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NZIQS Hawkes Bay Opera House Site Visit

Where

Hastings

When

12/07/2019

Time

3:00 PM

Overview

This is your opportunity to visit the Hawkes Bay Opera House, a heritage building that is being structurally strengthened. This is a high-profile, challenging and complex project on a restricted site – a rare project for Hawkes Bay.

Description

The Hawke’s Bay Opera House was built in 1915 in the style of Spanish Mission. Both it and the neighbouring Municipal Building (built around the same time) carry Heritage One status, with the Opera House considered one of the most impressive examples of its style in the Southern Hemisphere.

In 2014, the Hawke’s Bay Opera House and neighbouring Municipal Building were closed after engineers found they were not up to the required percentage of the New Building Standard. Inside the Opera House, investigations found that the 12-metre side walls of the Theatre were at risk of collapse during a sizeable earthquake.

In March 2016 after receiving more than 3000 responses from the public, a Hastings District Council record for this type of consultation, 80 percent asked that the Hawke’s Bay Opera House be strengthened and reopened. In August 2017, this strengthening work began and was expected to take 20 to 24 months.

NZIQS members free to attend

Non members $20

For more information and to register see here

Category

CPD
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