BALMORAL SCHOOL BUILDING REDEVELOPMENT

RUNNING SHEET � Malcolm Milner

� Introductions� Purpose of the meeting� What is ILE

� Scott Elwarth� Why rebuild ?� History� The Gymnasium� Masterplan Comparisons� Risks / What next?

� Sonya Singh� Latest developments

WHY REBUILD ?

HISTORY � 2012

� November: Scope of work defined and weather tightness issues identified

� 2013

� February: Design Work on 1st Masterplan started with Babbage Architects

� September: Budget build estimated at $23 million by MoE

� October: informed Cabinet approval of budget target March 2014

� November: Budget build $27-$28 Million

� 2014

� June: Business case / Cabinet paper nearly ready

� December: Budget approval expected 1st quarter 2015

HISTORY � 2015

� April: Budget submitted to Cabinet for May Cabinet meeting� October: Minister Kaye announces budget approved $26.2 Million

� 2016� January: Advised that a new project team to be selected� August: New Architect (RTA) and Project Manager (N-Compass)

appointed� October (est.): School informed that the original masterplan is too

expensive ($32Million)

Simply explained , compounded escalation from 2013 to 2017 at5% per annum on $26Million is $5.6Million

HISTORY � 2016 (cont’d)

� December: Received Master Plan options. � December: BoT seeks confirmation of project scope as the

master plans do not deliver agreed project outcomes.

� 2017� February: Board Committee is granted a meeting with

Jerome Shepherd (Associate Deputy Secretary Education)� March: MoE confirmed that scope has been reduced to

absorb escalation and stay within budgetMoE has no appetite to increase budget.

2016 Roll 934 2017 Roll 950

Salient Points45 Classrooms32 Newadd carpark666m2 Gym

Coherent Primary

ILE throughout (all rooms are min. pod of 3)

Sunnydene stays with intermediate

Roll 900

Option C Masterplan 201642 Classrooms28 NewNo carpark620m2 Gym

Primary school is to be partially made up of relocs

Partial ILE only as single cell rooms remain

Sunnydene with Primary school

Roll 900

COMPARISONS� Original Masterplan 2013

� 45 classrooms� 32 New� All classrooms converted to

advanced ILE� Responds to school

curriculum in consultation with staff

� Improve flow of pupils� Campuses separate� Potential for roll growth

� Option C Masterplan 2016� 42 classrooms� 28 New� Refurbished classrooms get

core ILE only� Difficult to deliver the

curriculum� Flow bottle necks remain� Campuses not separate

(Sunnydene)� Concern over traffic during

school hours� Less potential for roll growth

GYMNASIUM PROPOSAL � 2014

� BoT agreed to commit $2.2million for gym� MoE agreed to commit $500k (as the gym can be

used to save cost of additional relocatables)

� 2016 December� MoE confirms contribution of $500k� School told needs to increase commitment to S2.7

million due to cost increases. � Size of gym also reduced (by 46 sqm) due to cost

increases

THE RELOCS

RISKS / WHAT NEXT ?� Cooperate with Option C

� But why would we do this ?� Risk: statutory manager� To get some progress and deliver an outcome� Risk: to establish real costs at the tender box

� Continue to influence the decision� And why would we do this ?� What might it look like:

� Political� Go to the Press� Legal options

CLOSE FROM BOARD CHAIR

� Do we have community support?

� Latest Conversations

� How can the community help?