Wellington City Council and Earthquake strengthening
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Restoring Wellington’s vital organ
- Wellington City Council
- The year was 1906. The most intricate technologies of the time were pipe organs, steam engines, and clocks. Yet, 15 years before we had radio in New Zealand, Wellington had music from the Town Hall organ.
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Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Town Hall project cost increase approved
- Wellington City Council
- Mayor Tory Whanau and Wellington City Councillors have today agreed to increase the Town Hall strengthening and development budget by between $70 million and $147 million.
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Town Hall redevelopment project - costs projected to increase further
- Wellington City Council
- The cost to Wellington City Council for the strengthening and redevelopment of the Town Hall – one of the most complex construction projects in Aotearoa – is projected to increase by between $70 million and $147 million from its current completion cost of $182.4 million.
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Fit for the future: Sheet piling at the Town Hall
- Wellington City Council
- Earthquake strengthening is a must-have for buildings in Wellington, a city that sits directly on a fault line. Wellington’s newest builds, such as Tākina, Wellington convention and exhibition centre, are built with earthquake durability in the forefront of their design. But how do we approach earthquake strengthening on historic and heritage buildings so that they are fit for future use?
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Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Michael Fowler Centre and Opera House to be issued with Earthquake-Prone Building notices
- Wellington City Council
- Michael Fowler Centre and The Opera House will receive Earthquake-Prone Building (EPB) notices today.
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Michael Fowler Centre, 111, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Behind the hoarding: Town Hall site visit
- Wellington City Council
- There’s a lot to love about the Wellington Town Hall. It’s reputed to have one of the best acoustic chambers in the world, it’s lovely to look at, and it has a history full of memorable stories, including the time the ceiling, dead pigeons and their nests collapsed onto an international act during their concert.
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Bond Store to be issued with Earthquake-Prone Building notice
- Wellington City Council
- The Bond Store building, home to Wellington Museum, will receive an Earthquake-Prone Building (EPB) notice next month.
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Wellington Museum, Jervois Quay, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Behind the scenes of Wellington Town Hall's redevelopment
- Wellington City Council
- The Te Whare Whakarauiki Wellington Town Hall redevelopment made great strides in 2022 with the removal of the crane, a prominent feature of the city’s skyline since 2020. Read on to find out about the next stages of the project in 2023.
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Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Town Hall project costs increase
- Wellington City Council
- The projected budget for the earthquake strengthening of Wellington’s Town Hall – one of the most complex construction projects in Aotearoa - has increased from $145.3 million to $182.4 million.
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Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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St James Theatre to reopen by late June 2022
- Wellington City Council
- After three years of significant strengthening and refurbishment works the St James Theatre is planned to reopen by the end of June.
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St James Theatre, 77, Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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High Court win on EQP buildings
- Wellington City Council
- The High Court has upheld Wellington City Council’s appeals regarding two heritage buildings with expired earthquake-prone buildings notices at 43 Ghuznee St (Toomath’s Building) and 114 Adelaide Rd (former Tramway Hotel).
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Adelaide Hotel (former), Drummond Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Earthquake-prone buildings, explained
- Wellington City Council
- We’ve all heard the term ‘earthquake-prone buildings’, but what exactly does it mean? What are your responsibilities as a building owner? And how can Wellington City Council help?To answer these questions and more, we sat down with Hayley Moselen, who manages the Resilient Buildings Team, responsible for the earthquake-prone building programme for Wellington city.
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How we can support building owners
- Wellington City Council
- We’ve all heard the term ‘earthquake-prone buildings’, but what exactly does it mean? What are your responsibilities as a building owner? And how can Wellington City Council help?To answer these questions and more, we sat down with Hayley Moselen, who manages the Resilient Buildings Team, responsible for the earthquake-prone building programme for Wellington city.
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Meet our Resilient Buildings Team
- Wellington City Council
- We’ve all heard the term ‘earthquake-prone buildings’, but what exactly does it mean? What are your responsibilities as a building owner? And how can Wellington City Council help?To answer these questions and more, we sat down with Hayley Moselen, who manages the Resilient Buildings Team, responsible for the earthquake-prone building programme for Wellington city.
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Central Library gets strengthening vote
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington’s Mayor and City Councillors today voted to strengthen Wellington’s Central Library, based on revised preliminary design, timeframes and cost information.
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Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Strengthening history at the seams
- Wellington City Council
- The future of a 122-year-old building in the heart of Newtown is looking rosier thanks to a helping hand from Wellington City Council.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Earthquake-prone and heritage building funds open
- Wellington City Council
- Two funds to help owners of earthquake-prone and heritage buildings in Wellington have opened for applications today (31 October).
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Traffic signals to be installed at Seatoun Tunnel
- Wellington City Council
- Work starts this Monday 6 May to install traffic signals outside both entrances to the Seatoun Tunnel in preparation for the upcoming earthquake strengthening.
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