Let’s face the facts
At the June 2022 Hurunui Community Committee Meeting, the Committee agreed to consult with the public regarding renovation and ongoing maintenance costs for Waikari Hall, Hawarden Community Hall and Hawarden RSA Hall and how they would be funded going forward. Below is a table which displays the required estimated increase to rates to fund the renovation and ongoing maintenance for the halls. The maintenance plan identifies priority works which are identified below as the renovation works. These works are considered necessary by Council in Year 3 of the Long-Term Plan (LTP) to bring the building up to a desirable condition. The ongoing maintenance cost would be dependent on renovation works happening.
Public meetings
Two public meetings have been held to discuss the future of the halls. The first meeting was held at Hawarden Hall on 19 October 2022, and the second at Waikari War Memorial Hall on 21 November 2022. Below are links to notes summarising the discussions had at these meetings:
Earthquake Prone Buildings
The government’s Building Performance page defines an earthquake prone buildings as “A building, or part of a building, is earthquake prone if it will have its ultimate capacity exceeded in a moderate earthquake, and if it were to collapse, would do so in a way that is likely to cause injury or death to persons in or near the building or on any other property, or damage to any other property.”
The government then deemed that 34% of the New Building Standard (NBS) was the minimum standard required under the Building (Earthquake Prone Building) Amendment Act 2016 for a building not to be deemed earthquake prone. Any buildings under this threshold would then be required to be strengthened to at least 34% NBS within a 15-year timeframe.
- A building less than 33% NBS is deemed ‘earthquake prone’ and has a life safety risk 10-25 times more than a new building built to 100% NBS.
- A building between 34% NBS and 66% NBS is deemed an ‘earthquake risk’ building and has a life safety risk 5-10 times more than a new building built to 100% NBS.
- A building between 67% NBS and 100% NBS is deemed to have a low potential earthquake risk.
More information on earthquake prone buildings can be viewed here.
The Hawarden Community War Memorial Hall & Waikari War Memorial Hall were both deemed earthquake prone and are required to be strengthened by 2037.
There are detailed seismic assessments (DSA’s) on both buildings, the Hawarden Hall DSA can be viewed here and the Waikari Hall DSA can be viewed here.
Renovations and Ongoing Maintenance
The requirement for these decisions needing to be made were brought forward upon recent condition inspections conducted on all three buildings. These condition inspections revealed that major remediation work is needed on each building. It also identified the ongoing maintenance that would need to be undertaken to keep the building in a desirable condition.
From these condition inspections, maintenance plans were developed for each building, these can be viewed here.
Consultations
