The Director of Children and Families agreed
to:
- Approve the design and cost report
for the scheme at Fieldhead
Carr, the total costs being
£4,582,500 inclusive of the previous approvals noted below,
subject to obtaining approval to spend of £4.9m at the June
2017 Executive Board.
- Note two previous approvals are in
place for this scheme. The first approval gave authority to enter
into a Pre-Construction Agreement (PCA) with Geo. Houlton &
Sons Ltd to cover the pre-contract design fees (up to the end of
Stage 3), totalling £246,745, over two payments of
£135,315 on submission of the Planning Application, and
£111,430 on Contract Award. The second approval was to enter
into an Underwriting Agreement with Houlton for the placement of
orders for statutory utilities, the cost being £71,790. The
costs associated with both of these approvals are included within
the total capital scheme cost stated in this report.
- Note that the approval of this DCR
is subject to members of the Executive Board at their meeting in
June 2017 approving delegation of the approval of this design and
cost report to the Director of Children & Families. The
delegation of the approval of this design and cost report, if
granted by members of the Executive Board, will be subject to the
agreement of the Director of City Development and the Director of
Resources & Housing in consultation with the appropriate
Executive Member.
- Note that the scheme has realised a
saving of £317,500 against the previously approved scheme
budget, by working together to reduce the time the contractor needs
to complete the work.
- Note that the whole scheme will be
completed by September 2018, and no temporary accommodation is
required to accommodate the increase in pupil numbers.
Note that the Chief Officer, Projects,
Programmes & Procurement Unit (PPPU) is responsible for scheme
delivery which is scheduled for completion on 27 July 2018.