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Amazing collection open to all Jo Bailey Bill Richardson Transport World is being hailed as one of the best things to happen to Invercargill in decades. Mayor Tim Shadbolt has already said the attraction will be the “best truck museum in the world”; and the team behind its development are fielding calls from excited community members on a daily basis. “It’s the talk of the town,” says Sally McDonald, the museum’s operations manager. “The community is thrilled and say they can’t wait for it to open.” When complete, the art-deco style museum will cover a staggering 15,000sqm, with a new 5000sqm building being added to an existing 10,000sqm space which has housed the late Bill Richardson’s extensive private truck collection. Before he passed away 10 years ago, Bill Richardson, who was the founder of HWR Group had amassed an impressive array of early model trucks, particularly of English and American brands.

Since then, his family, led by his daughter Jocelyn O’Donnell, has almost doubled the size of the collection to more than 300 vehicles, with the purchase of a rare collection of early Ford cars being the catalyst for the new development. “Joc purchased the Henry Ford collection from a personal friend of Bill’s in Darwin last year. “It is quite significant as it has seven of the eight letter cars that were produced by Henry Ford before the Model T.” These rare vehicles, plus the growing size of the collection made it “too special” not to share with the wider public, she says. Until now the private museum has opened by appointment only, but has still managed to attract an impressive 6000 visitors each year. “We’ve never done any marketing. People from all over New Zealand and around the world have come by word of mouth. “Some of the comments in the visitors’ book about the collection have been mind-blowing,” she says. Once complete, Bill Richardson Transport World will open seven days a week.

“It is a pretty amazing collection, and we believe it to be the largest of its type anywhere in the world.” Tractors, machinery and stationery motors will also be on display at the museum, along with a large collection of fuel pumps, enamel signs and other memorabilia. “It is a pretty amazing collection, and we believe it to be the largest of its type anywhere in the world,” says Sally McDonald. One of the museum’s most prized exhibits is a 1940 Dodge RX70 Airflow Fuel tanker. “Only 303 were built and we think it is one of only three complete units in existence.” Another very rare truck in the American section is a 1914 Stewart one-ton truck, which Sally McDonald says is possibly the only one in the world still in existence. The British section includes a 1926 Bean and rare 1930 Singer. The Ford theme is strong throughout the collection, with several Ford V8’s, and a replica

of the first vehicle ever made by Henry Ford, the Quadricycle. “We’re also building a replica of Henry Ford’s first workshop inside the museum which is exciting.” Jocelyn O’Donnell is a VW enthusiast, and the museum will feature five Kombi vans she has purchased over the past few years, including one off the last ever Kombi production line. Sally McDonald says the existing museum buildings are being earthquake strengthened and refurbished, with the new buildings also encompassing purpose-built conference and event facilities; a café; shop; construction zone full of Lego; children’s party space; Wearable Arts display and many other interactive displays. Mezzanine floors are being constructed within the museum to provide excellent opportunities for the public to view the exhibits below.

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The museum will cover a staggering 15,000sqm, with a new 5000sqm building being added to an existing 10,000sqm space which has housed the late Bill Richardson’s extensive truck collection.

The purchase of a rare collection of early Ford cars has been the catalyst for the new development.

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Back in the day: Bill Richardson, left, with good mate Laurie Cooper.

Bill Richardson - a passion for trucks Jo Bailey Southland personality Bill Richardson always had a passion for trucks. His collection started with the purchase of the remains of his grandfather’s 1933 International truck, and was soon followed by other acquisitions. In the mid 1980s his collection expanded rapidly, and at the time of his death 10 years ago at the age of 64, he had 170 vehicles in his private collection, plus a host of petrol bowsers and memorabilia. Although the entire development of Bill Richardson Transport World is a tribute to the legacy of the highly regarded collector and Southland businessman, operations manager Sally McDonald says that there is also a very special part of the museum dedicated to his memory. “Bill’s original workshop within the buildings

has been retained as a display, and will house his grandfather’s International truck which has remained unrestored.” Last year the workshop curators who had worked alongside Bill Richardson for a number of years secured a Packard truck out of America for the collection, which was something he had “always wanted”, says Sally McDonald. The Richardson name has been synonymous with business in Southland since Bill Richardson’s grandfather Robert Richardson set up as a builder in 1916. In the 1940’s under Harold Richardson the firm branched into transport and sawmilling, and in the 1970s the Richardson family acquired Ready Mix Concrete and Allied Concrete. Bill Richardson and his brother Ken divided the business in the early 1980s, with Bill Richardson forming HWR to operate the transport and concrete divisions. His wife Shona and daughter Joc were determined to continue operating the firm after his death.

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Joc remains a director of HWR Group, with her husband Scott O’Donnell its managing director. The firm employs over 1,500 staff and has a fleet of around 900 vehicles. On October 17, Bill Richardson would have turned 75 years old.

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The Bill Richardson Transport World: The Story Behind the Build The Bill Richardson Transport World will be “another world class facility for Invercargill”, says Calder Stewart Southland Construction Manager Lindsay Bowmar, whose team is on track to deliver the multi-purpose museum by late October this year.. “Every once in a while projects like

this come around”, mentions Lindsay. “Just like the ILT Velodrome that our team completed nearly a decade ago, we anticipate that this new museum will add distinctiveness to the Invercargill landscape and become a point of destination for the public at large. And since the vehicle collection this project will house is

both extensive and truly unique, I am sure it will attract an international audience.” “Bill Richardson’s daughter, Joc O’Donnell has been the driving force behind this project. It was Joc’s husband Scott O’Donnell, managing director of HWR, who came to us three days before a meeting with Invercargill City Council concerning the project and asked if we would like to come up with a concept for an Art Deco style museum”, says Lindsay. “Our in-house design team worked extremely hard on the task and to their credit, the outcome is quite recognisable, adhering to the stylistic conception and wishes of the client.”

A central challenge of the project, both from a design and construction perspective, was that the new 6,500m2 facility needed to effectively integrate with an existing 9,000m2 museum space, one which had developed in piecemeal fashion over the years. As such it required upgrading to the entire project to current Building Code. As upgrade works ensued, remedial issues with the old structure were identified and addressed, which included strengthening to new standards along with a number of other fine points to meet building code and council requirements. “We’ve had to think on our feet, and remain poised to adapt our building programme”, stresses Lindsay. “These aspects of the project have seen us

engage significant additional labour resources to meet targets. In addition to our own team of 46 on-site, headed up by Project Manager Richard Hill, we have brought in a trusted team of sub-contractors representing 20 different trades, many whom we have worked with in the past.” Although a “massive undertaking” for Calder Stewart’s design and construction teams, Bowmar says, “the project has been extremely satisfying, despite the surprises and the sometimes inclement weather conditions encountered along the way. We are delighted HWR Group took us on board. Our team is truly proud to be associated with this building which will be a landmark in Southland for decades to come.”

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McCullough Architects has fine-tuned the interior fit-out of some of the more intricate areas, such as the cafe, shop and entrance to the museum.

Retro road-trips fuel interior look Jo Bailey The quirky interior finish of Bill Richardson Transport World is being put together with the help of some “retro road trips” says operations manager Sally McDonald, who has worked closely with director Jocelyn O’Donnell on the design. “We’ve had a lot of fun on our retro roadies to find items for the 1960’s themed kitchen and 1970s lounge spaces which are alongside the café. “Even our bathrooms are all themed. We’ve found some old pastel coloured pedestal basins for the ladies’ bathrooms and have used tyres as basins in other areas. It’s quite something to see.” Sally McDonald says Jocelyn O’Donnell is the driving force and brains behind the development

of Bill Richardson Transport World and has the “collecting gene” like her late father. One of her more exciting finds came from the museum’s existing buildings, when a piece of 1960s Formica wallboard was revealed during the demolition works. “The board came from what would have been the planning office of Joc’s grandfather Harold Richardson’s prefabricated housing business. She was delighted and has saved it to reuse in the new kitchen space.” Among the other treasures salvaged by the women is an old wooden floor from the Dutch Club in Invercargill, which has been fashioned into tables for the café. “You can still see the stiletto marks in the wood from the ladies’ heels. “The tables will also have old oil box ends inlaid into them, so will be really unique.”

“We’ve been able to have a lot of fun with it and make it really unique, with the use of so many different and salvaged materials. It will be exciting to share it with the public....” Jocelyn O’Donnell and Sally McDonald have worked alongside Calder Stewart throughout the design build process and in recent months have engaged local firm McCullough Architects to fine-tune the interior fit-out of some of the more intricate areas, such as the cafe, shop and entrance to the museum. Sally McDonald has worked with HWR Group for several years, first at Allied Concrete, then as the coordinator of the New Zealand Road Transport Hall of Fame event, which was initiated in 2012 by Jocelyn O’Donnell and her husband

Scott who is managing director of HWR Group. “Joc then encouraged me to work with her on the Bill Richardson Transport World project, and it wasn’t hard to say yes. “It’s the best job ever.” She says the museum is unlike any other design and build project. “We’ve been able to have a lot of fun with it and make it really unique, with the use of so many different and salvaged materials. “ It will be exciting to share it with the public in the next few months.”

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Something for everyone... A highly regarded local chef, Mat Jackson of MASH Catering and his wife Linda have taken on the lease of the cafe, and will also cater for the events and conferences to be held at the venue. “Mat and Linda have an amazing background that includes catering for international bands on tour, music festivals and awards shows. They are currently managing upmarket restaurant The Province at The Hideaway in Winton. We are delighted to have them on board.” The two large conference facilities at Bill Richardson Transport World will cater for around 150 guests each. There are also three smaller rooms on site for meetings or breakout sessions.

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However it works on projects at all ends of the spectrum, he says. “No job is too big or small, or too difficult. “We take on any size and scale of project, across the range of sectors.” Performance Interiors also specialise in the supply and installation of acoustic ceiling and wall products. “We provide acoustics solutions for both new builds and client’s existing buildings if they want to improve its acoustics, or have problems with echoing that need to be resolved.” Anderson says that the firm works closely with T&R Interior Systems, suppliers of all major brand of ceiling and wall systems. “We have great connections with suppliers throughout New Zealand, so can supply any product, and even additional labour for projects if required.” Logan Anderson has worked in the industry for over 22 years so is well known within the construction sector in the bottom half of the South Island. He is backed by a “great team” of staff for whom quality solutions and reliability are key, he says. “If we say we are going to turn up on a certain day or time, our clients know we’ll be there. We pride ourselves on the fact we are a privately owned family business which offers a more personal service experience than a big corporate. “Our customers know we genuinely care, and they are not just a number.”

“Companies in the HWR Group such as Allied Petroleum and Allied Concrete will be our first guinea pigs as far as the conference facilities go as we can use their events to iron out all the details before we open to the public.” Sally McDonald expects the museum area of Bill Richardson Transport World to open by late October, although the cafe and shop could open earlier. “We expect the museum to attract thousands of domestic and international tourists from around the world, and hope the range of new facilities will broaden our visitor base and offer something for everyone.” Sally McDonald says people need to visit the attraction to truly understand its scale. “It really is pretty extraordinary.”

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Helping to look after Bill’s legacy Jo Bailey Graeme Williams, the curator of Bill Richardson Transport World, says it is a shame the late Bill Richardson isn’t around to share the excitement of the museum’s latest development. “Bill was one in a million. He managed to find time to run his company, look after the museum and be open to people who wanted to have a look through it,” says Graeme. “He was incredibly generous with his time, and always put people at ease. You could have a business meeting with him without realising it because he was so informal.” Graeme was service manager at South Roads, a subsidiary of HWR Group when he started working on museum projects for Bill Richardson. “Back then there was only Bill, and Ian Ridd, who had been a mechanic for Bill in the 1960s. We were frequently doing something for them in the workshop.” After Bill passed away in the mid-2000s, his family asked Graeme if he would help to look after the collection full time when Ian retired. Three years ago he became curator and says his job description is simply to “do whatever is required”. That usually means working on the restoration and maintenance of the fleet. However for most of the past year, with the museum “turned completely upside down”, his role has also involved the almost constant shifting of vehicles out of the way of the vast number of builders and other tradesmen working at the site. “As well as the new building out front the other sheds are being earthquake strengthened, so it’s taken immense planning. “The builders and trades guys have done their best and it’s going to be an amazing facility when it’s finished.” He is looking forward to the works being completed and the museum reaching its “new normal”. “It will be quite different for the museum to be open full time, rather than by appointment as it was before.

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“We used to meet people at the door and give them a brief description of it and how the collection came about. Then they would either have a look themselves or we’d give them a guided tour if we were free.” He says in the past it tended to be men who wanted to spend the longest time viewing the collection although he was often surprised by how interested some of the ladies were too.

“I’ve been asked some really technical questions by ladies who know what they’re talking about. I think it’s great that Joc has been mindful of making the museum interesting for everyone and has some really wonderful things planned.” Graeme doesn’t expect tour guide to be part of his new job description, as there is more than enough work to be done restoring and maintaining the hundreds of vehicles in the collection. He

looks after a small team that includes two other automotive engineers, a painter, and fuel pump restoration man. “Tyre maintenance and cooling system maintenance is a big part of what we do, and then there is the cleaning. “There are many capable and dedicated people who continue to help the museum in so many ways.”

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Expert hands: Howard Kingsford-Smith, left, and Malcolm Hodgkinson working in the restoration workshop.

Graeme has worked in the automotive industry all his working life and served his apprenticeship as a truck and heavy equipment mechanic. “Being the curator at the museum is a diverse and unique job that is never dull. I suppose most people would have to look outside the country to get a job like this.” He has always had a passion for older vehicles, and has his own small collection. Graeme says he has recounted a story about

Bill Richardson many times that shows how much he also loved his vehicles. “Bill and I were starting an old two-cycle petrol engine on a Saturday afternoon in one of his new sheds, when it fired and spat a dirty, wet mixture of black oil and fuel on the new concrete floor. “I was cleaning it up and said, ‘sorry about the concrete Bill’. “He said, ‘that’s all right Graeme. If I was worried about a bit of oil I’d collect stamps.”

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The locally owned, light-medium engineering firm also has a long history serving the region which dates back to 1978. Since then Sheet Metalcraft has expanded three times on its Bowmont Street site, with staff numbers now reaching around 60. Sheet Metalcraft prides itself in the diversity of skills and the experience of its work force. This enables them to easily tackle a wide range of projects. Versatility and a commitment to offering cutting edge engineering solutions for diverse markets is a key to its success. The range of services provided by Sheet Metalcraft include everything from architectural and sculptural features, to heavy engineering and site work.

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