CTV families slam length of investigation by engineer's body
9 Feb, 2021 09:20 PM
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Police and volunteers work to rescue people trapped in the collapsed CTV building. Photo / NZH
RNZ
Families of the 115 people killed in the collapse of the CTV building are bewildered at the length of time it is taking to investigate the man whose company designed it.
Engineering New Zealand, formerly known as IPENZ, was first asked to investigate Alan Reay eight years ago, and some believed the organisation's credibility was on the line.
In 2012 a Royal Commission found that engineer David Harding made fundamental errors in designing the ill-fated building and criticised his boss, Alan Reay, for handing sole responsibility for the design over to somebody so inexperienced.