Livingstone Building are hard at work on the $1.73 million new building on Raglan Wharf. The building is of a similar design to the old building. The building site has been screened with blue netting. Inside an excavator has started on digging out the foundation area. It is expected that the building will be completed by August.
The work will include the demolition of the old toilet block in order to prepare the site, with temporary toilets to be provided. The contractors, Livingstone Building NZ Ltd, will be working to keep noise and disruption for nearby residents and wharf users to a minimum during the construction period.
Richard Bax, Water & Facilities General Manager at Waikato District Council said his staff were continuing to negotiate with the original tenants over rents and the costs would be made public once agreements were signed. Mr Bax said there was space for up to seven tenants and the Raglan Coastguard, had already signed up.