1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,600 Speaker 1: I've got some good news around the tennis. If you 2 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: watch the holiday tournaments out of Auckland, you will have 3 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: seen once again rain delays. But now we've got a 4 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: timeline or lines. Ideally the roof goes on is at 5 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: Stanley Street. Of course the roof goes on by next year, 6 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: more realistically twenty eight, So it could be twenty seven, 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: could be twenty eight. Anyway. Run West is the CEO 8 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: of Tennis Auckland and is with us round. Good morning, 9 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: Good morning, Mike Cat. 10 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: You do very well. 11 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: Indeed, from what I've been reading and hearing, the tournaments 12 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: men's and women's was a success this year. Fair equipment, 13 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: fair enough to say. 14 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: That absolutely on virtually every matrix that we monitor and measure, 15 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 2: I think we're going to be setting a lot of 16 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: records this year. 17 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: Okay, Why do these things and roofs take so long? 18 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: The conversation's gone forever. I know the government came to 19 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: the party to the tune of a handful of million 20 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: dollars last year. Why does it take so long? 21 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: Well, if anyone's been involved in major construction or even 22 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: building your home, people know that it does take quite 23 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 2: a while to get a major construction project completed, where 24 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 2: only days, if not a couple of weeks away from 25 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 2: issuing our full tender pack to go out to the 26 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: market to get our roofing and main contractor partner. So 27 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: that's going to take a little while, probably a month 28 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: or so to get those responses back in. Then we've 29 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: got the process of now analyzing that, getting the final 30 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 2: plans done and the dreaded building consent phase. But thankfully 31 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 2: we've got great friends at the council. They are fully 32 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 2: supporting the project with both finances and also the professional 33 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 2: people behind the scenes. So we've already prepped them about 34 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: the building consent and they're right behind us, and we'll 35 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 2: try and circumvent as much time as possible. Then we've 36 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 2: got the actual construction Mike and a few people probably 37 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 2: and most people won't know that the ASP classics it's 38 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: it's temporary build usually the first week of October every year, 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: and it takes about three months to put everything in place. 40 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 2: So we actually need to stop construction of a roof 41 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: or have it completed by the first weekend of October 42 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 2: every year, So between now and then that's only seven months. 43 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: So to have such a big project done in seven months. 44 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 2: It is possible. I'm not saying it's not, but it 45 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: is probably unlikely. So and then the last thing is 46 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: our court is it may sound like it's or look 47 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: like it's quite hard, but it's what's called a cushioned 48 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: acrylic hard court surface. It has actually quite soft So 49 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: if you actually came down here and rammed your thumbnail 50 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 2: into the court, it actually leaves a dent. So to 51 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 2: construct the and instore the roof, we will have to 52 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: put some very large truck cranes on center court. We'll 53 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 2: protect it as an as we always do when we 54 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 2: have equipment on it, but we do need some time 55 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 2: to then analyze what that equipment might do in terms 56 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 2: of damage to the court and make the repairs. So 57 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 2: if we don't have an operable court, we don't have 58 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 2: an ASP trailing. 59 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: You do not exactly Well, I'm glad the wheels finally turning, 60 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: but I'm saying twenty eight not twenty seven, because from 61 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: what you've just explained, that's going to take till twenty eight, 62 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: not twenty seven. But I wish you were with it. 63 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: Ryan West, who's the O, the boss of all contentis 64 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: there was a bit of random rain around the place 65 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: over summer, and they lost some time once again. For 66 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: more from the mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to news 67 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: talks it'd be from six am weekdays, or follow the 68 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio.