed, and then be re-attached to the building. This is time consuming and will delay our hand-over, but it will ensure a better building which will stand the test of time.

"I am anticipating at this stage that the process will mean the building will be handed over to council in late February rather than early February, which was our initial goal.

"Just about everything else is finished and we will bring in extra staff to make sure this last-minute change proceeds as quickly as possible," he said.

Are you looking forward to the opening of the new library?

This poll ended on 25 February 2016.

Current Results

Yes

67%

No

32%

This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the opinions of those who chose to participate.

Toowoomba Regional Council Library and Cultural Services portfolio leader Cr Ros Scotney said the delay was unavoidable and would mean some changes to processes council had put in place to cater for the changeover to the new building.

"The existing library was scheduled to close on Sunday, January 17, however, it will be staying at the Ruthven St site for a couple more weeks," Cr Scotney said.

"It is business as usual until we get a finalised opening date. I apologise for the inconvenience this will cause, but we understand Hutchinson Builders need to carry out this work and we are in their hands.

"It may even heighten the excitement around the new building. It is looking fantastic and I know people are very excited about getting inside ... we just have to wait a couple more weeks."



GOOD BOY: 17-year-old dog protected missing toddler

GOOD BOY: 17-year-old dog protected missing toddler

17-year-old partially blind blue heeler protects missing toddler

Toowoomba man literally kicking goals with NDIS funding

Toowoomba man literally kicking goals with NDIS funding

Toowoomba man aims for power soccer national side in new wheelchair

Man takes on 24-hour non-stop run for Toowoomba homeless

Man takes on 24-hour non-stop run for Toowoomba homeless

A Toowoomba man will run non-stop for more than 24 hours

Local Partners
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/slight-delay-to-library-handover/2902184/
www.thechronicle.com.au
crawl=CC-MAIN-2018-17
134994
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:7BTSXI7GWOD7VYCXLVQBQAKQ3AGSK7JB
<urn:uuid:caac2ad1-ff83-4061-aa10-f06e507bccd3>
2018-04-21T13:46:39Z
54.79.107.123
text/html
sha1:SLUXU36MY7UTNS6FPUXC3JCG3BUHJOGQ
<urn:uuid:65b72159-0a1d-425f-9bad-4da08b04a7a8>
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/slight-delay-to-library-handover/2902184/
response
<urn:uuid:05362ee1-777f-4cd3-a4de-c0f6ddf03a3f>
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-95-191-249.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-17
operator: Common Crawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for April 2018
publisher: Common Crawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf