School Infrastructure Projects

In reply to Mr BOYER (Wright) (29 July 2021). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): I have been advised of the following:

The building works are in the final stages of documentation completion with final costings being part of that process.

Under the Department for Education’s capital works program, contracts are awarded through a competitive tender process following a rigorous evaluation. Savings from any projects that come in under budget are retained by the department to be used as a pool of funding for managing any higher costs that may arise for projects that exceed tender budgets or face particular cost pressures due to unforeseen issues.

his is standard practice for Department for Education capital works programs over many years and is a key component in mitigating risk to the delivery of the overall program of works.