Page 1912 - Week 05 - Thursday, 16 May 2019
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(5) What was the original target completion date for this work.
(6) What is the estimated or forecast completion date as at the date on which this question was published in the Questions on Notice Paper.
(7) If the dates given in the answers to parts (5) and (6) are different, why.
(8) To what extent has the scope of work actually undertaken varied from the scope of work that informed the original budget.
Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The original budget for construction works, excluding planning, preliminary costs and contingency, associated with the Electrical Main Switch Board (EMSB) project (to upgrade both ageing Building 2 and 12 switchboards and associated cabling) was $14.0M, funded under the Upgrading and Maintaining ACT Health Assets (UMAHA) budget appropriation.
(2) To the end of January 2019, total expenditure for the construction works is $18.7M.
(3) The final figure is subject to further variation, to be determined as the project progresses. The current construction contract value (including GST) is $41.9M.
(4) The original scope of work was to replace ageing Building 2 and 12 EMSBs and associated electrical cabling in Building 2 that were identified as an extreme risk.
Through the development of the EMSB project the scope and associated costs has evolved to reflect the realities of this complex project and its impact on critical buildings across the Canberra Hospital Campus. Significant events (but not limited to) impacting the EMSB project scope, program and cost are summarised below:
• Requirement for Additional Work Packages:
o Business Continuity Switchboards
o Emergency Department electrical redundancy upgrades
o Campus electrical load studies
• Mitigation of existing EMSB component failure during tender and design development phases of the project.
• Building 2 EMSB fire (5 April 2017) remediation and implementation of lessons learnt from this fire event.
• Changes to EvoEnergy switchboards standards and supply/manufacturing arrangements.
• Replacement of ageing non-compliant electrical cables.
(5) September 2018.
(6) December 2019.
(7) Refer to response to Question 4.
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