Mansons director 'in shock' at worker's death at construction site
Police were notified of the incident shortly after 1pm today.
Police were notified of the incident shortly after 1pm today.
Creditor list names a number of state entities and national businesses.
Rāhui signs at the site have allegedly been replaced with start-work notices.
Mediation and adjudication have almost become a necessity, says a building boss.
"Everything the company is doing is in accordance with its resource consent" - developer.
"There's a lot of pressure to modify floodplains and create housing" - Auckland Council.
Land availability and prices, rising construction costs, poor infrastructure are barriers
"My expectation is people will come from offshore and go, wow, you guys nailed it."
"You can't do much without concrete" - Julien Leys, Building Industry Federation.
Apart from the $35m loss, West Village owes unsecured non-preferential creditors $17m.
Around 750 workers will be back on the tools today.
Tradies back on the tools after five-weeks of downtime that won't be recovered.
The building was assessed against guidelines issued after the Kaikōura earthquake.
'Quite a big loss of building materials and equipment due to theft' - Julien Leys.
Site on the town's northern limits is now open pastureland
Tāmaki Makaurau's building sector has been particularly strong in the past six months.
Proposed policy has met opposition from Kiwi and Auranga's Charles Ma.
"There's no guarantee you'll get a bed if you need it" - Jon Duffy, Consumer NZ.
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Either sink power cables into the ground or build a new power pole: solutions offered.
"A lot of developers are uninterested in the social component of their business."
"Incredible increase will directly impact cost of housing," building industry CEO says.
Experts see it as a good move for the airport to diversify.
Auckland manufacturers supply 90 per cent of building products needed in the regions.
Auckland factories will restart under level 4 with conditions set by MBIE.
Change follows an outcry from sector nationally and worry about access to products.
The country's highest court granted leave to the liquidators and also for a cross-appeal.
The situation is exacerbated by the pandemic choking the supply chain.
If the Government doesn't act 'I think some of them will just open anyway'.
Buyers say homes they hoped would be finished by now have not been.