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| May 2011
Alexander & Co Open South Island Office
Alexander & Co has opened a South Island office in Christchurch to provide the full range of their services to the South Island. Graeme Calvert joins the team as South Island Manager and is one of the South Island's leading weathertightness experts. Steve Alexander says "its great that we can now respond to requests for our services in this part of the country". Alexander & Co plan to increase the number of building surveyors in the South Island to match the demand. In the short term Graeme will work closely with the Auckland office to co-ordinate the resources as they are required.
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| January 2011
$1.5b leaky-schools nightmare keeps Tolley awake
The cost of fixing the growing leaky-school problem has risen to around $1.5 billion - but Education Minister Anne Tolley admits she has no idea where all the money will come from.
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| November 2010
New Zealand: Leaky Building Exclusion: Court of Appeal Gets It Right - Source NZ Insurance
Liability insurers, especially those involved in leaky building
claims, can breathe a sigh of relief at the Court of Appeal's
decision in Lumley General Insurance v Body Corporate 205963
and Leuschke Group Architects Limited (In Liquidation).
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| 5 June 2010
Sky-high repairs take shine off luxury tower
$30 million lawsuit filed against council and builders to fix leaky building fiasco. The Nautilus, Orewa's contentious tower could cost $20 million and take two years to fix.
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| 1 June 2010
System hailed as boon to detect leaky buildings
Dr Stevan Berber, a senior lecturer in the department of electrical and computer engineering, said a seven-year project had resulted in the invention of a computerised system to measure wall moisture content.
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1 June 2010
City backs no-blame package to solve leaky homes woes
Relief could be on the way for victims of leaky homes in Tauranga who face impossible financial obstacles in trying to get their houses fixed.
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31 May 2010
Eight councils sign up to leaky home package
Eight of the "most affected" local government authorities have signed up to the Government's proposed financial assistance package for leaky home owners.
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23 May 2010
Govt puts up $104M for leaky school repairs
All school buildings put up since 1996 will be checked for leaks, and the Government will spend $82 million to fix the worst problems in the year ahead.
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19 May 2010
Tips to cope when the roof comes down
Leaky-building victim writes book about her own situation to help others. An apartment owner in one of the country's worst-affected rotting blocks wants to help thousands of others through the leaky building nightmare.
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