Page 1662 - Week 06 - Thursday, 7 June 2007
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The combined capital works expense of both projects was $749,118, not including $181,338 which relates to a project to replace the lift at the public entrance, and that is scheduled for completion later this year.
The decision to replace the lift was taken after the Assembly received no industry response to a tender for a cheaper option that only involved replacing certain parts of the original lift. Originally, funds (approximately $60,000) were set aside for this element of works as part of the public entry upgrade project (discussed above) but, following the lack of industry response, further funding from the Secretariat's 2006-07 capital upgrade budget was committed to the project to enable a replacement lift to be installed. While the physical works will not happen until later this year, contracts have been entered into and works have been scheduled to replace the lift in early 2007-08. These funds are now held by ACT Procurement Solutions who will release payments as required under the contract milestones that have been agreed by the Territory with the contractor(s).
(3) The redesign of the front entrance project was completed in February 2007 and completion of the security system upgrade is expected by the end of June 2007. The new lift for the public entrance is expected to be installed during the second half of 2007.
Installation of the new fire indicator panel and completion of the hydraulic survey is expected by the end of June 2007.
(4) As mentioned in (3) above, the new lift is expected to be installed during the second half of 2007. There may be some residual work associated with the security upgrade that might carry over in to early 2007-08. There is also some scope for delays with the hydraulic survey due to the need for that work to be undertaken in conjunction with related works being undertaken in and around London Circuit by ACTEW AGL.
(5) and (6) As mentioned in (2) above, initial funding of $600,000 was provided in 2004-05 for the combined projects of redesigning the public entrance (including an upgrade of the lift) and upgrading security systems and arrangements. The level of funding provided was less than the (then) estimated cost of the works so, in respect of the entrance redesign, further design work was commissioned to attempt to reduce the cost to within funding levels. In respect of the tenders for an upgrade of security systems, a second tender process had to be conducted because the calibre of the tenders in the initial process was assessed as poor in light of the quality and inconsistency of the tender proposals. Prior to the second tender process, the specifications were refined so as to maximise the consistency and comparability of tender proposals. Even following the second process, the price exceeded the original budgeted estimate and this was attributed to market conditions. Accordingly, additional capital upgrade funding from 2004-05 and 2005-06 was applied to the projects.
Also, due to the absence of any tenders for the originally specified works to replace parts of the original lift, a decision was taken to commit additional funds ($126,000) from the 2006-07 capital upgrade program to enable a new lift car to be manufactured and installed.
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