The iconic Hawera Star building, owned by Excel Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Ltd, is now a bespoke state of the art administration hub.
Excel purchased the 120 year old heritage building from Stuff Media in 2016. It was leaky and earthquake-prone.
It required extensive remodelling. Rivet developed custom stainless steel benchtops as well as decorative brass and steel accents. Custom signage, created in surfaces with texture is a design point-of-difference that finishes off the space.
It is now a stunning earthquake safe example of modern automation which also preserves unique historical aspects such as the protected concrete frontage, decorative original ceilings, roof beams and visible printing press supports.
The iconic red door, with it's new brass plaque, and one of the three meeting spaces.
Mirror finish stainless steel benches in the staff room, and open plan workspace.
Custom made stainless steel internal signage, greeting visitors to the office space.
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Sheetmetal, Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions.
Rivet is a stainless and sheet metal provider and engineering & manufacturing service, located in Taranaki, New Zealand. The experienced team of specialists have been operating for 30 years and have an impressive portfolio of high-quality, large-scale architectural installations.
Rivet work on a wide variety of design, manufacture and install jobs, both big and small. The team are proud fabricators and installers of the iconic architectural masterpiece, the ‘ Len Lye Centre’, in New Plymouth, as well as handling smaller repairs, the Rivet team can handle it all.
Rivet’s workshop is based in New Plymouth, however their design and manufacturing services span across the North Island and their work can be found throughout New Zealand.
The family-owned business originally opened their doors in 1991 as ‘Scott’s Sheet Metal’. They have a reputation for providing a reliable, high quality service, with an eye for detail and skill of craftsmanship like no other.
With an ever-changing line of products, fabrications and proprietary architectural claddings, Rivet have blazed a trail of innovation and have proved to move with the times – remaining ‘good buggers’ throughout.