Union Fish Building Auckland
By Accumen Shapes
Accumen was involved in a restoration project of historical significance that was completed in 2007. The purpose of preserving the Union Fish Company building is to retain intact the relics of the social and cultural history of early 20th century.
Located at 116-118 Quay St, Auckland, it is registered under the Historic Places Act (1993) with Category I status and was constructed in 1904-1906. The exterior of the building had been somewhat altered over time including the removal of the elegant and decorative parapet roofline.
Accumen created the decorative moulded detailing to match the original designs. They were then fixed to masonry pediments with stainless steel fixings and our TidyUp® adhesive plaster, which has been specifically formulated for installing mouldings to buildings. These beautifully restored buildings will never date and will always be cherished. Accumen’s directive was to create architectural details to replace the missing significant elements, thus contributing to the restoration of the original appearance of the building exterior.
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Accumen Shapes Ltd is a New Zealand owned and operated business that specialise in the manufacture of traditional and contemporary lightweight exterior decorative mouldings that can transform your existing or planned building into a unique architectural dream without major structural re-design.
Accumen Shapes also manufacture a wide range of Insulation Products for the Commercial and Industrial business sectors.
Accumen Shapes custom manufacture a wide range of lightweight exterior mouldings including columns, architraves, cornices, window cills (sills), fence caps, quoins, false vents and shutters, arches, bands/dado lines, parapet mouldings and chimney surrounds. In addition we also manufacture bBOLD signage, shapes, film sets and theatre props.
Accumen Shapes operate New Zealand’s only locally based manufacturing facility for Pre-formed Fibreglass Pipe Sections. We have manufacturing capabilities for FoamGlas (Cellular Glass Insulation), Ravatherm and Foamular XPS shapes and sheets, PUR, PIR and Phenolic shapes and sheets, Rockwool pipe section and Siliner and Ductliner boards. We also have New Zealand’s only fully automated laminating operation for laminating foils, cloth, ridged insulation foams etc to insulation blanket, boards etc
BACKGROUND
In 1991, a small company was formed based in Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand. Since establishment, we have evolved into the present company known as Accumen Shapes Ltd, which develops and specialises in the production and manufacture of KickIt® high-quality lightweight decorative shapes and mouldings, and a wide range of commercial and industrial insulation products.