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Much higher-than-expected asbestos contamination at Hamilton’s Founders theatre means demolition costs have had a budget blow-out of up to almost $1 million.The extra asbestos - detected last month - shouldn’t lead to extra funds actually being spent on the project overall - but it’ll mean less to spend freshening the place up.
Todd Charteris is a practical man. When Rabobank was moving its head office from Wellington to Hamilton in 2021, he had a challenge on his hands.
The bank - which operates in the rural and agribusiness sector - wanted wool carpet in the new offices. No ordinary carpet would do - it had to be pure New Zealand wool. But Charteris went one step further.
“We went and - through a third party - purchased wool of three of our clients and had the carpet made.”
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