Building award celebrated

Back in May, the Raglan Museum & Information Centre building received an award as an entrant in the Commercial Project Awards. The awards were presented at a National Gala Dinner on Saturday 11th May 2013 at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland. The museum building was a  BRONZE AWARD WINNER in the Tourism And Leisure category.

On Monday 15th July, the award-winning team gathered in the museum to celebrate receiving the award. Museum committee member Rodger Gallagher welcomed the team and visitors to the Museum and said, “When the Museum Society members learnt that Livingstone Building had been awarded the contract to build the museum they were very pleased that such a well-respected company was to build the museum.” and added, “The Society is very happy with the design and construction managed very capably by project managers Andy White and Steve Cox from Waikato District Council.”

Councillor Baddeley congratulated the award-winning team and said that one factor that allowed the museum to be built was that both the Raglan i-SITE and the Raglan Museum were co-sited in one building.

The Museum and Information Centre building was constructed by Livingstone Building NZ Ltd, designed by Envision Architecture Limited (Architect/Designer) and JD Consulting Engineers Limited (Engineer). The building is owned by the Waikato District Council, with the museum operated by the Raglan & District Museum Society Inc. and the i-SITE by the Waikato Enterprise Agency.