By Fabric Structures
Pukaka/Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre
Client Pukaka/Mount Bruce Trust
Project Completed 2016
Project Location: Pukaka/Mount Bruce, State Highway 2, Mount Bruce
Approximate Size 40mtrs x 20mtrs
Function Free Flight Aviary (Francis Free Flight Aviary)
FABRICS
1. Type and Grade of Fabric Used –
a. Cascade Coil – specialized Mesh
2. Metal Mesh Manufacturer – Cascade Coil - USA
PROJECT CREDITS
1. Design: Fabric Structures
2. Engineering Wade Engineering - Australia
3. Fabrication: Fabric Structures / Palmer Canvas.
4. Project Manager Graham Griffin –
5. Steelwork Rigg-Zcholeke - Masterton
6. Installation Rigg-Zcholeke for Steel and Fabric Structures for mesh installation
Scope of Work
Detailed design, engineering, manufacture, supply and installation of Mesh Aviary
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This was a project to enable the free flight of native birds for recovery and those breed at Pukaka to simulate natural conditions for the birds but retaining them so that visitors can experience native birds in their own environment.
This project was the vision of Bob Francis – QSO, MBE, JP – he was one of the key driving forces behind the vision for the Centre.
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