3 Feb 2020

Questions raised over strength of skyscraper's basement

From Morning Report, 7:49 am on 3 February 2020

Fresh doubt has been cast on the strength and durability of the huge concrete basement at Auckland's highest skyscraper project.

An independent review also questions if the concrete walls around the 18-metre deep hole just off Queen Street, are up to the Building Code.

But the builder has protested about how the review was done.

Phil Pennington is looking into this.