Capital Program 2024/25 Delivery Status

Afternoon Councillors. I just wanted to introduce the council officer who's in our project delivery team, project officer. I can give I can give a brief overview of the report. So the purpose of today's report is to provide a status update on the capital works program as of the 30th of September 2024. It excludes disaster recovery projects, improved capital works budget for 24-25 is 53.8 million inclusive of 22.4 million in carry forwards. Actual expenditure achieved to date which is 30th of September is 6 million or 11% with 9.3 remaining in commitments. There's currently 127 projects on the capital works program in varying stages of delivery. Projects continue to be managed overall within the budget and time limitations to the extent possible and use PCG and CWE to manage that process. Contractor resources and material availability remain a constraint and continue to drive up project costs. Infrastructure planning, design and delivery is making substantial progress on a restructure and with the major restructuring restructure aiming to create additional leadership, capacity, enhanced delivery efficiencies and maximise team output. However, it's not addressing the resource constraints that we're facing at the moment. IPDD branches is continuing to face ongoing resource constraints and challenges, as are all councils of Queensland, so it's not just unique to us. Enhancements in systems, tools and processes are continuously rolled out across the branch. Innovative strategies for project delivery are currently being explored, such as panels of contractors and optimising procurement packages and using external resources to supplement our internal resources. The recommendation that Council note the report by the IPDD manager to the Services & Organisation Committee, providing an update on the delivery of the capital works program as of the 13th of September.

Nicola Wilson50:38

Thank you. I'll just close by saying it's always great to see best practice being implemented and be able to see what happens next with the guidelines and everything else as it is adopted and implemented. We'll put that to the vote. To the vote. All in favour? Yes. Thank you. That's unanimous. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Thanks Robyn. Well done. Moving on to reports when noting the committee. 6.1 capital program 2024/5, deliverable status.

Nicola Wilson69:40

The Council met the report by the infrastructure planning design and delivery manager to the Services & Organisation Committee Meeting 12th November 2024 providing an update on the delivery of the 2024-25 capital works program as of 30 September 2024 3710 by 2024. Happy who do you I have a degree.

Jessica Phillips67:23

No, thank I've got a couple more, sorry. Please, can I understand a little bit more around the capital works program compared to just sort of the things that communities see and maybe see as priority in what they would maybe think is more important. When does the delivery of our capital works impact what could be a driver to what communities see in like a small detail out in industries?