Building ProgressPhoto Galleries | Updated 4 years ago The area facing James Street is levelled ready for major construction WA Museum/Multiplex The ground is levelled WA Museum/Multiplex The auger comes to site ready for soil investigationsWA Museum/Multiplex The auger drill conducting soil investigations to determine water table and soil quality WA Museum/Multiplex Premier Mark McGowan and Culture and Arts Minister David Templeman turn the first sodWA Museum/Multiplex Alec Coles, CEO WA Museum, Chris Palandri, Regional Managing Director Multiplex, Premier McGowan, Minister Templeman at the Turning of the Sod eventWA Museum/Multiplex The glass foyer is removed. WA Museum/Multiplex The glass foyer is removed from between the Hackett Hall (left) and Jubilee (right) buildingsWA Museum/Multiplex The site is prepared. Soil investigations under way and concrete footings are in placeWA Museum/Multiplex Concrete pilings provide the strong foundations for the New Museum. WA Museum/Multiplex The foundations being laidWA Museum/Multiplex The cab of the crane is lifted into placeWA Museum/Multiplex The crane is on site. This crane has the longest jib in Australia at 105 m in lenghtWA Museum/Multiplex Workers lay the reinforced steel and concrete that will form the ground levelWA Museum/Multiplex The concrete walls start to take shapeWA Museum/Multiplex The lift core for the foyer. This will be one of the lifts that takes visitors up the Museum. WA Museum/Multiplex The southern lift core attached to Hackett Hall. WA Museum/Multiplex Concrete is poured on the level one gallery - the Temporary Exhibition spaceWA Museum/Multiplex A fishbowl look at the upper level gallery slabWA Museum/Multiplex Aerial view of the site looking back towards the State Library WA Museum/Multiplex Workers pour concrete for the slabWA Museum/Multiplex Workers screed the concrete for the ground level slabWA Museum/Multiplex An aerial image of the site WA Museum/Multiplex The crane sits in the middle of the siteWA Museum/Multiplex The New Museum will have spectacular city viewsWA Museum/Multiplex The New Museum is coming up out of the ground! WA Museum/Multiplex Aerial view of the site. WA Museum/Multiplex Steel trusses span between the two lift coresWA Museum/Multiplex Aerial view of the steel structures of the contemporary buildingWA Museum/Multiplex The steel truss is carefully lifted over the Museum's heritage listed buildingWA Museum/Multiplex A section of steel truss hovers above the New Museum WA Museum/Multiplex The last steel truss of the cantilever gallery is lowered into placeWA Museum/Multiplex The steel frame of the upper galleries of the New Museum Sarah Kelso Installation of the upper level floorsSarah Kelso The site of the new museum at sunsetSarah Kelso A cloudy day at the site of the new museum Sarah Kelso Aerial view of the New Museum from James StreetWA Museum/ Multiplex View of the New Museum from the State Library WA Museum/ Multiplex Aerial view of the roof of the New Museum WA Museum/ Multiplex The view from the Perth Cultural Centre amphitheaterWA Museum/ Multiplex Jubilee Building and new build to Hacket HallWA Museum/ Multiplex View from the corner of Beaufort and Francis StreetWA Museum/ Multiplex The view from Francis Street outside Central TAFEWA Museum/ Multiplex The building at night.WA Museum/ Multiplex The 'City Room' will be used as a space for public eventsWA Museum/ Multiplex What will be the entrance to the New Museum.WA Museum/ Multiplex Installing the glass wallsWA Museum/ Multiplex The exterior cladding is almost completeWA Museum/ Multiplex The top of the lift shaft provides a unique mirrored featureWA Museum/ Multiplex The mirrors reflect the city skylineWA Museum/ Multiplex The interior of the old Diamonds to Dinosaurs galleryWA Museum/ Multiplex Inside one of the galleriesWA Museum/ Multiplex Interior of an exhibition spaceWA Museum/ Multiplex Staff work on the ceiling of one of the galleriesWA Museum/ Multiplex The stairs between levels 3 and 4WA Museum/ Multiplex Top floor of the MuseumWA Museum/ Multiplex Completed building from Francis StreetWA Museum/ Multiplex Completed building at nightWA Museum/ Multiplex Completed building from James Street AmpitheatreWA Museum/ Multiplex