2015 – Wallace Building Contractors was proud to be involved in the construction of the Australian War Memorial at the National war memorial park. It commemorates the long and close relationship between the people of Australia and New Zealand, and in particular, our shared Anzac experience of war. It comprises 15 columns, each 6m tall and arranged in an open array on a surface of red sandstone and dark grey basalt.
All of Wallaces hard work is buried under the red and grey sandstone paving however over 300m3 of concrete was installed including a 500mm thick raft slab under the stone columns with a fibremesh wearing slab surrounding it. 7 Tree pits were formed for the Eucalyptus trees and a series of 80 different height plinths were formed to support the varying size sandstone blocks and stairs.
Our work drove the tight programme and was completed 2 weeks ahead of schedule giving the Australian servicemen and government dignitary’s plenty of time to visit the memorial before the opening of the remainder of the park on Anzac Day 2015.