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Gov’t: Building felled by NZ quake poorly built

By Kristen Gelineau
Published December 10, 2012 7:33am ET
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Gov’t: Building felled by NZ quake poorly built
FILE -In this Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, search and rescue personnel work at the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand two days after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, killing 115 people. A final release from the government-ordered commission that spent months investigating the buildings damaged in the quake said Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 that the CTV building was made of weak columns and concrete and did not meet standards when it was built in 1986. The building's designer contested those findings. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File) | Rob Griffith

SYDNEY (AP) — A six-story office building that collapsed and killed 115 people in New Zealand’s devastating earthquake last year was poorly designed by an inexperienced engineer, inadequately constructed and should never have been issued a building permit, a government report said Monday.

The Canterbury Television (CTV) building crumbled to the ground during the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Christchurch on Feb. 22, 2011. The building’s collapse was responsible for nearly two-thirds of the 185 deaths from the quake.

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