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3. Storage Analysis

3.1 Introduction

The Storage Analysis, led by Clayton Associates, has required a review of the existing storage at both Ultimo and Castle Hill, coupled with an analysis of the overall collection storage requirements. The storage analysis report considers the current storage availability and addresses the implications of the relocation to the New Museum. This work stream has been informed by the Collection Management Relocation Plan. Core elements of the Storage Analysis are summarised in this section of the report. A copy of the complete report, including attachments, is included as Appendix 2. The following is a summary of the Clayton Associates Report.

Object definitions have been included in the Glossary section of this report.

3.2 Castle Hill Storage Analysis & Optimisation Opportunities

The Castle Hill museum operations are located on a 2.8-hectare site at the intersection of Windsor and Showground roads. It has been a dedicated MAAS site since 1947 and is now used primarily as a storage facility and discovery centre for visitors.

3.2.1 CASTLE HILLCastle Hill has been the core large object storage facility for MAAS, with a number of different storagefacilities building accommodating a full range of objects — small, medium and large.

Analysis of the current facilities for large objects has been well planned but is at full capacity. One potential area for optimisation is the use of vertical racking for large objects such as cars, however it is noted that larger aisles would be required for object access and handling. As a result the overall gain in storage capacity may not yield a higher net area.

The pending relocation of the MAAS model collection into I-Store will create some limited capacity that would be better suited to small and medium sized objects.

3.2.2 I-STOREThe I-Store at Castle Hill opened in September 2016. I-Store is a shared storage facility for a suite of cultural institutions — MAAS, Australian Museum and Sydney Living Museums. The overall floor area of the facility is 9,000m2 with 3,000m2 per floor. The building has been divided among the institutions as follows:

· Ground Floor (floor loading capacity 32kpa) — MAAS (3,000m2)

· First Floor (suspended floor loading capacity 40kpa) — Shared between MAAS (1,662m2) and Sydney Living Museums

· Second Floor (suspended floor loading capacity 40kpa) — Australian Museum

The total area available for storage of the MAAS Collections is 4,662m2. MAAS demolished Building B and C to provide the area for I-Store. The overall net gain in floor area once this is taken into account is 3,362m2. Within the ground floor MAAS have constructed chiller/freezer chambers (275m2) and a secure vault (22m2), resulting is a remaining net storage areas of 3,065m2.

The Ground and First Floor of I-Store have 3m of headroom that will limit the storage of objects to those within the small to medium categories. Based on these floor to ceiling heights MAAS specified its specialist storage equipment to maximise storage efficiency. It is clear from the storage analysis undertaken by Clayton Associates that storage has been provided at I-Store in a highly successful manner and that the approach taken to both storage and visible/display storage is world class. One small area of storage

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optimisation that could be applied within I-Store could be the installation of drawers through a retro fitting of the new storage systems. This would maximise the capacity of the existing storage systems.

3.3 Ultimo Storage Analysis

The collection storage available at Ultimo is contained within the Harwood Building, located adjacent to the Powerhouse Museum. It should be noted that there is no collection storage within the Powerhouse Museum itself.

3.3.1 HARWOOD BUILDINGThe Harwood Building was constructed prior to the commencement of the Powerhouse Museum redevelopment in 1983. While there are some objects that can be categorised as large, the basement store is considered to primarily be a small to medium object storage facility. There are also secure areas for high value objects and items requiring licensed containment such as firearms. No large scale objects, such as those on display at the Powerhouse, are stored in the basement.

The basement area is 2,875m2 The collection foot print occupies 1,795m2 or 62% of the basement store area. The remainder of the area comprises of the collection preparation and packing areas, the access hoist, quarantine area and aisle width to allow for pallet access and guided public tours.

The basement store is currently over capacity with MAAS advising that the store is at 140%capacity with items being stored on top of mobile racking. The overcrowding of the collection prompted the successful 2010 I-Store Castle Hill Business Case. The I-Store was opened in September 2016, with the planned relocation of 20% of the textiles and ceramics (the areas most affected by overcrowding) collections planned to occur in early 2017.

3.4 New Museum Storage Provisions

MAAS have provided the schedule of accommodation for the new museum at Parramatta with a copy included in Appendix 6. The total storage area required is 4,200m2 defined as:

· Storage — 3,600m2

· Visible Collection Storage — 600m2

The floor to ceiling height is specified as 4m which will reduce nominally to 3m when services such as lighting and fire suppression are installed and the required space for fire suppression clearance is taken into consideration.

The storage requirement is based on the requirement for the MAAS flagship collections to be stored at the New Museum where they can be accessed by the public, for education programs and research. MAAS have confirmed that only small to medium objects will stored at this location.

3.5 Storage Analysis Summary

The following table summarises the existing storage capacity at Ult imo and highlights the proposed and available storage at the New Museum and Castle Hill respectively. · .

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TOTAL AVAILABLE FOR SMALL TO MEDIUM STORAGE 7,562 m2

TOTAL AVAILABLE FOR LARGE STORAGE 0m2 .Table 6: Available / Proposed Storage

As illustrated above there is sufficient storage capacity for small to medium objects at either Castle Hill or Parramatta. However, there is no storage capacity/allowance for large objects. This issue is discussed further below.

3.6 Large Object Storage

Storage analysis provided in the previous sections highlights that large object storage at Castle Hill (the only large object storage site) is at capacity. Currently many of the circulation aisles and access areas are occupied by Australian Museum objects that are in transition and will be relocated into the Australian Museum I-Store facilities in the coming months. There are minimal opportunities for optimisation as the current storage approach and methods are efficient.

MAAS has provided a preliminary large object list for display at the New Museum. While it is acknowledged that the objects may change as exhibition content develops, MAAS has confirmed that the list is representative of the quantum of large objects from the existing collection that will be on display in the new Museum. The assessed footprint of the preliminary large objects display list for Parramatta is 1,028m2 out of a total of some 1,622m2 of large objects which are on display at Ultimo. The remaining large items with a footprint of 594m2 that will be stored will require 2,376m2 of storage and handling space when decanted from Ultimo into storage. When these very large objects are taken off display they are dismantled with each major section stored separately, often requiring a larger storage footprint that was previously required when on display.

Given an appropriate allowance for future collection growth, MAAS will need approximately 3,876m2 of storage space, inclusive of handling area, to accommodate the Powerhouse large object collection as a result of the relocation to Parramatta.

MAAS advised that the Parramatta Museum would not be suitable to accommodate large object storage as the building requirements would be onerous with minimum floor to floor heights of 7m and extensive floor loading requirements of 45kpa in both storage areas and all access corridors. New Museum storage and visible storage will be specified to accommodate small and medium scale objects from the collection. There is a requirement to provide large object storage to receive the large objects from Ultimo not on display at New Museum.

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The large object storage requirement excludes large objects that are currently on loan such as the Governor's General's carriage, two locomotives, a drover aircraft and a wool processing machine. MAAS have advised that there is no plan for these long term loans to be returned and should be excluded from the large object storage requirement considerations.

3.7 Collection Growth Needs

The growth of the MAAS Collection since the opening of the Powerhouse Museum in 1988 has followed certain patterns. There was a large influx of objects into the collection as part of the acquisition of new objects for the opening of the Ultimo site, and MAAS has advised that this is likely to be repeated with a program of collection acquisition for the New Museum Project. In addition, over the past thirty years there has also been a level of consistent growth in the collection.

Finally, on top of this consistent growth, it should be noted over this period MAAS has been the recipient of some large collections such as the Sydney Olympics collection. The scale and volume of these collections are an anomaly in relation to the MAAS Collection policy and collection acquisition objectives. However, it is anticipated that MAAS will continue to experience these substantial uplifts in collection growth at irregular intervals.

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MAAS have supplied collection growth analysis within the 75 collection categories as attached in Appendix 6. Analysis of this data shows that the rate of growth that was identified in the I-Store business case seems to be continuing at the same rate, providing twenty years of useful information on which to base future growth. Based on this, MAAS predicts the collections will continue to grow in the order of 650 objects annually with some 18% of this growth being large objects. The anticipated annual growth is estimated to require the addition of 150m2 of floor area for large objects and 50 — 60m2 for small to medium objects amounting to a total of 200 — 210m2 per year.

The projected growth over a ten period for the collection is calculated as follows:· Large objects —1,500m2 · Medium to Small objects — 500 — 600m2

For the purposes of this report the period of growth is from 2016 to 2026.

A critical issue in forward storage planning is managing spikes in acquisition growth. These can be difficult to

manage as they are invariably unplanned and can require significant funding as well as space allocation.

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There are various spikes throughout the last ten years as highlighted in the Growth trends, generally in collections where MAAS is strong such as Clothing & Dress, Textiles and Models.

For the purposes of this study it is assumed that a spike is an event where there is 10 year average of growth occurring in one year. On that definition of a spike, numerically speaking, could mean some 7,400 items being acquired in one year. Relative to the overall collection size of 400,000 items, this is less than 2% growth, and therefore on paper should be able to be absorbed. Looking at significant 'spike' acquisitions in the last ten years, these have included the 100 AIDS quilts which occupy some 20 m2when folded and stacked, and the Sydney Observatory glass plate negatives which occupy some 8 m2 of cabinetry, both of which were relatively easily absorbed

Less easily absorbed have been the Mastertouch Collection of keyboards, piano rolls and machinery (some 150- 200 m2), and the monorail (some 30 m2). MAAS was unable to accept a redundant QANTAS Boeing 747 flight simulator, on the basis that it did not have adequate space in which to store it.

When looking at the last 20 years data, it is less about numbers of objects and more about their size. In summary therefore for long term planning for space requirements for collection growth the figure outlined in the I-Store business case (some 200 m2 per annum) is still an appropriate rule of thumb to use. This provision will allow for future growth planning including 'spikes' in acquisitions. Very large objects that fall outside of this will need individual planning and funding to be developed as a part of the acquisition process.

3.8 Large Object Storage Requirements and Options

The requirement for a large object store facility has been driven by the large object storage space at Castle Hill having reached capacity, and the projected large object growth defined in Section 3.7 above. The critical nature of the requirement is fundamentally a result of the relocation of the museum from Ultimo and the specified New Museum to have storage capacity for only small to medium objects. Data provided by MAAS and analysed by Clayton Associates has determined that the large objects at the Powerhouse Museum will require a storage area of 3,876m2 when objects are dismantled and packed.

Options proposed to MAAS included the specification of the new museum to accommodate the storage of the large object collection items not in use for museum display (where very large objects would need to be stored on the ground floor or where floor loading and access requirements could be met) along with the redistribution of small to medium objects to Castle Hill and Parramatta as required, the creation of a new permanent large object storage facility, or the short term leasing of an interim object store until a permanent storage facility can be constructed.

Two options are considered in this report for solving the large object storage issue:

Option 1: short-term leasing of a facility (Interim Large Object Store) to accommodate the 2,376m2 of collection not on display at the New Museum — followed by the planning and construction of a permanent large storage facility at a later date. Depending on the timing of the availability of this store, 150m2 of space should be allowed for each year from 2016 to account for collection growth.

Option 2: construction of a purpose built new large storage facility that will be sized to accommodate large object collection as a result of the relocation to Parramatta and collection growth (from 2016 — 2026 equating to 1,500m2), along with the identified large objects from the Powerhouse (2,376m2) requiring approximately a total of 3,876m2 of storage space, inclusive of handling area.

Option 1 has been selected for this report with the leasing of an Interim Large Object Store to commence from October 2021. It is understood that Option 2 as a permanent storage solution will most likely require its own Business Case and may be developed with other cultural institutions.

The sizing of a new large object store has been determined using a combination of factors:

· The identification of large objects at Ultimo that will be on display at New Museum — 1,028m2;

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· Identification of the space required for the remaining large objects at Powerhouse Museum — 2,376 m2

· Analysis of the collection growth for large object stores

· Allowance for ten years of collection growth — 1,500m2 (based on 150m2 per annum)

· Provision for the one-in-ten-year uplift in the large object collection acquisition (such as the Sydney Olympics collection) — included in the area allowance above

Taking the above considerations into account, the envelope of the large object store is in the order of 3,876m2 with sufficient floor loading capacity to take the heaviest objects — such as locomotives, and height to accommodate dismantled aircraft. The final size of the large object store will be confirmed once MAAS has finalised the Parramatta large object list and determined the large objects from Ultimo that will be on display at the new museum.

MAAS has advised that all large object long term loans are planned to remain as long term loans so there is no provision for the storage of these objects within either option or on display at New Museum.

3.9 Display Storage

There has been a steady and growing international trend within the museum community to involve visitors in a behind the scenes view. This has led to greater use of display storage with along the lines of the Victorian Cabinet of Curiosities or the Wunderkammer.

MAAS have been particularly good at developing this concept within their Discovery Centre. There has been some innovative use of pallet racks with clear sliding panels and the selection of Tashco display shelves. Simple techniques such as the addition of clear drawer inserts invite the public to explore collections at a more intimate level.

The proposed Visible Display Storage at Parramatta is 600m2 with floor to ceiling heights nominated as 4m. This would be suitable for small to medium objects. MAAS has confirmed that this is their intention.

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4. Relocation Analysis, Strategy & Plan

4.1 Introduction

The Relocation Analysis, Strategy and Plan (RASP), led by IAS has required a review of the MAAS Collections and facilities at both Ultimo and Castle Hill. A copy of the IAS RASP is included at Appendix 3. The following is a summary of the IAS Report.

This work stream has been heavily informed by the Collection Management Relocation Plan and in particular the assessment of the state of the collection through the 75 collection dashboards. This RASP takes into consideration the transition drivers particular to the New Museum Project:

· the collection digitisation strategy,· requirements for ongoing public engagement, and· existing storage constraints and programming for the construction of the New Museum.

The RASP scopes the essential logistics for the collection decanting process of Ultimo to a number of locations including the New Museum, an interim Large Object Storage and the existing Castle Hill storage facilities. Included within this process is the inbound relocation/decanting of new acquisitions or objects from Castle Hill to New Museum. The scope of the RASP excludes the analysis of any loan items of inward exhibitions or incoming long term MAAS loan items and is solely focused on the permanent MAAS Collection and existing long term loans on hand.

4.2 Ultimo Facilities and Collection

The MAAS Collections in Ultimo are housed in two locations: The Harwood Building (Harwood) and the Powerhouse Museum on Harris Street, Ultimo.

The Powerhouse Museum has four distinct exhibition display areas — Wran Building, Switch House, Turbine Hall and Boiler House. These display areas include:

· Long term display items — medium to large objects and Very Large Objects (VLO), with a combination of these floor based and suspended.

· Short to medium display items — small to medium objects that are floor based.

· Loans and Inward exhibitions — small, medium and large objects.

The Harwood Building is located adjacent to the Powerhouse Museum with McArthur Street bisecting the site, and the newly opened Goods Line running parallel to the Harwood Building and terminating at the junction of the museum premises. The basement of the Harwood building is the onsite Ultimo collection storage facility and houses the most valuable, fragile, specialised and high significance collections including numismatics, philately, jewellery, ceramics and firearms. The archive collection along with key research collections is also stored in the basement.

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4.2.1 COLLECTION DEFINITIONS

Collection definitions are provided in the Glossary Section of this report.

There are specific relocation procedures for securely packing and moving high value, high significance and specialised collections. Collection analysis currently identifies 407 Category A Objects or Collections, and 1,093 Category B Objects or Collections from 75 Collection Categories. Objects within A and B Category collections as well as State Significant Objects may not all be of intrinsic value but are part of a Significant Collection and must therefore be relocated according to the procedures set out in the relevant Collection Management of High Significance Objects Policy.

4.3 Relocation Procedures for Specialised Collections

Specialised collections are not identified with the MAAS Collection categorisation defined in the Glossary Section of this report. For the purpose of this RASP IAS has defined Specialised Collections as secure or hazardous and includes the following items:

· Firearms· Edged Weapons· Armour· Coins· Banknotes· Scrimshaw and Ivory· Philately· Numismatics· Medicines· Drugs· Chemicals· Jewellery

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These specialised collections will require further protocols, procedures and logistics including legislative requirements, licensing and accreditation, hazardous packaging, secure transport and secure storage. This requires a more specialised Museum best practice procedure.

Given these specific requirements MAAS' specialised collections must be identified and audited to enable the development of complete Risk Assessments and Relocation Plans in accordance with all prevailing regulations and legislation.

4.4 Packing and Crating Requirements

Category A and Category B, High Significance and High Value Objects and Collections, including restricted and sensitive collection items such as sacred/human remains, therapeutic drugs and firearms will require sophisticated museum best practice packing and crating solutions in order to be appropriately secured for the transition to New Museum. Specialised collections will, in some cases, require additional layers of compliant hazardous and/or secure packing and crating for the transition to the potential various destinations of New Museum, Castle Hill and Large Object Store.

The transition process includes staging, decanting, storage, transport and unpacking. The sequencing of any object or collection to packing and crating will largely be prescribed by key transition drivers within Collection Management Relocation Plan (refer to Section 2) including:

· Assessment and Triage — curatorial and conservation assessment and directives

· Documentation — recording, tracking and digitisation

· Object or collection prioritisation

· Exhibition programming

· Access to objects and collections

· Access to staging and storage areas

· Security and control requirements

4.5 Very Large Object Decanting Requirements

MAAS has identified 35 Very Large Objects (VLO) at the Ultimo site requiring individual movement plans with the majority of these objects currently on display at the Powerhouse. The collection status of these items is currently regarded as stable by MAAS but contingencies for possible treatment directives have been covered in the Collection Management Relocation Plan in Section 2 of this report.

The VLO are as diverse as the MAAS Collection itself. They are estimated to weigh as little as 15kg in the Replica Sputnik Satellite suspended front of house in the Space Exhibition Hall (Boiler House), and as much as 26,478 kg, without Tender or Carriages, in Locomotive No.1.

To develop relocation plans for these VLO's, expert advice will be required. MAAS has previously assembled experienced teams of personnel and worked with NSW Rail Recovery teams at the project level and it is recommended that similar resourcing structures are put in place for the New Museum collection decanting process.

The largest Object for relocation is the PB2B-2 Catalina flying boat, "Frigate Bird II". The largest suspended aircraft in. Australia at 8,520kg empty with a 32m wingspan, this will be the last object de-installed, assessed, disassembled, staged, packed and transported. If transition is to New Museum it must also be the first object delivered, staged, unpacked, assessed, inspected, reassembled and installed. The Catalina will require a comprehensive Relocation Plan and dedicated resources. Expertise is essential and it is recommended that an organization such as the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS), who today operate a flying Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina (VH-PBZ aka A24-362), be consulted and engaged on the project.

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Assessment, treatment and digitisation of all MAAS Ultimo objects will be undertaken prior to any decanting process as outlined in Section 2 of this report.

The removal of the large object and VLO display items will require careful sequencing and there may be some double handling as objects are staged to enable other objects to be moved. It is anticipated that the majority of the double handling will occur in the Boiler House and Turbine Hall as objects are shunted within the spaces to enable access for assessment, treatment, digitisation and finally packing prior to decanting to New Museum or the interim Large Object Store. The overall logistics cost estimates have included for this double handling element, however the relocation will be planned to minimise double handling of the collection.

4.6 New Museum

4.6.1 NEW MUSEUM NEW CONTENT AND ACQUISTIONSMAAS has estimated the new content and acquisitions may account for an estimated 20% of the collection on display at New Museum. The RASP has included an allowance with the decanting and logistics cost estimates for the decanting of new acquisitions. It should be noted that this excludes any storage requirements and is based on a single move sequence directly into the New Museum.

4.6.2 NEW MUSEUM ACCESS REQUIREMENTSThere are a number of access factors for the New Museum that require consideration. These range from the building specification requirements for a museum, operational access through to ongoing redevelopment and major infrastructure works in the general vicinity of the site and transport and access corridors which could impact the cost of relocating the collection from Ultimo. IAS has identified a number of the key items within their report provided at Appendix 3.

It is assumed that the functional brief for New Museum has included provision for all the access, loading and floor loading capacity requirements to provide a future proofed museum facility. Issues identified regarding the overall transport corridors, infrastructure works and amenity for the surrounding neighbours will form part of the ongoing discussions between MAAS, City of Parramatta Council and various NSW Government agencies to the planning for the new museum progresses.

4.7 Human Resource Requirements

The availability of existing resources is dependent on the winding down or ceasing of current business-as-usual activities. While MAAS has both the internal skills and experience to manage core aspects of the relocation, MAAS has confirmed that existing staff will not be reallocated to the decanting project and all resources required for the delivery of the project will be acquired as a new resource operating cost to the project.

There will be cross over processes between relocation resources and the dedicated collection assessment, treatment and digitisation staff. A common understanding of the collection protocols and policies will be essential so that all parties can minimise risks to the collection.

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New Acquisitions to New Museum 12 FTE January 2022 to March 2022Table 6: IAS Resource estimates for decanting and logistics

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During the overall program for decanting there will some tasks that occur concurrently where the resource profile will peak. The resource costs for the relocation process are included in Section 5 of this report.

4.8 Decanting and Logistics Strategy and Planning

4.8.1 DECANTING STRATEGYThe decanting strategy has been developed to ensure the safety and security of the collection and at the same time meet MAAS' transition planning objectives of optimising public engagement and allowing ongoing professional access to the collection for as long as possible during the transition process.

Finally, the strategy seeks to minimise or eliminate the requirement for interim storage by integrating with the proposed Master Program. The strategy accepts that in order to achieve this important aspect that some double handling of staged and packed collection may be required.

4.8.2 LOGISTICS PLANNINGThe move of the objects from will need to be methodically planned, timed and executed given the vastnumber of objects and the scale of the large object collection.

This will require the establishment of a dedicated logistics planning team to methodically plan and manage the relocation. These teams will necessarily include MAAS Conservation and Registration personnel along with Project Managers, Supervisors and Contractors. IAS note that the development and creation of location specific, collection specific and object specific movement Plans should commence at the earliest date possible following commissioning of the project.

Harwood collection relocation can be undertaken concurrently with Powerhouse front of house collections, and will integrate normal operational decanting systems familiar to MAAS with augmented processes including modular, custom and scalable packing and crating solutions. All Harwood Collection Relocations will be undertaken during normal business hours requiring only mid-range Pantech Trucks and standard materials handling equipment. The Harwood collection will require 20 people for two years to pack, move, and unpack the objects into their new location. Current Programming anticipates the Harwood Collection to transition to New Museum via the Castle Hill 'I'-Store between early 2021 to late 2022 subject to progress of digitisation and New Museum completion.

The progressive closure of the Powerhouse permanent galleries will enable relatively straight forward decanting of many of the of the display objects. However, there will be some significant demolition work required in dismantling permanent exhibition displays including brick and concrete plinths and the removal of stairs and walkways before some objects can be moved out.

The logistics planning and programming assessment has been informed by the specialised nature of the collection and the unique nature of the Powerhouse building. IAS have identified a number of logistics parameters and approaches that form the basis of this RASP. These parameters and approaches are covered in detail in the IAS report and range from discrete VLO requirements and operational constraints through to demolition requirements and changed access provisions for pedestrian foot traffic during the decanting process. Some key parameters are provided below

· The human foot traffic from Harris Street into China Town will need to be managed once Courtyard demolition and other building environment works providing oversize vehicle access commences and will remain closed until relocation is completed. Constrained access requirements will be in place in the period Q4 2021 to Q1 2022.

· Safe operation of cranes and trucks inside the Powerhouse will be restricted by floor loading limitations and will require some under-pinning of the suspended floors and/or steel plate load spreaders. The

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careful planning of the de-installation process will consider which objects need to be craned so that dis-assembly can occur in advance where necessary. The cranes can be used to lift and shift major objects in the shortest time-frame practical. Once lifting equipment is in place it may not be able to be moved easily or regularly until the task is complete.

· The train at reception level (Locomotive No.1) will need to be removed from the building in a very different manner than it was originally introduced. Since the 1980's Harris Street has become a major traffic thoroughfare, trees have been planted along Harris Street, and the aperture used originally is no longer practical. This will need to occur once the Museum is closed to the public.

· The Catalina will be the last suspended object to come down. It will be the first suspended object re-installed in the new Parramatta Museum if it is selected to go there. However, VLO and other Large Objects will need to relocate to New Museum ahead of the Catalina. Sufficient staging area at New Museum will need to be designated for all other objects intended to be displayed in the same and surrounding areas until after the Catalina is installed.

· After constrained operations at Ultimo commence from January 2020 the Powerhouse Museum itself can be partially and progressively closed and used for the staging and /or decant of collection. Significant building works will need to be undertaken in dismantling exhibition displays, brick and concrete plinths, removal of stairs and walkways before some objects can be staged and/or decanted.

4.8.3 DECANT SEQUENCINGIAS have developed a twenty-eight step decant sequence detailing the Harwood collection relocation being undertaken concurrently with Powerhouse Museum transition logistics. The strategy for the decanting sequence is to provide sufficient staging areas for packing and crating while maintaining public access to some permanent displays for as long as possible.The optimised sequencing of activities at Ultimo along with plans of the sequencing have been included within the IAS report at Appendix 3:

4.8.4 TRUCK MOVEMENTSThis RASP estimates the relocation of Harwood Collection will utilise 2 Pantech trucks, provided by the contractor, operating up to 300 individual trips from Ultimo to fully decant the Harwood Collection during normal daytime operating hours.

The Powerhouse Museum will require up to 20 Pantech truck trips for the decanting of small to medium objects. It is also estimated 45-60 Heavy Vehicle trips, including large trailer movements will be required to decant the medium, large and very large objects, some of which will require power, police escorts and traffic management. It is estimated that up to 24 trips may need to be conducted at night due to the oversize nature of some of the VLO's.

All truck movements originating from Ultimo will exit to Harris Street before travelling to their destination. It is also noted that the heavy vehicle trips will necessitate partial or complete closures of Harris Street and possibly adjacent streets to facilitate reversing into position at Ultimo. Other heavy vehicles arriving and departing the Ultimo site will include large cranes and equipment supplies.

Decanting will commence in January 2021 and be completed in August 2022.

4.8.5 ULTIMO DECANTING EGRESSAll objects from the Boiler House, Engine Hall and Turbine Hall including the large suspended objects will be moved through the large roller door into the Grace Bros Courtyard. Once objects and exhibition furniture is removed it may be possible to reverse trucks into this space for loading given the floor loading of 10 Kpa in the Turbine Hall.

Objects stored in Harwood will be removed via the Harwood loading dock.

The Locomotive No.1 and the Boulton & Watt engine in the Wran building will be removed through the doors on the same level into the courtyard between the Museum and the Volunteer centre, for loading andtransport out onto Harris Street.

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