PHOTO: WARWICK SMITH/STUFF Kevin O’Connor and Associates designed the Palmerston North police station. Checks of plans for some of the firm’s buildings found possible problems.
Dozens of Palmerston North buildings could have structural weaknesses, as checks of some buildings designed by an architecture firm found they likely had problems.
The discovery raises questions about prominent buildings in the wider Manawatū region, including a council headquarters and police station, and opens avenues for legal action.
And despite a report about the situation being handed to Palmerston North City Council in January, it did not publicly share information about the problems.
The building checks come on the back of a Stuff investigation, which found 13 near-new buildings in Masterton designed by Kevin O’Connor and Associates had weaknesses.
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