2022-11-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                           8 NOVEMBER 2022




Figure 4 – Budget Status of Capital Works as at 30 September 2022


Risks & Opportunities


Risks that have presented challenges to delivery of the Capital Works Program include the
increased costs associated with reduced availability of resources, equipment and materials.
This is compounded by a decreased availability of contractors and reluctance for contractors to
price tenders.
The construction industry is also proving challenging due to this inflated market and future
uncertainty and lack of confidence in supply chain and availability of manpower, resulting in the
private sector adopting a wait and see approach due to above constraints.

The number of Covid impacted population is also proving a challenge to both internal and
external resources. Council is working closely to monitor the situation and managing its internal
resource pool to reduce the impact where possible. Council is also monitoring the external
contractors resource impacts which are resulting in some forecast construction and supply chain
delays and pricing increases.

The long-range weather forecast is for further unseasonal rain events which will provide further
project delivery challenges throughout the 2nd quarter of 22/23 financial year.




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