By Paul McBethWillis Bond & Co's PwC Centre project on Wellington's waterfront came through this week's 7.8 magnitude earthquake unscathed with no obvious damage or liquefaction on the site. The proposed four-level building, owned by the city council's Wellington Waterfront unit, is in the early stages of construction with one crane erected while the foundations are worked on. The PwC Centre project is scheduled to be completed in 2018, incorporating a base isolator structure and built to 180 percent of the current building standard. PwC is to be the anchor tenant with naming rights, with rural insurer FMG and Cooperative Bank also committed to renting space. The government yesterday said it will investigate the performance of Wellington buildings, with Statistics House in Harbour Quays singled out for particular scrutiny.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 18, 2016 00:18 UTC