TAS project account
K-Block, Royal Hobart Hospital inpatient precinct (Stage 1 Phase 3)
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Reporting boundary
Phase 3 of the RHH Redevelopment: a 10-storey inpatient tower built on the site of the demolished B-Block, being Stage 1 of the 2011 RHH site-wide master plan. In the January 2014 audit this same scope was named 'New building including the Women and Children's precinct (Phase 3)' and was the only in-scope element of that audit; from 2015 the reports call it K-Block. The $465m / $480m / $584m / $479m series therefore tracks one continuous scope across two audit reports, but readers should note the 2014 figures exclude the Taskforce scope additions and the temporary Liverpool Street decant facility that were later added.
Cost as published, edition by edition
What each edition said this would cost
2 observations
| Edition | Published figure | Publisher | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 5 of 2019-20 | $584mAs printed: 584 ($m)Capital meaning not yet reviewedInterpretation statusNot yet classified · Not stated | Document mining | Machine-read |
| No. 6 of 2013-14 | $480mCapital meaning not yet reviewedInterpretation statusNot yet classified · Not stated | Document mining | Machine-read |
Recorded particulars
What else the sources state
Capacity
- Beds
- 250 beds are proposed within K-Block Document miningBeds proposed within K-Block. The footnote clarifies that the additional new overnight beds counted toward the 195-bed IGA output also come from the inpatient facility J-Block, so the 250 and the 195 are not the same measure.Machine-read
Cost
- Reason for variance
- In May 2013, it was recognised that proposed work, as then scoped and designed, appeared likely to exceed the budget by $7.4m. Subsequently, the steering committee signed-off on a final design of 10 floors with a 'reduced footprint'. Document miningThe report explicitly ties the $7.4m forecast overrun to the then-current scope and design, and identifies the design response (10 floors, reduced footprint) as the corrective step.Machine-read
- Expenditure to date
- $22.6m Document miningActual expenditure to September 2013, stated as 4.7 per cent of the revised $480m budget, sourced from the Executive Director's Project report.Machine-read
- Reason for variance
- In January 2019, the Managing Contractor reported a practical completion date of 30 July 2019 to the PCG, however, it is understood that after a review of commissioning activities by the Managing Contractor, this date was delayed until August or September 2019 upon the next submission of the construction program. The Report outlines the Project Management Consultant had the opinion that an August or September 2019 completion date was unlikely without mitigation of recent delays, ensuring adequat
Sources
Original documents
Document mining, Report of the Auditor-General No. 6 of 2013-14: Redevelopment of the Royal Hobart Hospital: governance and project management
Report No. 6 of 2013-14, printed page 42 (PDF page 52), section 4.4 'Was the project on budget?', second bullet
Open original sourceDocument mining, Report of the Auditor-General No. 6 of 2013-14: Redevelopment of the Royal Hobart Hospital: governance and project management
Report No. 6 of 2013-14, printed page 42 (PDF page 52), section 4.4 'Was the project on budget?'
Open original sourceDocument mining, Report of the Auditor-General No. 5 of 2019-20: Royal Hobart Hospital Redevelopment Project (Full Report)
Report No. 5 of 2019-20, printed page 13 (PDF page 21), paragraph 1.9
Open original sourceDocument mining, Report of the Auditor-General No. 6 of 2013-14: Redevelopment of the Royal Hobart Hospital: governance and project management
Report No. 6 of 2013-14, printed page 42 (PDF page 52), section 4.4 'Was the project on budget?', third bullet
Open original sourceDocument mining, Report of the Auditor-General No. 5 of 2019-20: Royal Hobart Hospital Redevelopment Project (Full Report)
Report No. 5 of 2019-20, printed page 14 (PDF page 22), paragraph 1.14, third bullet