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St Patrick's Cathedral Award of Merit
Greetings from St. Pat’s,
I’m pleased to report that the Cathedral won an Award of Merit at the Property Council New Zealand 2008 Awards dinner last Friday night. The award was presented in the Special Purpose Property – Community Services category.
The Cathedral was nominated by Fletcher Construction Interiors, general contractor for the restoration project. Judging criteria included economic and financial factors, design and construction, owner and user satisfaction, efficiency of operation and maintenance, degree of difficulty and environmental sustainability features.
Four members of the Cathedral Project Management Team were very pleased to accept the award. Msgr. Bernard Kiely, Cathedral Administrator, noted, “This award is a wonderful acknowledgment the high quality of design and construction work done conserving and restoring St. Patrick’s and the careful management of costs and scheduling.”
Gregory Shanahan, Chairman of the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Heritage Foundation added, “The Award of Merit is also a tribute to the many generous community trusts, government organizations, families and individuals that continue to make donations towards the $12.8M cost of the project. Without them, this important heritage project would not have happened.”
Kevin Sherlock, Cathedral Manager, also remarked that is was wonderful to have a 120-year old heritage building recognized among the mainly new buildings that received awards on the night. St. Patrick’s Cathedral team are grateful to Rider Levett Bucknall, Principal Sponsor of the Awards evening and Ignite Architects, sponsor of the Special Purpose Property Award.
Kevin Sherlock
Cathedral Manager
Clergy Shifts 2008
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