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Building 34 (formerly the Kurrajong Pavilion)

The Fox Studios website lists this building as a "Craftshop...completed in January 2007...equiped[sic] with three large work spaces providing over 35,000sqft of workshop and office space." The NECS Environmental Review (2005) notes that this building was being used for "Steel works, fibre glassing, plaster work and painting"(p.6) This report also noted that a "...chemical storage area was present" containing resins, and that "gas cylinders associated with steel works were also stored outside the building". Tellingly, the NECS Environmental Review also noted that on the day of inspection:

"Odours associated with the fibre glassing process were detected in this area and at a distance of approximately 20m outside the building" (p. 6)

It should be noted that this appears to be the only independent site inspection that has been made in any way public, and that this assessment occurred prior to the current building 34 being built on the site of the old Kurrajong Pavilion.

Building 34 as seen from Paddington Lane (near Sydney Football Stadium)

Building 34 as seen from Paddington Lane (near Sydney Football Stadium)

Building 34 as seen from Moore Park Road

Interior of Building 34

The chemicals, materials and processes undertaken on site between 2000 and 2008. This list was provided to the NSW Department of Planning by the management of Fox Studios Australia:

NOTE: Because precise inventories cannot be obtained all of the chemicals, materials and processes that are routinely used in film production have been provided here.

Click on the name to see the properties and effects (courtesy of the UN's International Labor Organisation)

Acrylic Paints
AD-1147
AF-4 anti foam
Alcoat
Aluminium Powder
Dyes (Pigments)
Easycoat(urethane)
Elastocil M4470 silicon rubber
EraleaseWE1
Erapol ETX 76D (foam)
Ethacure300L C Curative
F25 Part A&B polyurethane
F60 Part A&B polyurethane
F80 Part A&B polyurethane (Diphenylmethane-4.4'-diisocyanate , Butyl Benzyl Phthalate )
Fibreglass (contains Styrene, )
Medium density particleboard (contains wood dust and formaldehyde)
J-wax (contains Trisodium nitrilotriacetate, quarternary ammonium compounds)
Metal Powders
Methylated spirits
Mineral turpentine
Polymer daystar dyes
PR-1167 (contains xylene)
Primer etch
Procast Part A & B (AKA Supercast)
Shellite - AKA shellac (contains naphtha)
Silastic Thixo Additive + curing agents
Solvent Paints (Two Pack)
TC8764 Part A&B polyurethane
WC788 Part A&B polyurethane

Chemicals indicated as being used on site in the NECS review(2005):

Perchloric Acide - Hydronium Perchlorate (used as degreaser)

Please note that there is no monitoring in place for the abovenamed substances.

The two substances that are monitored by the NSW EPA are not actually included in the listing of materials provided by Fox Studios Australia. These are:

Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide
Dylon Pre-Dye Mix (contains Sodium Hydrosulphide)

Floor Plan: There is currently no floor plan available for this building from the FSA website.

 

 

 

Building 34 History

Building 34 was built on the site of another building containing significant amounts of friable asbestos.

Note the absence of dust and particle containment measures.

Hear the 2GB talkback interview with Chris Smith on the demolition of buildings on the Fox Studios Australia site (11th March 2006)

See the timeline for more details on this issue.

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