Health Minister David Clark yesterday confirmed the Cumberland St building housing Lighting Direct and Warehouse Stationery would soon be acquired, and the adjacent property occupied by the Midas vehicle service centre had already been bought.
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The Ministry of Health is finalising the paperwork for the Lighting Direct and Warehouse Stationery building, while negotiations were continuing to purchase the remaining sections on the block between St Andrew and Hanover Sts the Government did not already own.

"Some of it is in the final stages of negotiation, some of it has been settled, but it's obviously great to see real progress on that," Dr Clark said.
"Things are running ahead of schedule and that doesn't happen on many building projects, so I'm really chuffed with the progress we are making."
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said every landowner in the Wilson Block had been contacted by the ministry's accredited Public Works Act agent regarding the future of their property.
Yesterday, Dr Clark also announced a range of firms which had won tenders for various projects related to the hospital build.

That group of designers and project consultants met in Dunedin this week, to discuss validation of the site masterplan and how to move on to the next planning stage, concept design.
"It was a very competitive and robust tender process," Dr Clark said.
"The important thing to note is that all of the contractors will operate out of either a Dunedin or Christchurch office," Dr Clark said.
"A lot of weight has been put on local involvement, local businesses and local workers so we can maximise the benefit for Dunedin and the wider South Island."
Dr Clark yesterday visited the site where the first demolition work for the hospital project began this week.
Scope Group has been tearing down two buildings on the former Cadbury car park regarded as health and safety hazards.
Scope managing director Greg Davies said work had been straightforward so far.
"The only challenges have been neighbouring buildings, some asbestos issues and some archaeological issues relating to the original part of the building."
By yesterday, workers had taken down a substantial portion of the back of the building.
"We are working on State Highway 1 on a building with a suspect facade, so there will be traffic management in place to enable us to take down the facade."
Southern District Health Board commissioner Kathy Grant said it was pleasing to see physical progress on the hospital project.
"It is something which has been on the commissioner team's radar since we were appointed, so a day such as today is a significant occasion," Mrs Grant said.
"If you look at the momentum and the personnel around that partnership group table, I would be extremely confident about this project."
Taking key roles in design of the new hospital
• Design manager and project manager, Resource Co-ordination Partnership
• Structural engineering, Holmes Consulting
• Building services engineering, fire engineer and protection, Beca
• Hydrology/flood assessment and traffic engineer, Stantec New Zealand
• Town planning, Boffa Miskell
• Seismic site assessment, Bradley Seismic
• Demolition property and building survey, WSP Opus
• Heritage advice, Underground Overground Archaeology
Comments
Nothing more hilarious than a man in a suit swinging an 8 pounder, this guy should be a comedian.
The headline should had read Dr Clark gets taken to ED by a team of medics and air rescue to meet Jnr Drs after trying to lift a 5 kg hammer and failing . Or New Gloves New Helmet New Day Glow cost of hospital rebuild gets higher and higher