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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Wednesday <strong>July</strong> 8 <strong>2020</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
Contractors seek<br />
compensation from council<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
DISRUPTION from the<br />
Covid-19 pandemic could see<br />
contractors claim hundreds<br />
of thousands of dollars in<br />
compensation from the district<br />
council.<br />
Depending on the agreements<br />
made, contractors can claim<br />
money from the<br />
party they have<br />
been hired by<br />
in compensation<br />
for time<br />
extension on a<br />
project.<br />
So far<br />
contractors of<br />
projects across<br />
Jeremy Dixon<br />
the district have made claims for<br />
a total of $795,921.<br />
Issac Construction has made a<br />
claim of $678,243 to the district<br />
council for the disruption the<br />
Covid-19 lockdown had on the<br />
infrastructure, roading and car<br />
parking aspect of the Rolleston<br />
Town Centre project.<br />
Claims have also been submitted<br />
by Apollo Projects as the<br />
contractor of the Foster Park<br />
Indoor Courts for $49,148.<br />
A claim from Downer has<br />
been made for the Lowes Rd<br />
and Tennyson St intersection<br />
upgrade project and is under<br />
negotiation. A $23,732 claim<br />
has been made for work on the<br />
Health Hub by Naylor Love.<br />
Said district council group<br />
manager property Douglas<br />
Marshall: “We expect the costs<br />
will be covered by each project’s<br />
contingency fund, but we will<br />
not be able to confirm these<br />
costs and the final breakdown of<br />
payment until closer to project<br />
completion.”<br />
Issac Construction chief<br />
executive officer Jeremy Dixon,<br />
who is also the chairman of<br />
Civil Contractors NZ’s Canterbury<br />
branch, said: “We have<br />
made a claim in line with our<br />
contract conditions in regards to<br />
not being able to work through<br />
the Covid-19 lockdown.<br />
“It now sits with the district<br />
council to review our claim,<br />
consider a response and then<br />
negotiate to get to an end game.”<br />
Said Mr Marshall: “Council<br />
projects that were under way<br />
comedy night<br />
PROJECTS:<br />
Claims have<br />
been made by<br />
contractors for<br />
time disruption<br />
caused by<br />
Covid-19<br />
including for the<br />
infrastructure,<br />
roading and car<br />
parking aspect<br />
of the Rolleston<br />
Town Centre.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF<br />
SLOAN <br />
at the time of the start of the<br />
level 4 lockdown or contracted<br />
to begin during the lockdown<br />
will require an extension of time<br />
because of the restrictions under<br />
level 3 and 4.”<br />
Not all extensions of time have<br />
a monetary impact.<br />
Armitage Williams, the<br />
contractor of the <strong>Selwyn</strong> Aquatic<br />
Centre extension and Rolleston’s<br />
new community centre and<br />
library, Te Ara Atea, will not be<br />
making a financial claim for the<br />
projects, Mr Marshall said.<br />
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ELECTRICAL FAULT<br />
A fire in a transformer in<br />
Southbridge caused 385 houses<br />
in the district to lose power.<br />
Southbridge chief fire officer<br />
Shane King said they were called<br />
to the incident on Willis Rd at<br />
7.25pm on Thursday. He said it<br />
was an electrical fault that caused<br />
the fire. Homes in Southbridge,<br />
Leeston, Dunsandel, Little Rakaia<br />
and Brookside lost power for<br />
about 38min.<br />
HOME INSULATION OFFER<br />
Only six people in the district<br />
have taken up the offer of free<br />
insulation from a Canterbury<br />
charity. Community Emergency<br />
Action is offering free insulation to<br />
owner-occupiers with a community<br />
services card or living in an area<br />
identified as lower-income.<br />
Visit the website: www.cea.co.nz.<br />
APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING<br />
Applications are open for the<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> Youth Project fund. It is<br />
run by the youth council to support<br />
groups and individuals with<br />
events or activities that support the<br />
wellbeing of youth in the district.<br />
Up to $5000 is available for funding<br />
this year. Visit: www.selwyn.govt.<br />
nz/community/youth-council for<br />
criteria and to apply.<br />
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