Material Matters: The ghost buildings on the earthquake-prone building register

Material Matters: The ghost buildings on the earthquake-prone building register
Two properties have stayed on the earthquake-prone building register despite having been demolished and rebuilt. (Image: NZME)
Zack Newman
Our Material Matters series is taking a look at earthquake-strengthening costs and implications in a series of articlesThe Government this year extended the deadline for remediation of earthquake-prone buildings because, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk told BusinessDesk, of the number of structures with deadlines coming up.Once a building is listed as earthquake-prone its owners have between 7.5 and 35 years to strengthen, redevelop or demolish it.“It’s a little bit like the game of pass the parcel. The music’s s...

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