Wairarapa DHB had no reason to think hospital building had problems
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given Masterton Sworn Financial Advisor Leanne Southey, Te Whatu Ora's Masterton Regional Council against the hospital gave evidence.Four weekly hearing began on July 31. Southey said that court has become aware of widespread structural defects hospital, including risk of failure in a major earthquake after DHB received an expert report 2018. He said he joined the DHB board in 2010. "At that time the hospital was open for about four years and operates effectively. It was a new facility, and therefore there was no reason for me or other members of the board of directors to think that they might not be suitable or structural for the building code." Southey said the Board and the relevant audit committee are on this basis. The court said that operational personnel in the hospital added a building and real estate facility manager responsible for maintenance of DHB facilities. "DHB did not have internal engineering personnel and relied on external consultants to upgrade, design and supervise the upgrade or improvement works to their buildings."Said. Southey realized that MDC electronic records showed that on January 25, 2011, a code adaptation certificate for the hospital. "I was on the throne right now. I don't remember the emergence of this with the Board. The export of a CCC would probably be an operational business as usual. And therefore the Board would have been informed." Southey said that the documents dated 2013 and 2016 have raised the relevant problems. "2016 article, as a result of reviewing documents related to long -term investment plan process, report on seismic restriction of 2013 building services and basic suggestions were defined in audits and alleviance was appropriate. "An an action plan would be prepared for the remaining suggestions." The 2016 article referred to a structural examination of all buildings, including the main hospital building. "The existing codes include a part of the long -term plan. The article concluded that seismic restriction building services has a natural priority from a seismic examination of the structural elements main hospital building." Southey said that this article did not require the board of directors to make a decision and that it was a 'only remarkable' article. "The proposed actions were operational issues for management," he said. He remembered that focus of DHB made suggestions from the seismic restriction of building services and 2013 report. "I do not remember any concern about the structural integrity of the main hospital building. DHB, the main hospital was built according to the building code and is expected to remain functional after an important earthquake." Southey said that between 2016 and mid -2017, a series of companies were approached to do need for building services and that the work started at end of 2017. After that, DHB received a notification of seismic risks from MDC. "It was clear that notification was published on basis absence of relevant information, including engineer