New Zealand: Fletcher Building, New Zealand's largest building company, has spent US$4m and taken almost two months to replace the roof of its Christchurch wallboard factory that contained asbestos.
The Winstone Wallboards factory in Christchurch was reopened on 21 October 2013 following its closure on 27 August 2013 after traces of asbestos were found during preparations for the roof replacement. The new roof is expected to be completed by 8 December 2013.
Staff were transferred to the distribution centre or to Auckland during the closure and remained on full pay. Dispatch operations at Christchurch were down for three days, with wallboard supplied from Fletcher's Auckland plant during that time.
