F3 Capital Works

Overview

In 2013-14, the Directorate again delivered a significant capital works program, totalling $64.3 million, following on from the $90.2 million program in 2012-13 and $92.3 million program delivered in 2011-12.

Highlights for the year were the opening of the final stages of Neville Bonner Primary School and Franklin Early Childhood School, the reopening of Taylor Primary School and the expansion of Macgregor, Majura and Duffy Primary Schools.

All major projects were either completed or were on target to be delivered by the scheduled completion date.

New Schools and Childcare Centres

Primary School in Coombs

Redesign work for a smaller school to reflect revised demographic projections was completed to Final Sketch Plan stage in the 2012-13 reporting period. The procurement process to engage a builder for the project was commenced with an expected appointment early in the 2014-15 reporting period.

The Government is investing a total of $47.25 million in the construction of the primary school in Coombs, the first school in the district of Molonglo. The new school is scheduled to open at the start of the 2016 school year.

Holder Early Childhood Centre

Construction of the Holder Early Childhood Centre was completed during the reporting period. This facility was the first purpose-built early childhood centre in the ACT under the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care. The new centre provides 124 places supporting families in the Weston Creek area and the new development areas in the Molonglo district.

School Improvements

Taylor Primary School Rectification

Rectification and upgrade works were completed at Taylor Primary School ready for the start of the 2014 school year. This included the removal and replacement of the external asbestos wall sheeting. The works also included the expansion of the on-site childcare centre from 26 to 65 places.

Canberra College Cares Program

Designs for the new Canberra College Cares (CCCares) facility on the Woden campus of Canberra College were completed and construction commenced during the reporting period. The new facility will enable students and their children attending the CCCares program to transfer from the college's Weston campus and to be integrated into the college's Woden campus.

This project is scheduled to be completed ready for the start of the 2015 school year.

Sustainable Learning Trade Training Centre - Tuggeranong Network

The Australian Government approved a grant in December 2011 to establish the Tuggeranong Sustainable Learning Trade Training Centre. This project involves work at four high schools (Calwell and Lanyon High schools and Caroline Chisholm and Wanniassa schools) and two colleges (Erindale and Lake Tuggeranong) across the Tuggeranong School Network.

The hospitality services extension and cafe at Erindale College and the construction services workshop at Lake Tuggeranong College were completed during the reporting period. A project manager was appointed to manage refurbishment works at Lake Tuggeranong College and four high schools. Works were completed at the four high schools with the Lake Tuggeranong College metal and automotive workshop refurbishment to be completed early in the 2014-15 reporting period.

Trade Skills Centre - Belconnen Network

The Australian Government approved a grant in January 2013 to establish the Belconnen Trade Skills Centre in the Belconnen School Network. The project will involve facility improvements at Hawker College and University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, University of Canberra High School Kaleen, Canberra and Belconnen High schools, Melba Copland Secondary School and Kingsford Smith School. Detailed design work commenced during the reporting period.

Duffy Primary School Extension

New modular classrooms were manufactured off-site and assembled on-site at the school during the reporting period. This extended Duffy Primary School to a full three-stream school (three classes in each year group from kindergarten to year 6). Works were completed ready for the start of the 2014 school year.

Majura Primary School Extension

Construction work to extend Majura Primary School was completed ready for the start of the 2014 school year. This extended Majura Primary School to a full four-stream school (four classes in each year group from kindergarten to year 6).

Macgregor Primary School Extension

Construction work to extend Macgregor Primary School was completed ready for the start of the 2014 school year. This extended Macgregor Primary School to a full four-stream school (four classes in each year group from kindergarten to year 6).

Preschool Expansions

Construction of the new Deakin preschool was completed during the reporting period.

Designs for upgrades and expansion of the Latham and Campbell preschools were completed with construction commenced during the reporting period.

Upgrade and expansion works were completed at Watson preschool and refurbishment works were completed at Pearce and Turner preschools during the reporting period.

Childcare Centres

Upgrade and expansion works were completed at Campbell Cottage, Greenway Childcare Centre, Narrabundah Cottage and Nimbin Childcare Centre in Narrabundah.

Designs were completed to upgrade and expand the Gungahlin centre, Treehouse in the Park centre in Turner and Appletree House centre in Wanniassa during the reporting period.

Construction work commenced on the Fyshwick, Forrest, Treehouse in the Park and Appletree House centres during the reporting period. Work will commence on the Gungahlin centre early in the 2014-15 reporting period.

Design work commenced during the reporting period to upgrade and expand the Totom House centre in Kaleen.

A feasibility study to review the Civic Early Childhood Centre was completed during the 2013-14 reporting period.

Belconnen High School Modernisation - Stage 1

Planning and consultation work was undertaken during the reporting period, with work progressed on the master plan and infrastructure plans. Construction and demolition works will be undertaken during the 2014-15 financial year.

Tuggeranong Introductory English Centre

Designs for a new centre at Wanniassa Hills Primary School were completed during the reporting period. Construction will be undertaken during the 2014-15 financial year.

School Infrastructure for the Future

Projects completed under this program during the reporting period included the construction of a library and the refurbishment of classrooms at Malkara School, staffroom refurbishment and toilet upgrades at Forrest Primary School, landscape improvements including a learn to ride facility at Southern Cross Early Childhood School, a dirt bike track at Melrose High School, restoration of the grass oval at Hawker Primary School and the upgrade of information and communication technology infrastructure in schools.

Older Schools Upgrade Program

Major upgrade works were completed at Hughes and Yarralumla Primary Schools in the 2013-14 reporting period.

Security Fences

New security fences were installed during the reporting period at University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, Wanniassa School (senior campus) and Fraser, Macgregor, Maribyrnong, Mount Rogers and Red Hill Primary Schools.

Designs for security fences at Arawang, Duffy and Mawson Primary schools were completed during the reporting period.

Car Parks and Traffic Improvements

Construction works at Weetangera and Curtin Primary schools and Southern Cross Early Childhood School were completed during the reporting period.

Designs were completed for car park upgrades and expansions at Majura and Macgregor Primary schools during the reporting period.

School Roof Replacement Program

A major roof replacement was completed at Chapman Primary School in the 2013-14 reporting period. Works were commenced at Canberra High School and will be completed during the next reporting period.

Digital Front Signage

New digital signs were installed at the front of Namadgi School and Neville Bonner Primary School during the reporting period.

Environmental Sustainability

A total of $1.2 million was allocated from the annual schools capital upgrades program to support the Directorate's strategic priorities for environmental sustainability initiatives. Refer to Section B4 for an overview of the projects and policies implemented during the 2013-14 reporting period.

Capital Works Schedules

The Directorate's capital works management program for 2013-14, detailing the completed projects and works still in progress at the year's end, is shown in Table F3.1.

Table F3.1: Capital works management 2013-14

New Capital Works

Project	Original project value $'000	Revised project value $'000	Actual finance 2013-2014 $'000	Actual exp. 2013-2014 $'000	Total exp. to date $'000	Estimated completion date	Actual completion date	Project approval year
Canberra College Cares - new building at Woden Campus	14,000	14,000	4,253	4,260	4,260	Feb-15	N/A	2013-14
School Infrastructure for the Future	3,345	3,345	2,089	2,799	2,799	Jun-14	N/A	2013-14
Childcare centre upgrades - Stage 2	2,000	2,000	181	183	183	Jun-15	N/A	2013-14
Belconnen High School modernisation - Stage 1	2,000	2,000	127	132	132	Jun-15	N/A	2013-14
Tuggeranong Introductory English Centre	1,800	1,800	226	228	228	Jun-15	N/A	2013-14
Coombs P-6 school construction funding	0	47,250	19	19	19	Jan-16	N/A	2013-14

Capital Upgrades

Project	Original project value $'000	Revised project value $'000	Actual finance 2013-2014 $'000	Actual exp. 2013-2014 $'000	Total exp. to date $'000	Estimated completion date	Actual completion date	Project approval year
Older school upgrades	2,740	2,740	2,405	2,431	2,431	Jun-14	Jun-14	2013-14
Excellence and Enterprise – high school frontages	0	0	534	171	171	Jun-14	Jun-14	2013-14
New school facilities	960	960	580	945	945	Jun-14	Jun-14	2013-14
School infrastructure improvements	4,670	4,412	4,463	4,469	4,469	Jun-14	Jun-14	2013-14
Building compliance upgrades	1,060	1,060	1,002	1,105	1,105	Jun-14	Jun-14	2013-14
School security improvements	1,220	1,220	1,237	1,206	1,206	Jun-14	Jun-14	2013-14
School safety improvements	1,660	1,660	1,629	1,660	1,660	Jun-14	Jun-14	2013-14
Environmentally sustainable design initiatives	1,220	1,220	1,186	1,190	1,190	Jun-14	Jun-14	2013-14
Childcare facilities	425	425	212	212	212	Jun-14	N/A	2013-14
Total new and upgrades works	37,100	84,092	20,143	21,010	21,010	-	-	-

Work In Progress

Project	Original project value $'000	Revised project value $'000	Prior year exp. $'000	Actual finance 2013-2014 $'000	Actual exp. 2013-2014 $'000	Total exp. to date $'000	Estimated completion date	Actual completion date	Project approval year
Duffy Primary School expansion	2,800	2,800	315	2,289	2,352	2,667	Dec-13	Jan-14	2012-13
Carbon Neutral Schools - Stage 1	3,500	3,500	176	601	807	983	Jun-16	N/A	2012-13
Childcare centre improvements	0	900	0	111	142	142	Jun-14	N/A	2012-13
COAG Universal Access to Preschools - Stage 1 expansion works	6,200	6,200	3,196	1,803	1,685	4,881	Apr-14	N/A	2011-12
West Macgregor development - Macgregor Primary School expansion	5,650	5,899	2,185	3,694	3,203	5,388	Oct-13	Sep-13	2011-12
Upgrade of early childhood facilities	0	7,716	2,143	3,662	3,920	6,063	Dec-13	N/A	2011-12
Holder Early Childhood Centre	0	6,209	734	4,880	4,896	5,630	May-14	May-14	2011-12
Sustainable Learning Trade Training Centre - Tuggeranong	10,207	8,301	451	5,580	5,691	6,142	Apr-14	N/A	2011-12
Belconnen Trade Skills Centre	8,968	8,120	0	66	66	66	Jun-16	N/A	2013-14
North Watson development - Majura Primary School expansion	4,400	4,680	1,512	2,809	2,574	4,086	May-14	Sep-14	2011-12
Total work in progress	41,725	54,325	10,712	25,495	25,336	36,048	-	-	-

Projects Completed

Project	Original project value $'000	Revised project value $'000	Prior year exp. $'000	Actual finance 2013-2014 $'000	Actual exp. 2013-2014 $'000	Total exp. to date $'000	Estimated completion date	Actual completion date	Project approval year
Coombs Primary School design (finalisation of design)	550	550	0	532	551	551	Jun-14	Jun-14	2013-14
Rectification and upgrade of Taylor Primary School	12,930	13,731	6,256	8,336	7,475	13,731	Dec-13	Dec-13	2012-13
Installation of artificial grass surfaces – Stage 1	2,300	2,570	2,426	154	144	2,570	Apr-13	Apr-13	2011-12
Canberra College Cares (CCCares) program (design)	1,400	1,400	562	839	839	1,401	Jun-13	Oct-13	2011-12
School toilet upgrade program - Stage 1	2,000	2,000	1,960	41	41	2,001	Jun-13	Oct-13	2011-12
School roof replacement program - Stage 1	2,800	4,029	2,780	1,249	1,249	4,029	Sep-13	Oct-13	2011-12
Coombs Primary School (design)	1,950	1,950	1,309	641	641	1,950	Jun-14	Jun-14	2010-11
Harrison School (secondary school site)	43,500	47,370	46,441	929	929	47,370	Dec-11	Dec-11	2009-10
Namadgi School	50,000	55,550	55,474	152	76	55,550	Apr-11	Apr-11	2007-08
2012-13 childcare capital upgrades	390	390	95	327	295	390	Jun-13	Dec-13	2012-13
Franklin Early Childhood School	42,700	25,641	24,473	-36	605	25,078	Dec-13	Jan-14	2011-12
Neville Bonner Primary School	60,270	43,270	36,092	5,019	4,915	41,007	Dec-13	Jan-14	2011-12
Gungahlin College	60,700	74,407	73,991	119	152	74,143	Mar-11	Mar-11	2007-08
Total projects completed	281,490	272,858	251,859	18,302	17,912	269,771	-	-	-

Total Capital Works Program 2013-14

Project	Original project value $'000	Revised project value $'000	Prior year exp. $'000	Actual finance 2013-2014 $'000	Actual exp. 2013-2014 $'000	Total exp. to date $'000	Estimated completion date	Actual completion date	Project approval year
Total Capital Works Program 2013-14	360,315	411,275	262,571	63,940	64,258	326,829	-	-	-

Source: Education and Training Directorate

Table F3.2: End of year reconciliation schedule 2013-14

Reconciliation of total current year financing	$'000
Total current year capital works financing	58,095
Add: Financing of other capital initiatives	9,314
Capital injection from Govt. per cash flow statement	67,409

Reconciliation of total current year actual expenditure - against financing	$'000
Total current year capital works expenditure	59,095
Total current year capital initiatives expenditure	17,888
Less: Net impact of accruals between financial years	-2,705
Less: Capital purchases funded outside of capital injections	-6,868
Capital injection from Govt. per cash flow statement	67,409

Reconciliation of total current year actual expenditure	$'000
Total current year capital works expenditure	59,095
Add: Capital initiatives	17,888
Add: Other asset purchases outside of capital works program	1,537
Less: Net impact of accruals between financial years	-2,705
Purchase of property, plant and equipment as per cash flow statement	75,814