Business Digest: Winstone Wallboards reaches another milestone
26 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM
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Tauranga s $400 million plasterboard facility has reached another milestone with the final building consent issued. Tauranga City Council has approved a building consent worth more than $105m for the building envelope , roofing, services and equipment of the new Winstone Wallboards facility in Tauriko Business Estate.
A Winstone Wallboards spokeswoman said the company was happy with how the project was tracking. Uplifting our second, and final building consent, for the remaining works marks another key milestone for us.
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An artist impression of what the major manufacturing and distribution facility will look like. Photo / Supplied
An artist impression of what the major manufacturing and distribution facility will look like. Photo / Supplied
The first construction phase of Tauranga s $400 million plasterboard facility has begun in the Tauriko Business Estate - this initial phase costing almost $40m. But with all developable land in the estate sold out, some say another project is now desperately needed : a new highway connection to unlock land for housing, business and industry.