Plans to renovate rather than relocate Nelson City Council’s Civic House have been progressed by council. Nelson’s main council offices look set to be refurbished, at a cost of $16.5 million, after council voted for a plan to renovate, rather than move them elsewhere. Nelson City councillors voted 8-4 to develop a business case to renovate Civic House, in a public excluded section of a council meeting last week, council revealed on Tuesday. Braden Fastier/Stuff Nelson City Council has voted to develop a business case to renovate its council offices, rather than move them to an area next to the Maitai River (pictured). "According to the New Zealand Green Building Council, 50 per cent of the emissions of a building are in the construction.

Source: Stuff August 18, 2020 00:00 UTC