Construction company ordered to pay Education Ministry $13.4 millionSUPPLIED Hawkins Construction North Island Ltd (now H Construction North Island Ltd) built Botany Downs Secondary College in stages between 2003 and 2009. Hawkins Construction has been found liable for more than $13.4 million over the botched construction of an Auckland secondary school. A High Court judgment released on Tuesday found H Construction North Island Ltd (formerly Hawkins Construction North Island Ltd) liable for negligence in relation to the construction of Botany Downs Secondary College in east Auckland. The High Court awarded costs in relation to five defects in the school's construction: poorly formed metal roofs, poorly formed internal gutters, poorly formed junctions between walls and eaves in the gymnasium, inadequate ground clearance and "cold joints", and inadequately fixed fibre cement sheets. H Construction North Island Ltd has been contacted for comment.

Source: Stuff May 01, 2018 03:25 UTC