Christchurch engineer's building design 'incompetent'

Christchurch engineer's building design 'incompetent'
The building designed by Joo Cho is on High St in central Christchurch. (Image: Oliver Lewis)
Oliver Lewis
A Christchurch engineer has been censured by his professional body as “incompetent” after a graduate engineer noticed design issues in a building from the street.Engineering New Zealand released a decision on Friday saying a disciplinary committee had removed Joo Cho, director of Seismotech Consulting, from the register of chartered professional engineers. He is ineligible to reapply for two years.Cho designed a multi-storey office block at 230 High St in central Christchurch in 2015.In late 2017, a graduate engineer noticed issues...

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