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‘Deconstruction’ costs blow out, Aussie firm creams it

Sidelined contracting firm says ballooning costs for removal of storm damaged homes smacks of council ‘incompetency’.

Ward Demolition on site at a Shore Rd home, site of a death after last January's Auckland floods.

Prices now being paid by Auckland city’s ratepayers to a handful of demolition suppliers is “incompetency at best, fraudulent at worst”, a major city contractor says.

In a letter to Auckland mayor Wayne Brown earlier this month, Yakka Contracting director Bruce Levien described pricing for

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Brent Melville Wed, 28 Aug 2024
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