July, 2016
Demolition is underway
of the Hereford St Strip Club to make way for the new East Frame Residential development. The well-known mural of Calendar Girls will be missed by many. Calendar Girls’ General Manager Scott McCormick felt the mural had “done its course and brought excitement to a very sober city at that time”.
September, 2015
Murals on the Manchester St car park are being crunched into dust after a call to save the artworks failed.
Artist Chris Finlayson, who painted the murals in 1995 with Dean Blundell, had hoped the transportation artworks could be saved.
A Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) spokesman said last month that any attempt to preserve the murals would come at a significant cost to taxpayers, as they were painted directly on the walls. Read more…
Article from Stuff.co.nz
September, 2015
The Manchester St car parking building will be dust by the start of November.
The building had been cordoned off since the February 2011 earthquake and while it had appeared to stand up well, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) said the shear walls had suffered both quake damage and damage caused by engineering investigations.
Workers started demolishing the structure on August 12 to make room for the widening of Manchester St and proposed eastern frame project. Read more…
Article from Stuff.co.nz
November, 2011
Dormer Construction has been awarded the overall prize of ‘Canterbury Contractor of the Year’ at the prestigious 2011 “New Zealand Federation of Contractors, Canterbury Branch Construction Awards”. Dormer Construction was also awarded ‘Most Progressive Company’ and ‘Company Image’ awards. Dormer Construction has won the overall title previously in 2008. Read more…
Reproduced with the permission of Contractor magazine, www.contrafed.co.nz
March, 2011
Pete Dormer has been one of the army of digger drivers carting muck from the streets of Christchurch. View Video…
March, 2011
Article on Christchurch accepting international help to rebuild with photo of Dormer Construction Excavator and ‘the iconic’ leaning Hotel Grand Chancellor. Read More…
September, 2010
Dormer Construction features on the front page of the North Canterbury News demolishing part of Blackwells Department Store in Kaiapoi. Dormer Construction is playing a large part in the clean up and repair of water, sewer and demolition of many areas in the Waimakariri and Christchurch district. View Image…
November, 2008
Dormer Construction wins ‘Contractor of the Year’ at Canterbury Contractor Awards. Read More…
November, 2006
Dormer Construction is awarded most progressive company and is recognised for its pipeline expertise at Canterbury Contractor awards, 2006. Read More…
