NZ Urban Development news from the media | 29 April | Fletcher Building resuming SkyCity convention centre, Commercial Bay work in stages under level3

Fletcher Building resuming SkyCity convention centre, Commercial Bay work in stages under level 3

Fletcher Building's construction division will resume work on the SkyCity convention centre and Commercial Bay precinct in stages, due to increased safety measures, under alert level 3.

A Fletcher Construction spokeswoman said it had begun safety preparations for projects including the $700 million Commercial Bay development and the New Zealand International Convention Centre, owned by SkyCity.

"We've been working with other senior leaders on new industry-wide health and safety protocols, which includes new hygiene and sanitisation measures, physical distancing and contact tracing," the spokeswoman said.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/121204025/coronavirus-fletcher-building-resuming-skycity-convention-centre-commercial-bay-work-in-stages-under-level-3

Over a thousand workers getting infrastructure back on track today

Over a thousand road and rail workers are back to work today to help kick-start the post-lockdown economy and get New Zealand moving, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Minister of Transport Phil Twyford announced on 28th April.

KiwiRail will have works start back up on almost all of their projects today, including the Kaikōura rebuild and Wellington metro upgrades. New Zealand’s largest infrastructure project City Rail Link starts back up today as well.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has approved the start up plans and works will restart this week on 25 of the 44 state highway projects in the construction phase around the country, including Transmission Gully and Pūhoi to Warkworth. All state highway and rail projects are expected to have works restart next Monday.

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-backs-business-through-covid-19

Auckland monthly housing update, April 2020

A summary of statistics for housing in Auckland including:

• the number of dwellings consented
• the types of dwellings
• code compliance certificates issued
• etc.

April highlights:

• 1232 dwellings were consented in February 2020.
• In the year ending February 2020, 14,854 dwellings were consented in the region.
• 50 per cent of new dwellings consented in February 2020 were houses, 7 per cent were apartments and 43 per cent were townhouses, flats, units, retirement village units, or other types of attached dwellings.

https://www.knowledgeauckland.org.nz/publications/auckland-monthly-housing-update-april-2020/