Section: Building Fund

Material Things

Sam from Podmatrix with Noel from Ten Lives in front of materials for our new buildings, discussing the current building industry materials shortage

This major infrastructure upgrade to our facility will allow us to continue to address the cat management problem in Southern Tasmania. It will enable improvements in statewide community education, including promoting responsible cat ownership and addressing the feral cat problem.

The major risk to the project has been the shortage of building materials which is affecting the building industry Australia wide. This has limited the supply of windows, steel, and timber.

Our contracted building company, Podmatrix, has advised that they have secured windows and construction materials through their regular suppliers such as Clennett’s Timber and Wideview Windows. They have had long standing commercial relationships and are receiving some priority in having their orders fulfilled.

Podmatrix construct the buildings as pods at their Cambridge factory then the pods are transported to our site, craned into position and joined to existing structures.

While material supply has impacted the commencement of building the pods, we are confident that we will meet the target of completion in 2022. We are looking forward to the completion of the project and the significant benefits it will bring to effective cat management in Tasmania.

First to be put in place will be six pods that form the four buildings along the Selfs Point Road fence line. This includes a new Sick Bay, Ringworm/Isolation, and two additional rooms. We can then relocate the staff and animals from the three demountable buildings so they can be removed. This will make way for the building of the Shop, Cat Education Area, and Cat Play Area.

We have nearly reached our fundraising goal to completely fund Stage 1 of the project. We hope you are as excited as we are at what the future holds!

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