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PHOTO: HANNAH JOHNSTON Sky City’s Auckland casino dominates the company’s earnings.
SkyCity is removing aluminium composite panels from its Auckland International Convention Centre over fire fears at a cost of around $25 million.
The move was prompted by blazes in buildings in Australia, the Middle East, and the UK, which have led to aluminium composite panels (ACP) being replaced on buildings around the world.
SkyCity chief executive Graeme Stephens said ACP cladding has been partly responsible for the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in London in 2017.
“It’s a public building. We decided we needed to lead the way with non-ACP,” he said.
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