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original (1964) anodised aluminium louvred ceiling has been retained above the Ground floor entrance lobby, banking chamber and museum entrance.

There are no ceilings located in the basement loading and parking areas, some service and plant rooms spaces.

4.3.3            Lifts and vertical circulation
The original service and lift core are retained throughout the building with two additional lifts installed in c2001 to service levels 16 to 20.  The six original passenger lift cars were replaced in 2014.  Display panels and call buttons were replaced at the same time as part of the security and access to premises requirements.

The building includes a separate good lift and lifts servicing basement areas.  The building does not currently contain lifts that service every floor of the building.

4.3.4            Services
Services within the RBA Head Office building have been substantially altered or replaced since 1964.  Many services installed as part of the original construction phase were replaced at the end of their operation life.  Services are fed through centrally located risers near the lift core or forming part of the south service addition, and distributed through ductwork in concealed in ceiling spaces above offices.  Services in workshop, plant and loading areas are exposed and surface mounted.

Additions to the south side of the building, completed in the late 1970s facilitated the relocation of some plant areas and risers within the building from the external core.  This resulted in the adaptation and partial replacement of air-conditioning, fire services and lighting services throughout the building.  The fire stairs generally remain in their original location.  The loading bay and secure parking arrangement were altered in the late 1970s, and further modified in c2005 to address security requirements.

4.3.5            Basement Levels (Basement 1, Basement 2 and Basement 3)
There are three levels of basement below Macquarie Street level, which contain vehicular access areas, the main switchboard, strongrooms and cash handling areas.  The original 1964 configuration of the basement included extensive areas dedicated to mechanical plant equipment that have been progressively relocated or replaced to suit changing servicing equipment requirements.

Figure 26 - Typical basement finishes.  Figure 27 – Typical painted rendered finishes at Basement Levels 1 and 2.

Basement areas were extended and modified as part of the 1970s construction phase.   The original strongrooms have been retained, although underutilised storage, workshop and plan areas have been adapted as computer areas and staff facilities.  The Records & Archives Repository is located in Basement 3.

Spaces throughout Basement Levels 1, 2 and 3 were formed by painted rendered walls subdivided with stud wall and office partitions.  Sections of original timber parquet floor finishes have been retained and are, in part, concealed by an accessible computer floor.  Vinyl floor tiles and