Local Tradie News

Peter Diver, from Christchurch, and others respectfully petition the House of Representatives to introduce legislation that protects Sub-contractors and Trades when the Head Contractor becomes insolvent. This protection should include requirements that retentions and progress payments made by the Principal are held by a neutral third party and that Sub-contractors are to be paid retentions, unprocessed progress claims and any other monies due when a Principal Contracting Company goes into receivership or liquidation.

Residential Red Zone property owners continued to accept Crown offers right up until the last hours of their March 31 deadline. In total 178 property owners chose not to either receive or accept the voluntary offer they were entitled to as at 5pm Tuesday, which was a reduction of almost 100 from last Thursday.

Gap Filler aims to temporarily activate vacant sites within Christchurch with creative projects, to make for a more interesting, dynamic and vibrant city. Gap Filler is a creative urban regeneration initiative started in response to the Canterbury earthquakes

A reduction tomorrow in the Rebuild Zone cordon will allow increased access into central Christchurch, including Avonmore Tertiary Institute for its opening to students on Tuesday. From about 5pm the CBD cordon will be reduced on Hereford Street, west of the Colombo Street intersection, and the Triangle Centre area and upper section of High Street, where the new premises of the tertiary institute are based.

The Rebuild & Renovate Christchurch Home Show will be making its timely debut this coming March. Don’t miss the opportunity to gain critical rebuilding advice, shop and compare hundreds of products for all your building or renovation needs – it’s all at Christchurch’s newest rebuild and renovation expo.

Local Tradie is going to be creating a new jobs board for both employers looking for qualified tradespeople and labourers and Cantabrians looking for trades related work in Christchurch. The service will be free and available to everybody.

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has released a video showing time-lapse photography of the Christchurch Central Business District taken between 1 February 2012 and 31 January 2013.

More than 100 flat land properties damaged by the Canterbury earthquakes will have their zoning changed, following an assessment by the CERA Zoning Review Advisory Group.

The team over at Rebuild Christchurch have got a fantastic initiative going and registrations are open to lend a hand in the community. This time around the focus is on vulnerable in the community. This has been a tough winter and they want to be able to assist those who have small handyman jobs that need to be completed.

Winter is well and truly upon us and with it comes illness and the annual drive to keep Cantabrians warm and healthy. There are a number of agencies who provide free information, support and products that can be used to keep homes warm and the power bill down.

Following the completion of all of the flat land zoning decisions, CERA announced the process for residents to lodge an appeal against the zoning decision on their land.

Composites offer a revolutionary new approach to stairways in commercial and residential buildings. Aeromarine Industries operations manager Simon Robb says the stairs are pre-moulded, and can be precarpeted with all fittings such as non-trip rails and non-skid patterns for critical areas. Easily erected in a few hours, they are light, non-corrodible and strong and offer a higher degree of flex over steel and concrete alternatives. He says his company also manufactures seating for stands and arenas which because of their non-corrodibility are ideal for exterior applications. Surfaces can also be toughened to resist vandal attacks and a special gel-coat is available to which spray paint will not adhere permanently.

Rebuild Christchurch is a non profit independent community group provided to serve the residents of Christchurch suffering after both the September earthquake, the February quake and all the aftershocks between. We are volunteers who are passionate to see Christchurch is rebuilt right.

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced the introduction of a review process for those insured residential property owners who wish to query their land zoning.

A major milestone has been reached in the offer and settlement process for residents in the residential red zone as the one year anniversary of the programme approaches, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.