New Christchurch office building has serious flaws - engineers
(WorldNews New Zealand)

A new office building in central Christchurch`s main shopping precinct has many serious flaws in its earthquake design according to three leading engineering companies - including one in a government-commissioned report. Construction of the seven-storey building at 230 High Street carried on even after the city council was first warned in December 2017 by engineering firm Aurecon of its concerns about `the adequacy of the design of the primary structural framing`, according to a report leaked to RNZ. All the warnings have so far been behind closed doors. The leaked report - from engineering firm Beca to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment - said the narrow, glass-fronted...