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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 7 Hansard (2 July) . . Page.. 2158 ..
Ms Carnell: The answers to the Member's questions are as follows:
1. By 'preliminary assessment' I assume the Member means the initial work associated with the bid to SOCOG to host Olympic Games football in Canberra. CRI Project Management Pty Ltd (CRI) was paid $47,000 for these services.
2. Expressions of interest were sought for project management of the
subsequent redevelopment of Bruce Stadium. 6 companies responded.
2 companies, CRI and Lendlease, then proceeded to the second stage of the process. CRI was selected as the project manager and superintendent for the redevelopment of the Stadium. During the tender process, a probity audit was undertaken by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. No adverse issues were identified. The contract with CRI is now almost complete. The company has been paid $925,000 for its services.
3. Yes. As indicated above, CRI provided expert advice on stadium
redevelopment options to meet SOCOG/FIFA requirements for hosting Olympic Games football in Canberra.
4. No. CRI is not owned by Deutsche Bank.
Mr Stanhope asked the Chief Minister, on 6 May 1999:
In relation to payments to sub-contractors working on the Bruce Stadium project:
1 . Has the Chief Minister received any advice that sub-contractors working on the Bruce Stadium redevelopment have been told by the lead contractors they cannot be paid because the Government has not met payments in the past month?
2. Can the Chief Minister confirm that the contractors in the Bruce project have not been paid by the Government?
Ms Carnell: The answers to the Member's questions are as follows:
1 . No. Haskins Contractors Pty Ltd, the Construction Manager for the final stage, has been paid what it is owed to date. The 'construction management' method was used to deliver the final stage. This means that the companies delivering the various trade packages have contracts directly with the Stadium. Every contractor who has submitted a progress claim which, in accordance with normal practice, has been certified by the construction manager, the project
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