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The Winton Lifestyle accommodation building. The Southland District Council has issued a Notice to fix the building.
Concerns regarding safety at the Winton Lifestyle building have prompted the Southland District Council to issue a Notice of Repair.
Southland Mayor Gary Tong said the notice was issued Sept. 9 because the Annual Building Fitness Order documents were not delivered to the council as required.
“These documents assure the council that the security systems in the building are operating correctly by providing evidence of compliance from an independently qualified person,” he said.
“Therefore, the city council requires the owner of the building to provide sufficient evidence no later than midnight on October 7, 2020.”
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Kavinda Herath / Things
Part of the Winton Lifestyle accommodation in Winton. The Southland District Council has issued a Notice of Repair on the building.
A progress inspection completed in the building on October 1 showed that not all security systems were fully operational, creating a risk for the 24 residents, some of whom were elderly, Tong said.
The building’s owner, Frank Kidd, said he was unsure why the Building Clearance Order documents had not been provided. “We pay people to do it.”
He believed the security system problems were related to a sprinkler system and the foam used in a fire wall.
He said there were about 150 sprinklers, but three of the exteriors would crack and spray water when they froze. He said three went offline in 2014 and the board has since approved it.
Firewalls installed when the building was completed had used foam around the pipe through the walls that was now unacceptable, he said.
“From what I understand, we did.”
Tong said the problems were related to the sprinkler system, but he believed there were more than 20 sprinklers and fire separation.
He said he hoped the problems would be fixed this week. “It is a large complex … but it must be done well.”
Tong said that if the issues are not corrected to the council’s satisfaction as required by the Notice to Repair, residents may not be allowed to sleep in the building starting October 8, until all systems are up and running and the advice be sure of your safety.
The law required the City Council to provide a reasonable time for the owner to rectify the building and, as a result, it did not close the building immediately.
“However, if any resident feels unsafe to sleep in the building, they have the right to relocate immediately until confirmation is received that the building’s security systems are fully compliant,” Tong said.
