Hotel demolition: no date yet, but no worries

8:30 am on 28 April 2011

Civil Defence in Christchurch says it is comfortable with progress towards demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, despite there still being no date set for it to come down.

The hotel was badly damaged in the February earthquake and a large area around the building has been blocked to the public because of the risk of its collapse.

The Civil Defence National Controller, John Hamilton, says the demolition timetable is in the hands of the building's owner and insurers, who are undertaking a tender process to find a preferred contractor.

He says the building is one of many blocking access in the central city.