Mr BAYLEY – Treasurer, and through you, possibly: in terms of milestones, can you tell us when the next milestone is in relation to design? We’ve had 50 per cent design; we’re now at 70 per cent design. What is the next stage in relation to design and clarification on design, and also, a cost update in relation to that?
Ms BEACH – The design process we started at concept and then moved into schematic, and at schematic stage is when we made the planning submission. At that stage, we have the key areas allocated and working through the best way to use those. It allows for flexibility in working through of users to make sure we’ve factored in all of their considerations and then can go through that co‑design process together.
The detailed design process, we get to a finer scale. You start at 1:1500, and we’re sort of down to 1:50 to 1:20 depending on the plan, now we’re in detailed design. We’ve worked through 40 and 50 per cent, and now it’s 70 per cent.
The next stage from here is issue for construction. We’re that advanced. In our showcase that we had open to the public a few weeks ago, we were able to show that we’ve gone to a level of detail where we’ve picked finishings and services and materials, and that’s really important as part of our costing process.
The costing process – the other part of your question: that’s based on work from a quantity surveyor. At key stages in the design, they do a cost plan. In between, they’ve been sitting alongside us and doing what they call ‘health checks’ – so as we work through design feedback and tweaks, they will look to see if there’s any cost variations that we need to consider. The 70 per cent design is based on a 70 per cent cost plan. So, they are based on the measurements of those detailed plans.
As an example about the difference between issue for construction and 70 per cent design: we have got detailed specifications on different elements, but on the roof, we were just talking about, depending on the manufacturer will depend on the specific structure of the elements that will hold up the pillow. We can’t go any further without risking having to do rework, and that’s where the construction firm will go through that process and identify the specific supplies and the specific requirements.
Mr BAYLEY – Treasurer, on the day that the Tasmanian Planning Commission released its report, the Premier, in his response rejecting their recommendation not to build the stadium, basically announced the fourth price escalation, $1.13 billion. What date did you find out that that was the cost? When were you informed that that was the new cost estimate?
Mr ABETZ – I remember being asked about this previously, and I think it was the day that – can Mr Healey, if he knows –
Mr HEALEY – I don’t know specifically, but it was very close to the announcement.
Ms BEACH – I provided that advice, and it was – we had the discussion on the Monday afternoon prior to the release.
Mr BAYLEY – It was released on the Tuesday, was it? And can you tell us if Cox Architects have raised any prospects that the budget is going to need to be increased further?
Ms BEACH – No.
