The reconstruction of the Mudgee Men’s Shed has been storming ahead and it’s hoped that it will be business as usual within the next couple of months when work is expected to be completed.
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The interior of the Shed at the AREC site on the Ulan Road was destroyed when fire ripped through the building in the early hours of November 25, last year.
Perhaps most notable of all to anyone driving past lately is that the building now has a new roof, beyond that most of the work has been internal.
Mudgee Men’s Shed chairman Tom Dudley said that the project wasn’t a knock-down-rebuild, rather it’s repair what was saved and start again on the inside.
“It’s all been cleaned up inside, it’s been stripped out and the new walls are going in, the roof has been replaced, and at the moment it’s being re-wired by Berridge & Gallagher,” he said.
“We didn’t have to knock it down, we salvaged as much as we could and commenced the rebuild inside and the roof.
“It’s going well and we hope to have it operating in four to six weeks time.”
Following the insurance settlement the organisation’s committee has appointed a builder to project manage the re-build.
Greg Toole Constructions started the ball rolling as the first of the tradies to start on the site.
The shed hasn’t shut down during the rebuild, far from it, and the members have been kept busy with a number of alternate projects in the meantime.
They include their vegetable garden project, which is supported by Mid-Western Regional Council, and added some diversification to their activities list.
Any potential new members are reminded not to be deterred by the reconstruction work going on because the men of the shed are still working away on the other projects and there is still much still to do.
So it’s still an ideal time to come out and have a look, join the group and enjoy Monday and Wednesday 9am to 3pm.
The local shed was officially opened in 2010, the culmination of three years work, and was completed using donations and volunteer work from the region’s residents, businesses, and tradesmen.