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December 2010 Features:

Cover Story

After The Quake

News

Other Stories - Web Exclusive

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In this issue : December 2010

Auckland’s Biggest ‘Roof Garden’ Takes Shape

COVER STORY:

The Pride opens for business
Lion Nathan’s new $250 million manufacturing and warehousing facility in East Tamaki, Auckland, was officially opened on 14 October by the Prime Minister, John Key, at an event attended by Lion Nathan board, management and employees and around 100 guests. The facility replaces the Lion Brewery on Khyber Pass in Newmarket, and incorporates their contract bottling company in Springs Road, East Tamaki.
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Beca Engineer

AFTER THE QUAKE:

Canterbury’s finest hour

Even after 40 years in seismic engineering, it feels very strange to stand in the normally bustling centre of your home town and see cordoned-off streets in every direction, deserted because of a major earthquake.

Beca seismic engineer Jitendra Bothara, originally from Nepal, assesses earthquake damage in
the Memorial Hall at Lincoln University. Read article »

Timber Tanks Timbertanks manufacturer reviews standards

The impact of the Canterbury earthquake on tanks used in fire systems, town supply and industrial installations has been significant.

The earthquake was very localised and characterised by the underlying deep alluvial shale layer which created an unusual action of a strong pressure wave followed by a long period of low-frequency secondary shear waves that caused most of the damage in water tanks.

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NEWS:

City Mission seeks materials for medical centre

Auckland City Mission has a very special Christmas wish this year – help from the city’s businesses to build its brand new healthcare clinic.

The new medical facility will service low-income people in the inner city and Aucklanders who have been marginalised through poverty, ill health, addiction and trauma.

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NZTA completes Warkworth improvements

OTHER STORIES - WEB EXCLUSIVE:

NZTA completes first stage of Warkworth improvements

A blessing at first light led by local iwi marked the formal completion of the first stage of the NZ Transport Agency’s improvements to State Highway 1 in Warkworth in early October. The upgrade at the intersections of Woodcocks and Whitaker Roads will provide safer access for Warkworth residents across their community, and improve highway travel between Auckland and Northland and to the eastern beaches.
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Commerce Commission warns Carter Holt Harvey for failures to properly mark timber

Four years after being fined $900,000 for falsely labelling timber, Carter Holt Harvey has been warned by the Commerce Commission for failing to properly mark timber supplied to a customer.

The commission commenced an investigation into Carter Holt Harvey last year after receiving information that the company was selling timber as MSG8 grade Laserframe structural timber when it was not marked in accordance with the requirements of the NZS 3622:2004 standard or its own marketing materials. The standard requires that structural timber must be marked at 1500mm intervals with a coloured paint that signifies the grade of the timber.

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