PHOTO: KEVIN STENT/STUFFPart of the Maison Cabriole Apartments in Tory St, Wellington, was damaged during the demolition of the adjacent quake-damaged Reading Cinema carpark. It was later found to be a leaky building.
A group of apartment owners in central Wellington are dealing with the aftermath of a post-quake demolition accident when a concrete column was dropped through a roof.
Maison Cabriole Apartments wraps around the corner of Courtenay Pl and Tory St, combining three buildings.
In the November 2016 earthquake the adjacent Reading Cinema carpark building was damaged and had to be demolished.
A judgment from the High Court in Wellington said that during the work on February 23, 2017, demolition contractors Naylor Love dropped a large concrete column through the roof of one of the units on Tory St and damaging other parts of the building. Temporary weather protection was erected.
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