Page 5579 - Week 14 - Thursday, 30 November 2017
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Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) As part of the public housing renewal program, the ACT Government has spent the following money on site investigation and preparation of the Development Application for the public housing proposal at part Block 1 Section 45 in Chapman as at 23 November 2017:
(a) Land purchase: Block 1 Section 45 in Chapman is Territory-owned land and as such there are no purchase costs incurred for the public housing proposal.
(b) Land holding costs: Block 1 Section 45 is Territory-owned land and is managed as per any other unleased Territory land in the ACT. As such no land holding costs have been incurred for the public housing proposal.
(c) Design consulting: Design costs for the public housing proposal are typical of the design work required to prepare a Development Application. The costs include site studies (including tree and noise assessments), detailed engineering studies (including traffic studies and structural, hydraulic, mechanical, electrical and civil engineering advice), architectural work, accessibility advice, energy assessments, landscape architectural work, and Building Code of Australia certification. The cost incurred as at 23 November 2017 is $145,753.64 (excluding GST).
(d) Bushfire risk management consulting – The Public Housing Renewal Taskforce has not directly engaged a consultant for bushfire risk management, this was completed as a subcomponent of the site investigation studies which are included in the contractor costs at part (e).
(e) Contractor costs: The contractor costs include site investigation work (including the preparation of Site Investigation Reports and other due diligence studies such as tree assessments, traffic assessments and geotechnical studies), bushfire risk assessments, ecological studies and survey work to identify levels and boundaries of the site (including survey work required to support subdivision). The costs incurred as at 23 November 2017 is $49,705.40 (excluding GST).
(f) Machinery: The ACT Government has not incurred any machinery costs directly. Any machinery costs will be incorporated into contract costs at part (e).
(g) Marketing and advertising: The Public Housing Renewal Taskforce has not engaged in marketing or advertising of the public housing proposal. Some minor costs have been incurred for community engagement.
(h) Other relevant categories of costs: There are no other relevant categories of costs for the public housing proposal.
(2) The following contracts had been signed by the ACT Government, including the Public Housing Renewal Taskforce, as at 23 November 2017, for the public housing proposal at part Block 1 Section 45 in Chapman:
(a) Heyward Lance Architecture Pty Ltd (noting that this is a contract from the ACT Government’s panel of architects and includes range of sub-consultants such as engineers and landscape architects as outlined under part (1)(c).
(b) Cardno (NSW/ACT) Pty Ltd for site investigation (including preparation of Site Investigation Reports and a range of sub-consultants such as traffic assessors, ecological consultants, bushfire consultants and surveyors as outlined under part (1)(e).
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