House of Representatives Committees

| Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works

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Report 1/2013 Referrals made May to November 2012

18 March 2013

© Commonwealth of Australia 2013

ISBN 978-0-642-79874-9 (Printed version)
ISBN 978-0-642-79875-6 (HTML version)

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View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Preliminary pages (PDF 105KB)
 
Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF 70KB)

Structure of the report

 
Chapter 2 Extension of budget and timeline for the CSIRO Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope project (PDF 119KB)

Original referral (2008)
Extension of scope (2010)
Extension of budget and timeline (2012)
Project issues
Construction contingency and cost overruns on the original project
Committee comment
No contingency for PAFs in the original project
Committee comment
Uncertainties surrounding the Phase 2 cost estimate
Committee comment
Final Committee comment

 
Chapter 3 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Nuclear Medicine Project (PDF 133KB)

Conduct of the inquiry
Need for the works
Scope of the works
Cost of the works
Project issues
Committee comment
Costs
Committee comment
Protection of intellectual property
Committee comment
Final Committee comment

 
Chapter 4 Australian Federal Police proposed new forensic facility at Majura, ACT (PDF 117KB)

Conduct of the inquiry
Need for the works
Scope of the works
Cost of the works
Project issues
Committee comment
Construction traffic and site security
Committee comment
Final Committee comment

 
Chapter 5 The Australian War Memorial redevelopment of the First World War galleries (PDF 131KB)

Conduct of the inquiry
Need for the works
Scope of the works
Cost of the works
Project issues
Committee comment
Community consultation
Committee comment
Asbestos and other hazardous materials
Committee comment
Construction issues
Committee comment
Final Committee comment

 
Chapter 6 Proposed new National Archives Preservation Facility for the National Archives of Australia at Mitchell, ACT (PDF 111KB)

Project issues
Committee comment
Public comparative costs
Committee comment
Discount rate to calculate NPC figures
Committee comment
Final Committee comment

 
Appendix A – List of Submissions (PDF 41KB)
 
Appendix B – List of Inspections, Hearings and Witnesses (PDF 50KB)

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