Fort Alice Conservation 02

The site is now hoarded up, and the project boards installed! Thanks to Kenny Chin from the Main Contractors for the photographs.

The Client, Implementing Body and Main Contractor

The Consultants - I nee to change my letterhead to include country codes on the phone numbers!

The lovely site desk beside the fort.

Don't panic! The building is not being demolished, it is being carefully dismantled, and all of the components, new or old, recorded and stored so that we can assess what can be reused, or repaired and reused, or replaced. The builder has engaged 3 experienced conservators from Penang for this task. We are trying to keep and reuse all of the material that can't be reused in the building, on furniture, or site elements, etc. The principle is to try and keep everything, down to the roof shinges and old nineteenth century nails. We're going to use some of this material in the Conservation Corner display in the new museum. Above, the roof material and structure of the entry tower (facing the river) is being dismantled.

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Sacffolding is now holding up the structurally unsound parts of the building, and gives a safe working platform for the workers.

The roof is in bad condition, but it also dates from 1983, including the belian shingles, it's battens, the galvanised steel sheet for waterproofing, and the rafters. The galv. sheet is actually holding up the roof, as the rafters have been mostly eaten by termites! The king-posts and ridge beam are old belian, resistant to termites, thankfully!

The inland corner towers have also been dismantled.

Copyright John Ting Architect 2013