Leighs Construction opts out of Scott Base rebuild, focuses on NZ social infrastructure

Leighs Construction opts out of Scott Base rebuild, focuses on NZ social infrastructure
The mass timber office building from Portus and Leighs Construction in High Street, Christchurch. (Image: Leighs)
Oliver Lewis
The preferred contractor for the original Scott Base redevelopment project didn’t participate in a tender for the revised design and is instead focusing on social infrastructure builds in New Zealand.Leighs Construction has a long history in Antarctica, dating back to the early 2000s when it was engaged to build the Hillary Field Centre.As its chair, Anthony Leighs, told BusinessDesk in an interview: “Up until this point, we are the first and only builder to build for the New Zealand Government in Antarctica. “P...

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