Lack of workers could force Auckland construction companies to look for offshore workers

A series of large-scale construction projects is planned for the city of Auckland, which will likely require construction firms to hire foreign labor to complete projects

Offshore real estate developers have announced plans to add over 400 guest rooms to the Auckland accommodation market to meet demand.

Monday, the company Australian Ninety Four Feet announced that it would build 43 floors of the hotel, with 225 rooms, on Albert Street in Auckland by 2021. The project will be valued between $ 200 million and $ 250 million.

Last week, Sudima Hotels and Resorts announced that it had obtained the consent to build a 4.5 oiles, 200-room hotel opposite the SkyCity International Convention Center. He has set aside $ 65 million for the project

The construction companies that will build them and assume most of the risks, have not yet been announced.

Ninety-four directors and Sudima said that they were discussing with

The National Director of Colliers International Hotels, Dean Humphries, said the constrained building sector would determine when the hotels would be completed.

He said that most major New Zealand hotels Fletcher Building's decision to stop bidding for high-rise construction markets left a void in the construction market and small commercial construction firms have to fill it, despite the fact that he lacked experience, he says.

Building hotels was a risky business. Humphries said many hotel projects went over budget and many companies had historically avoided construction contracts.

Paul Burnaby, investment director at Ninety Four Feet, said that the company was "very aware" of construction problems. We knew it was a difficult environment.

His project managers would monitor project expenditures and funds would be set aside to absorb the risks.

The shortage of tradespeople in Auckland was disturbing. The "astronomical" cost of building materials.

"There is an obvious problem on the market: the way the cost is manifested, it's not a joke, it costs 1 1/2 times to twice as much."

Citing Fu Wah International, a Hong Kong-based construction firm, which hired about 130 Chinese workers to complete the interior work of its five-star Park Hyatt hotel in Auckland, Mr. Burnaby said that numbe The general manager of Sudima, Sudesh Jhunjhnuwala, said that he would not see any inconvenience to the contract construction company using foreign workers to complete its construction on time.