Press Release: Construction Starts On Canterbury Museum’s New Basement And Building, Canterbury Museum, 9 October 2025
An overnight concrete pour marks the official start of construction on the new base-isolated basement and building at the Canterbury Museum redevelopment site on Rolleston Avenue in central Christchurch.
Last night, Leighs Construction contractors poured the first slab for the outer basement floor, about 13% of the total area. Several more large concrete pours will take place over the next 2 years to create both the outer and the inner basement floors.