Nick McNaught, of Brazier Scaffolding, working on the scaffold around The Government Life building on the corner of Dee St and Esk St.Scaffolding has been put up on the corner of the Government Life building in Invercargill to protect pedestrians from falling debris. HWCP Ltd managing director Scott O'Donnell said the scaffolding would be placed around the veranda as a safety precaution. Safety concerns around the Government Life Building were raised during a resource consent hearing in March. Batchelar McDougall Consulting structural engineer Graham McDougall, at the time, said the building had a new building standard of 10 to 20 per cent. The perfect building standard was 100 per cent.

Source: Stuff July 04, 2019 03:56 UTC