Officers were still visible at the start of this week, and police said there were no updates to provide as of Tuesday morning.
Teak Construction , based in Auckland, was leading the project to build a large Kennards Self Storage facility at the site.
The construction site for the storage facility in Hastings is fenced off. Photo / NZME However, Teak Construction went into liquidation at the start of this month.
Neighbouring businesses say the site was bustling with workers until the liquidation, but work on the site had since gone quiet.
The development includes half-completed buildings wrapped in white plastic, including a main two-storey building.
Hawke’s Bay Today contacted Teak Construction for comment but was referred to the liquidator.
Liquidator Rees Logan, from BDO Auckland, said control of the site was handed back to Kennards prior to the incident.
“Neither Teak nor the current or former liquidators have any ongoing involvement with the physical site,” Logan said.
“We acknowledge the event as being tragic and that our thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased.”
Kennards Self Storage declined to comment.
One nearby worker, who did not want to be named, said he had noticed a hole cut into the fence that surrounded the development.
However, he was unsure when it was made.
He said he had not noticed any rough sleepers at the address in recent weeks.
He said his business’s CCTV footage captured an ambulance pulling in last Wednesday night, but little else, and police had been in touch with them seeking footage.
Police have asked anyone with information to contact 105 and quote the file number 260319/6453.
Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
