Page 2573 - Week 07 - Thursday, 3 August 2017
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
(1) In September 2015, a fault occurred with the B2 Electrical Main Switch Board (EMSB) at The Canberra Hospital which precipitated the decision to replace the B2 EMSB as part of the 2016/17 budget appropriation Upgrading and Maintaining ACT Health Assets. In April 2017 a fault occurred with the B2 EMSB at The Canberra Hospital. A program is currently underway to replace this EMSB by June 2018.
(2) Electrical Switchboards and their associated installations are certified by the Licenced Contractor who installs the installation at the time of handover, to Australian Standard AS/NZS 3000:2007
(3) Any electrical work undertaken is required to meet the specifications outlined in AS/NZS 3000:2007. ACT Health engages the services of qualified designers, engineers, builders and independent building certifier’s capital works projects to ensure that the necessary obligations are met.
(4) Inspection and testing for residual circuit breaker operation, visual inspections and thermal scanning is conducted every 12 months, in accordance with AS/NZS 3000:2007.
(5) Visual inspections of the main switchboards are carried out regularly by ACT Health Facilities Management staff and ACT Property Group contractors. Any repairs that are required are performed at that time, or as follow up maintenance involving significant planning in advance of planned maintenance to ensure continuity of operations. Facilities Management is responsible for the maintenance of electrical distribution switchboards at The Canberra Hospital.
(6) ACT Health have an agreement with ACT Property Group using their contractor agreements to maintain all Non-Acute sites and specific new buildings at the Canberra Hospital Campus including Building 11, Centenary Hospital for Women’s and Children, Building 19, Capital Region Cancer Centre and Building 25, Adult Acute Mental Health Unit. All other buildings at the Canberra Hospital Campus are maintained by Act Health Facilities Management group with input from specialist contractors in accordance with planned maintenance requirements
(7) The contents of the ACT’s Critical Infrastructure Register are classified and I am therefore unable to release this information publicly.
COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTORATE
The ACT Governments owned buildings and facilities are managed either by the ACT Property Group which is a business unit in the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD) or, in certain cases, by individual Directorates. As such, this response is grouped by ACT Directorate with the following response provided by Community Services Directorate for those assets under their custodianship.
(1) Community Services Directorate have an agreement with Spotless under the Housing contract to provide maintenance at locations such as Bimberri Youth Centre.
In regard to properties purchased or constructed by the Public Housing Renewal Taskforce, there have been no faults reported with electrical switchboards.
The below table shows costs relating to Electrical Switchboards for properties where a management arrangement is held with ACT Property Group;
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video