Report from RNZ
More than 100 Victoria University students are being told they cannot move into their accommodation because it is deemed structurally unsound.
The university told parents in an email on Friday that engineers have advised the James Hutchinson wing of Weir House is to be closed because of “unexpected internal vulnerabilities”.
A detailed seismic assessment of the almost 60-year-old building has been underway for several months, the email said.
The seismic rating of the wing has now fallen below 70 percent of the National Building Standard (NBS), the rating it was given when the last assessment was completed in 2008, the university said.
The university told parents on Friday that engineers have advised the James Hutchinson wing is to be closed because of "unexpected internal vulnerabilities".