Date: |
29 Jan 2026, 4.15PM – 5.30PM |
duration: |
1 hr 15 mins |
Venue: |
Acme Engineering |
Address: |
11-29 Hutt Road Lower Hutt |
Cost: |
Free event |
Acme Engineering have made a number of sculptures recently and in the next few weeks or months, the sculpture on view during this plant visit will be installed not far from the existing sculpture pictured above.
After viewing the sculpture, guests will have the opportunity of a guided tour through the Acme Engineering workshops followed by Q&A and refreshments in the workshop canteen.
The trial assembly of the sculpture will occur early next week and the sculpture will only remain assembled for a very short time before being disassembled for painting – hence the short notice for this site visit.
PPE Required: Closed toe footwear.
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS:
For ease of parking participants may park in the Acme Engineering yard at the Northern end of their site (just before the motorway overbridge and Kmart carpark if heading North on Hutt Rd).
The tour will start from the workshop yard where the sculpture will be erected outside the building.
COMPANY DETAILS:
Acme Engineering Limited was established in Wellington in 1935 as a small blacksmithing and welding company and they are now one of the most versatile general engineering companies in NZ with capabilities including heavy steel fabrication, section rolling, machining & fitting.
Acme provides engineering solutions for clients throughout the country and across a range of industries such as hydro, geothermal and wind energy, oil/gas exploration and processing, telecommunications, heavy industrial, civil engineering and infrastructure.
Presented by Engineering New Zealand, the Mechanical Engineering Group and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
In conjunction with the Wellington Branch, the Mechanical Engineering Group and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers invites you to view the trial assembly of a new 15m tall sculpture which will soon be installed at a private sculpture park near Wellington.
Acme Engineering have made a number of sculptures recently and in the next few weeks or months, the sculpture on view during this plant visit will be installed not far from the existing sculpture pictured above.
After viewing the sculpture, guests will have the opportunity of a guided tour through the Acme Engineering workshops followed by Q&A and refreshments in the workshop canteen.
The trial assembly of the sculpture will occur early next week and the sculpture will only remain assembled for a very short time before being disassembled for painting – hence the short notice for this site visit.
PPE Required: Closed toe footwear.
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS:
For ease of parking participants may park in the Acme Engineering yard at the Northern end of their site (just before the motorway overbridge and Kmart carpark if heading North on Hutt Rd).
The tour will start from the workshop yard where the sculpture will be erected outside the building.
COMPANY DETAILS:
Acme Engineering Limited was established in Wellington in 1935 as a small blacksmithing and welding company and they are now one of the most versatile general engineering companies in NZ with capabilities including heavy steel fabrication, section rolling, machining & fitting.
Acme provides engineering solutions for clients throughout the country and across a range of industries such as hydro, geothermal and wind energy, oil/gas exploration and processing, telecommunications, heavy industrial, civil engineering and infrastructure.
Presented by Engineering New Zealand, the Mechanical Engineering Group and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Presenters
Wellington Branch
Mechanical Engineering Group
