Taranaki trust set up to try combat high suicide rates in construction sector
The construction sector is losing one person a week to suicide on average and a group of industry leaders in Taranaki want to do something about it.
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The construction sector is losing one person a week to suicide on average and a group of industry leaders in Taranaki want to do something about it.
The former 2600sqm Mercer site is barely 200m from where Superior Stainless previously operated. “The drawcard of moving was having double the floor space, and triple the yard space that we had at our old site,” Drinkwater said. There was also the advantage of acquiring three 5 tonne gantry cranes, and one 10t gantry crane, when the former Superior Stainless site had only one 5t gantry crane, he said. Since moving in mid-January, the floor space has been split into a heavy fabrication section constructing structural steel framing, and a smaller area for manufacturing stainless steel k...
“It’s unprecedented, with many low vacancy rates in the industrial market. “Covid had an effect for the first month after the lockdown when everyone seemed to be sitting on their hands, but as interest rates dropped businesses bounced back as people used their discretionary income to buy property.” Simon O'Connor/Stuff Commercial property sales in Taranaki was buoyant, Colliers International real estate agent Benet Carroll said. Residential sales in Taranaki jumped 19.6 per cent in December, with an 18.1 per cent year-on-year price increase, as the median cost of a house reached a ...