They were designed to reflect the bushland setting in which they sit but just nine months after completion, panels at the new Rocky Hill Memorial Museum are being replaced.
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Van Mal Group Construction, which won the tender to build the new storey museum addition, has started work to place temporary galvanised iron panels on the eastern and southern aspects.
A council spokesman said these would remain over Christmas until the bronze panels could be reinstated in early 2021.
"Council was not satisfied with the finish of some of the bronze panels, therefore have asked this to be rectified," he said.
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The Goulburn Post understands that several panels distorted and bubbled due to natural heating and cooling.
Van Mal Group was appointed to build the $2.7 million project in 2018. Its winning $2,149,240 tender came after prolonged council negotiations with that company and another tenderer to reduce their price to fit the allocated budget.
Crone Architects, which designed the building, chose the reflective panels to mirror the Rocky Hill bushland and natural surrounds.
But some of the structures have distorted in environmental conditions, prompting contractors to put temporary measures in place.
The spokesman said this would not come at extra cost to the council.
Although "looking a little different" in the coming months, the museum will stay open to the public.
In related news, volunteers have been busy at the facility repainting wheels and other worn areas on the World War One Howitzer cannons on display. This was to protect the guns against weather extremes, a report to Tuesday night's council meeting.
Volunteer Ken Kenchington also finished painting the 3rd Werriwa Regiment badge.
"The recruitment area for this World War One citizen force was the Southern Highlands and Southern Tablelands and the badge was originally positioned over the entrance to the drill hall in Canberra, which was built in 1937," the report stated.
"Ken researched the colours and has endeavoured to get as close as possible to the original."
The facility has also received several donations this year including a 96-volume book set titled History of the Second World War in November.
The council's museums coordinator Kerry Ross also reported that friends and colleagues of the late Vietnam War veteran Wally Buckland had presented his medals and awards earlier in the year. Volunteer Carol Olsen recently catalogued the donation.
Meantime, the council has submitted a grant application to the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund a website for the Rocky Hill War Memorial and museum.
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