October 2012
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Release notes
This release represents the public issue of the Cost Planning Standards and Reporting Standards.
Health Infrastructure endorsed the current release for industry use commencing 2nd October 2012.
What is new?
This is the first issue of this document in its current format. This Document supersedes any previous Cost
Planning or Cost Management documents issued by NSW Health.
Contacts
Anthony Manning
Health Infrastructure
02 9978 5402
Anthony.Manning@hinfra.health.nsw.gov.au
Acknowledgements
Health Infrastructure acknowledges the following contributors to the development of this Document:
NSW Health;
HI Expert Reference Group;
Rider Levett Bucknall;
All reviewers of the draft versions; and,
All past authors, contributors and reviewers to previous releases.
Foreword
This document is intended for the use on healthcare facility projects valued at $10 million and above.
Cost Planning and Reporting Standards
CONTENTS
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A FORMAT FOR STANDARD COST PLAN REPORT
APPENDIX B PRO-FORMA FOR STANDARD COST PLAN REPORT
APPENDIX C PRO-FORMA FOR STANDARD COST PLAN SUMMARIES
CP1 COST PLAN SUMMARY
CP4 ELEMENTAL SUMMARY
CP5 TRADE SUMMARY
CP6 PLANNING UNIT COST PLAN DETAILS
APPENDIX D PRO-FORMA FOR PRELIMINARIES (INDICATIVE)
APPENDIX E CONTINGENCIES
APPENDIX F PROFORMA FOR STANDARD CASHFLOW
APPENDIX G PROFORMA FOR VARIATION REGISTER
APPENDIX H FORMAT FOR (MONTHLY) FINANCIAL REPORTING
APPENDIX I PROFORMA FOR STANDARD (MONTHLY) FINANCIAL REPORTING
Cost Planning and Reporting Standards
1.1 Description
This document provides standard information for Cost Managers to prepare cost
information and documentation in the planning, design and implementation of new and
refurbished healthcare facilities in NSW over $10million in value (principally). Information in
this document is referred to throughout the text as: „Cost Planning and Reporting
Standards; „this Document‟; or „these Standards‟.
The purpose of these Standards is to ensure consistency in respect of the cost deliverables
of the Project and a framework for the uniform preparation and presentation of cost advice
by the Cost Manager to Health Infrastructure (HI).
Cost Plans
Section (2) provides Standards on the format, structure and definitions of items for
inclusion in Cost Plans deliverable during HI Projects.
Financial Reports
Section (3) provides Standards for Financial Reporting deliverable during HI Projects.
Appendices
The Appendices to this Document include standard structures for reporting, pro-formas
and the like for Cost Plans and Financial Reporting.
1.4 Application
This Document is applicable to the entire Project Team to comprehend, support and apply
to all HI Projects.
Without limiting the professional processes of the Cost Manager, the User of this Document
is tasked with complying with the pro-forma documentation and structures for deliverables
and submissions to HI.
The application of these Standards is to ensure consistent information is presented to HI
during Projects and for later reference by others for benchmarking and general reference.
With the exception of Contingencies where allowances (percentages or otherwise) are
included within these Standards, the Cost Manager must undertake their own investigations
as well as any necessary benchmarking to validate the allowance as provided. In the
application of these Standards, where the allowances are significantly varied by the Cost
Manager, justification is required to be given in writing within the Project Reporting.
In all HI Projects, the Cost Manager must have a considered understanding of the intent of
these Standards together with advice and progressive thinking on how this intent can be
best presented to articulate the cost goals, and reporting of the Project.
1.7 Definitions
Definitions that are specific to words or phrases used in this Document are listed in the
following table.
Item Definition
Business Case A budget established as part of the Business Case process developed in
accordance with NSW Treasury Guidelines.
Net Construction Cost The cost of the building consisting of the substructure, superstructure,
external fabric and finishes, internal fabric, internal finishes, fixed fittings
and all services within and under the building, the external works and
services within the boundaries of the site and connection to Authorities
services at the perimeter of the site, Project specific costs within the
boundaries of the site; unless otherwise stated.
Gateway Review A series of structured reviews that are held at key decision points (gates)
in the procurement process. NSW Treasury retains the responsibility for
Gateway Review(s).
Greenstar A comprehensive, national, voluntary environmental rating system that
evaluates the environmental design and construction of buildings. The
system has been developed by the Green Building Council of Australia.
Gross Construction The Net Construction Cost plus preliminaries, overheads and profit,
Cost staging and locality allowance
Project risk register The document prepared by the Project Manager (with input from the
Project Team) and issued to HI on a monthly (or other agreed) basis.
Project Team The consultant Project Team for the Project including; Project Manager.
Quantity Surveyor, Architect, Engineers and all Other Consultants.
HI Project Director The Health Infrastructure Project Director for the Project.
Access Layer Comprises the structured cabling system, hardware, WAP points and
supporting active equipment which enable access to the “Access Layer”.
1.8 Acronyms
Acronyms that may be used in this Document are listed in the following table.
Acronym Definition
ACMM Australian Cost Management Manual
AHFG[s] Australian Health Facility Guideline[s]
AS Australian Standard
AS/ NZS Australian and New Zealand Standard
BC Building Cost
CC Construction Cost
EA Economic Appraisal
ERG Expert Reference Group
ESC Executive Steering Committee
ESD Environmentally Sustainable Development
ETC End Total Cost
FF&E Furniture Fixtures & Equipment
FIS Financial Impact Statement
GCC Gross Construction Cost
HFBS Health Facility Briefing System
HFG Health Facility Guidelines
HI Health Infrastructure (also means the HI Project Director)
HPU Hospital Planning Unit
ICT Information & Communications Technology (ICT)
LHD Local Health District
NCC Net Construction Cost
NETC Net End Total Cost
PDC Project Development Committee
PDP Project Definition Plan
SOA Schedule of Accommodation
SPP Service Procurement Plan
TPC Total Project Cost
TS11 Technical Standards 11 – Engineering Services Design Guidelines
VM Value Management
VMS Value Management Study
2. COST PLANS
2.1 Introduction
The Cost Manager is to ensure that Cost Plans are:
Holistic;
Based upon all documentation available at the time the Cost Plan is produced;
Incorporating all possible investigations;
Inclusive of individual Project characteristics and site specific features; and,
Established in conjunction with anticipated procurement methodologies and
programme; and,
Compliant with the „Reporting Requirements‟ of the Consultant‟s contract.
Inclusive of all applicable allowances and imposts including any applicable
allowance for the carbon pricing mechanism
Cost Plans are generally to be prepared in accordance with the Australian Cost
Management Manual (ACMM).
2.4 General
It is intended that each Cost Plan establishes the „End Total Cost‟ (ETC) with allowances
assessed and modified on an individual Project basis.
Once the Business Case has been established, the allowances for ESD initiatives,
Contingencies, LHD Fees and HI Management must be maintained, as a maximum, at their
Business Case level in subsequent Cost Plans; notwithstanding that the GCC may
increase. The rationale for this is that the works are to be designed to the Business Case
Budget and therefore the Business Case Allowances for these items will not be exceeded.
Notwithstanding this position, the allowances will be subject to detailed reviews as cost
plans are developed and can only be amended upon agreement with the HI Project
Director.
Cost Plans and Cost Reports must report costs exclusive of GST.
2.7 On-Costs
2.7.2 Preliminaries
Preliminaries allowance must take account of:
The proposed programme;
The manner (methodology) in which the works will be undertaken; and,
The specifics of the site.
Where Preliminaries allowances are based on percentages, the percentages must
be benchmarked from similar projects executed under similar conditions and take
account of market forces.
A Preliminaries Cost Plan must be developed no later than Cost Plan C1 and
updated for later Cost Plans. An indicative format is provided in Appendix D,
Preliminaries Pro-Forma (Indicative).
2.7.3 Margin
Margin allowance must take account of the Contractors‟ profit and offsite overheads
as well as any contractual risk to be borne.
2.8 Contingencies
HI has prepared guideline Contingency allowances for each Phase of a Project. Refer to
Appendix E.
Whilst guideline Contingencies have been prepared, it is imperative that the Cost Manager
develop Project-specific Contingencies based upon the risk registers developed by the
Consultant Team.
From and including Cost Plan C the adequacy of the contingency must be reviewed by
undertaking a costing and probability analysis of the Project Risk Register. The Cost
Manager, in conjunction with the Project Manager, is to continuously review and update the
Register to reflect the changing risk profile.
2.9 Fees
2.10 FF&E
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E) includes the following:
Furniture:
o Loose or movable, generally functional, items that equip a room (e.g. tables,
chairs and workstations);
Fixtures:
o May also be referred to as „fittings‟;
o Fixed items that are attached to the building (walls, floors and/or ceiling);
and,
o May or may not require services (water, gas, electricity) connections;
Equipment:
o Clinical equipment (e.g. defibrillator, ventilator, diathermy machine);
o Non-clinical equipment, which has a specific therapeutic or diagnostic
purpose (e.g. wheelchairs, IV poles, mechanical lifts); and,
o Major Medical Equipment, which is high-cost clinical diagnostic and
treatment electromedical items that may require specialist services (water,
electricity, gas, data networking and/or airconditioning) to be operational
before commissioning (e.g. linear accelerator, MRI, dental chair, x-ray
machine).
FF&E is separated into three (3) groups of items:
Group 1, Supplied and installed by the Contractor:
o This includes everything that can be warranted and fully installed by the
Contractor.
2.11 ICT
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) includes the following:
ICT Infrastructure, which may include:
o Structured Cabling Systems;
o Wide Area (WAN) and Local Area Networks (LAN);
o Wireless Networks (WLAN), including support for Automatic Guided Vehicles
(AGV);
o Networking devices which facilitate the LANs and WLANs, including
switches, routers, racks and servers to enable the access layer;
o Communications, including Public Address and Messaging Systems, two
way radio and paging systems, voice over WLAN, Digitally Enhanced
Cordless Telecommunication (DECT), Unified Communications (including
legacy PABX and fixed voice);
o ICT accommodation, for example, Communications Rooms, Ducts and
Risers.
ICT Functional Systems, which may include:
o Clinical Information and Services, Point of Care Systems, and Patient
Records Systems;
o Building Management Control Systems (BMCS), Programmable Logic
Controllers (PLC) and Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA);
o Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Stock and Instrument Control;
o Patient Entertainment, Comfort, Audio Visual, TV systems;
o Education, Research and Training; Hospital Administration, Asset
Management and Human Resources; and,
o Security, Staff Assist, Nurse Call, Porter, Duress and Orderly Systems, Real
Time Location and Way Finding Services.
Most of the ICT functional systems are included in the building contract except for the
software of:
Patient Entertainment systems;
Administration systems; and,
Asset management systems.
ICT is to be a separate line item in all cost plans and cost reports.
ICT is separated into three (3) Groups of items:
Group 1, Supplied and installed by the Contractor:
o This includes everything that can be warranted and fully installed by the
Contractor.
Group 2, Supplied by the Client and installed by the Contractor:
o This may include items that the Client has on supplier contract or items for
transfer.
Group 3, Supplied and installed by the Client:
o This will include items that are specific to the Project, but are under full
procurement and delivery control of the Client.
The Project will fund ICT infrastructure associated with the “Access Layer”, as well
as ICT equipment which directly supports clinical functions (including Nurse Call,
Security, Duress, Major Medical ICT, clinical video conferencing, master clocks,
master aerial systems and imaging.
2.12 Escalation
The Base Date(s) prevailing for the rates included in the Cost Plan must be clearly
identified. It is important that Escalation from the Base Date to Construction
Commencement and Escalation during the construction period are separately identified.
Whilst published cost data and indices may be used as a reference, it is incumbent on the
Cost Manager to apply escalation factors derived from their own investigation of the
anticipated marketplace and Project specifics. Escalation must be accounted for on the sum
total of the estimated Total Project Cost (TPC) prevailing at the Base Date.
Following completion of the Cost Plan (C2), Escalation is to be distributed within the
elemental and/or trade analysis.
2.13 Cashflow
2.13.1 Generally
Cashflows must reflect when expenditure is anticipated to be accrued and not when
paid, e.g. for the value of work done (vowd) during June, the cost is recorded
against June, not July, which is when the payment certification and payment is likely
to occur.
It is anticipated that the Cashflow is a compilation of the cash flowing of individual
cost centres and individual Construction contracts.
In the Cashflow, Project and Client Contingencies must be shown separately and
consideration must be given to when they are likely to be expended rather than
being cash flowed over the life of the project..
Cashflows must reflect NSW Government financial years that commence on 1 July
annually.
In the Cashflow, FF&E must reflect anticipated expenditure in accordance with the
programme and any deposits and early payments. Generally it is expended 30% in
the period 6-3 months prior to Project Completion and 70% in the final 3 months
prior to Project Completion. The Cashflow for professional fees shall reflect the
different rate of expenditure during the planning and delivery phases as well as pre-
and post-construction.
The Cashflows are to be updated monthly to reflect Actual Expenditure as incurred.
2.13.2
During the Business case phase, prior to Cost Plan C, the Cashflow must be
presented as included in Appendix F.
The Cashflow Pro-forma has been developed to serve competing interests. During
the Business Case the financial modellers require the Cashflow exclusive of
Escalation. HI for their purposes requires Annual Cashflows prepared that are both
inclusive and exclusive of Contingency.
2.13.3
For Cost Plan C and onwards the Cashflow must reflect the project programme
prepared by the Project Manager as updated from time to time and not based upon
standard Cashflow formulae. The programme must identify anticipated delivery
dates of major items of plant and equipment as well as cost significant items. The
Cashflow must reflect the expenditure of these items as lump sums rather than
being cash flowed over the life of the project.
Cashflow‟s for LHD fees should be obtained from the LHD and for HI fees from HI.
The Cash flow is to reflect the anticipated ETC exclusive of contingency allowances
where it is deemed, by the Project Director in consultation with the Project team, that
the contingency allowance will not be required.
2.13.4
During construction the construction Cashflow is to be based upon the Contractor‟s
cash flow. Prior to adoption, the Cashflow is to be vetted by the Cost Manager and
adjusted by the Contractor, if required, and agreed. An activity based Cashflow shall
be obtained from the Contractor prior to the first progress payment claim, and
preferably at tender time, to assist the vetting. The Contractor is to update the cash
flow at the time of each progress claim.
2.13.5
From PDP onwards the Cashflow shall be monitored in monthly reports by reference
to the PDP approved Cashflow, or other milestone Cashflow s instructed by HI, and
is to be presented as included in Appendix F. Any significant deviations must be
brought to the attention of the Project Director and Project Manager so that
corrective action can be investigated.
Additionally, the Cashflow is to be prepared in the HI Portal Format as included in
Appendix F.
3. FINANCIAL REPORTS
The process of Financial Reporting to HI is via the HI internet Portal as well as by way of a
Monthly Financial Report.
3.1 HI Portal
The Cost Manager is to refer to the HI Portal Manual.
Responsibility for inputting data in the HI Portal Financial Reporting is as indicated in the
following table.
Input Responsibility
Budget HI Project Director
Commitments Project Manager (approved by HI Project Director)
Forecast commitments Cost Manager
Payments Project Manager (approved by HI Project Director)
Cashflow Cost Manager
Commentary HI Project Director and Project Manager
3.2.1 Purpose
The purpose of the Monthly Financial Report is to convey the financial status of the
Project by providing information on Project budget status, funding sources,
cashflow, financial risks and be a base data source for PDC, PCG and ESC
governance groups.
The HI Portal Financial Report must form an appendix to the Monthly Financial
Report.
3.2.2 Layout
The Monthly Financial Report must include commentary on all of the items identified
in Appendix H. It must be presented in the format as supplied in Appendix I.
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
Each Cost Plan Report must include the following standard headings (as indicated by
numbered, bold text) and content as described in dot-points below:
2.1 Introduction
A concise note on the status of the project.
2.9 Escalation
Confirmation of the base date of the cost plan and the assumption used for
calculating escalation.
2.16 Benchmarking
Details of other projects upon which benchmarking has been undertaken
and details of major inputs; e.g. Building cost/HPU/bed, Building cost/unit
(e.g. theatre/bunker), FF&E cost/m2 FF&E cost/unit (e.g. theatre/bunker),
Fees etc..
2.17 Fees
Details of fee allowances.
2.18 FF&E
Details of FF&E allowances; and,
Summary of FF&E cost report.
2.19 ICT
Details of ICT allowances; and,
Summary of ICT cost report.
APPENDIX B
COVER PAGE:
for
[PROJECT NAME]
[PROJECT LOCATION]
[Date]
Prepared by
[insert logo or name of company]
Prepared for:
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Header
CONTENTS
1. Executive Summary
2. Outline of Cost Plan
2.01 Introduction
2.02 Scope of Project
2.03 Basis of Cost Plan
2.04 Specific Inclusions
2.05 Specific Exclusions
2.06 Drawings & Information Used
2.07 Area Measurement
2.08 Procurement & Market Assumptions
2.09 Escalation
2.10 Locality Index
2.11 Exchange Rate
2.12 Asset Acquisition & Asset Realisation
2.13 Risks & Contingencies
2.14 ESD & Sustainability Initiatives
2.15 Staging Costs
2.16 Benchmarking
2.17 Fees
2.18 FF&E
2.19 ICT
2.20 Budget Reconciliation
2.21 Life Cycle Costs
3. Cost Plans
3.01 Cost Plan Summaries
3.02 Cost Plan
Appendices
[List Appendices]
PROJECT CONSULTANTS
HI Project Director: [insert name]
Project Manager: [insert name and company]
Cost Manager: [insert name and company]
Architect: [insert name and company]
Structural & Civil Engineer: [insert name and company]
MEP Services Engineer: [insert name and company]
Landscape Architect: [insert name and company]
[Insert others or delete as appropriate]
Distribution: _______________________________________________[insert]
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APPENDIX C
Drawing References:
PROJECT:
G.F.A. : m2 BUILDING:
% Cost / m2 Cost
Code Element
BC $ $
1 SB Substructure
2 CL Columns
3 UF Upper Floors
4 SC Staircases
5 RF Roof
6 EW External Walls
7 WW Windows
8 ED External Doors
9 NW Internal Walls
10 NS Internal Screens and Borrowed Lights
11 ND Internal Doors
12 WF Wall Finishes
13 FF Floor Finishes
14 CF Ceiling Finishes
15 FT Fitment
16 SE Special Equipment
17 SF Sanitary Fixtures
18 PD Sanitary Plumbing
19 WS Water Supply
20 GS Gas Service
21 SH Space Heating
22 VE Ventilation
23 EC Evaporative Cooling
24 AC Air-conditioning
25 FP Fire Protections
26 LP Electric Light and Power
27 CM Communications
28 TS Transportation Systems
29 SS Special Services
00 PR Proportion of Preliminaries
PROJECT:
G.F.A. : m2 BUILDING:
% Cost / m2 Cost
No Trade
BC $ $
1 General Items
2 Preliminaries
3 Demolition
4 Groundworks
4.1 Excavation
4.2 Filing and hardcore
4.3 Paper and plastic membranes
4.4 Underpinning
4.5 Rock stabilisation
5 Piling
5.1 Driven piling
5.2 Cast in-situ piling
6 Concrete
6.1 In-situ concrete
6.2 Formwork
6.3 Permanent metal formwork system
6.4 Reinforcement
6.5 Prestressing
6.6 Slip formed construction
6.7 Precast concrete
6.8 Tanking
7 Masonry
8 Stonework
8.1 Natural stonework
8.2 Artificial stone, terracotta and similar work
9 Structural steel
10 Metalwork
11 Woodwork
12 Glazing
13 Hardware
14 Access floors
15 Partitions
16 Roofing
17 Suspended ceilings
18 Windows
19 Doors
20 Finishes
20.1 In-situ applied finishes
20.2 Metal lathing
20.3 Plasterboard, fibrous plaster, plaster acoustic tiles and similar
20.4 Tile, slab, block or sheet finishes, pavings and carpets
20.5 Division strips and inserts
21 Painting
22 Fitments
23 Hydraulics
24 Drainage
25 Electrical Installations
26 Mechanical Installations
27 Exterior Elements
27.1 Landscaping
27.2 Roadworks
Sub total - - $ -
Sub total - - $ -
3.00 Obstetrics
3.01 Birthing/Delivery Unit m2
3.02 Maternity m2
3.03 Gynaecology m2
3.04 Neonatal m2
Sub total - - $ -
4.00 Procedures
4.01 Emergency m2
4.02 Medical Imaging m2
4.03 Day Procedures m2
4.04 Intensive Care m2
4.05 Operating Suite m2
4.06 Mortuary/Post Mortem m2
Sub total - - $ -
Sub total - - $ -
Sub total - - $ -
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PLANNING UNIT
Briefed Measured
H.P.U. H.P.U.
Area Area Cost Cost
m2 m2 $ $/m2
7.00 Administration
7.01 Child Care m2
7.02 Main Entry/Reception m2
7.03 Admissions and Discharge m2
7.04 Nursing Admin m2
7.05 Conference, Education and Library m2
7.06 Research m2
7.07 Staff Accommodation m2
7.08 Tenants m2
7.09 Area Executive m2
Sub total - - $ -
Sub total - - $ -
Sub total - - $ -
PLANNING UNIT
Briefed Measured
H.P.U. H.P.U.
Area Area Cost Cost
m2 m2 $ $/m2
14.00 Fees
Consultant Fees % of GCC item
Authority Fees and Charges % of GCC item
Area Health Division Costs % of GCC item
15.00 FF&E
Furniture, Equipment, Artworks
(Sub divide FF&E into categories) % of GCC item
16.00 ICT
Infrastructure and Systems
(Sub divide ICT into categories) % of GCC item
19.00 Contingencies
Design Contingency % of GCC item
Planning Contingency % of GCC item
Construction Contingency % of GCC Item
Client Contingency % of GCC item
% of Project
HI MANAGEMENT COSTS End Cost
APPENDIX D
APPENDIX E
CONTINGENCIES
Contingency Requirements
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Nr HI Contract Stage (Completion) Cost Stage Procurement Project Contingency Client Contingency Total Contingency Treasury
responsibility (% costs) (% costs) (% costs) Guidance (%)
C Only Design 5
HI Benchmarking Tool
0 CSP DD&C Const 5 25% 40% 33 – 100%
Includes Project Cont
D&C Planning* 5
C Only Design 5
Health Facility Briefing System
Master Planning
1 Cost Plan A DD&C Const 5 15% 30% 33 – 100%
Includes Project Cont
D&C Planning* 5
All HI
C Only Design 5
Feasibility - Concept Design (Business Cost Estimate ‘P50’*
2 Case) Cost Plan B DD&C Const 5 10% 25% 18 - 33%
Includes Project Cont
D&C Planning* 5
C Only HI Design 0
8 Project Commissioning Final Account DD&C Con Const 2.5 0% 2.5% n/a
Accompanying Notes completed, the difference is in the party that is responsible for the design activity. The summary table
considers the following procurement criteria’;
Column 1 – provides a stage number for each design stage during the process
Construct Only (full design)
Column 2 – Identifies the HI Contract Stage Terminology Design & Construct (D&C)
Design Development & Construct (DD&C)
Column 3 – Identifies the Cost stages aligned to the design stages
The key difference between D&C and DD&C relates to the extent to the design that the contractor
HI Benchmarking Tool is expected to undertake. D&C requires a greater extent of contractor design than a DD&C.
The HI Benchmarking tool is being designed to provide a high level budget, the tool utilises historic data and At this stage PPP and Construction Management have not been fully considered.
considers a limited number of parameters;
Facility scope (‘bed’ numbers / m2) Column 5 & 6 - Contingency
Level of facility
Locational factors Contingency has been divided into two separate elements, with two separate owners to recognise the
Proportion of New Build / Refurbishment ownership of risk in a project. No adjustment or allocation of contingency shall occur without HI Director
Extent of Refurbishment (if any) approval.
Allowances for significant abnormals
Project Contingency
At present this is not undertaken in a formally recorded process, the intention is to develop a tool to allow
AHS’s to provide high level budget information in line with HI. This is intended for risks that can be owned and managed by the project, based on the information available
to them at the appropriate stages. The QS should make sufficient provision for risks as identified within the
Health Facility Briefing System three categories – Design, Construction and Town Planning.
The HFBS system (subject to some development) will have the ability to generate a budget estimate which Client Contingency
is more sophisticated than the benchmarking tool. One of the issues raised in the initial consultation stage
related to the QS’s continuity of involvement in the overall process, and that the limited extent of the This is intended to capture risks outside of the project that the project team can have little or no influence
historic data that they hold on which they base their budgets. The HFBS system holds a significant amount over. Items such as scope definition, changes in legislation, best practice and government policy, and the
of historic information, both in terms of actual achieved costs and on Australia wide projects, it therefore impact of government reprioritisation.
provides a much more extensive basis for budgeting.
Risk should generally transfer from the Client contingency to the project contingency, during development
Cost Plan A – D have already been defined within Health of the project, and then either be realised or mitigated, for example the summary table shows project
contingency static at 15% for the initial phases, as SPP and PDP relate more to scope definition which is
Probability (P) – Each cost plan has a probability rating this relates to the level of certainty that cost plan provided for within the client contingency that falls during these stages from 20% to 5%, as the project is
provides – P 70 represents a cost plan that has a 70% chance of being delivered within budget, as the stages developed and defined.
progress the Probability level increases. The benefit of this is that the cost plan represents a realistic
expectation of the level of certainty based on the information available. The P level P50 for example does The percentages indicated in the summary table are taken as ‘normal’ percentages, in all cases this
not represent that the budget is likely to be exceeded by 50%, but that there is a 50% chance of the budget percentage will be reviewed by the PDPL or PDPR in conjunction with the project team to establish the
being exceeded, the contingency sums still need to accurately reflect the level of risk for the project at each appropriateness of the allowance compared to the known and unknown risks of the project. As such the
stage. The probability level includes the project contingency allocated to each design stage. allowance will be increased and decreased depending upon the level of risk assessed in the project.
Escalation – Escalation should be accounted for on the sum total of the base cost, project contingency and At all stages the cost plan produced by the QS will include the project contingency, but exclude the client
client contingency. Costs should be expressed at a base point in time (we have currently standardised contingency, it is important that the two are kept separate to allow the management of the contingency
projects currently to 30/07/08) and as a total escalated in accordance with the proposed delivery program. sums. Both contingencies are based on the base costs identified by the QS rather than a client contingency
This allows for delivery timescales to be flexed and a revised escalation calculation assessed from the base on base cost and project contingency.
point, it also allows us to raise awareness of the impact of time on the costs of the project.
Column 7 – Total Allocated Contingency
Column 4 - Procurement related Responsibility
This column identifies the total ‘normal’ risk allocation for the project – a combination of the project and
The Framework as detailed needs to be applied to a number of different procurement options, the broad client contingencies.
philosophy is that regardless of the chosen procurement route the total design work needs to be
Contingency Requirements
Treasury have provided guidance (within the Draft Capital Project Estimating (for construction) version no.1
dated 20th December 2006 – Budget estimating & contingencies, pages 13 - 19), which has been considered
as part of developing this analysis. This guidance identifies what Treasury considers to be appropriate risk
allocations during a projects development. It is noted that any risk allocation that is significantly above or
below the range identified would have to be substantiated.
The risk percentages noted by Treasury represent a proportion of the total project costs, so an allocation of
50% for risk, actually represents 100% of base cost. Percentages in column 10 have been amended from the
report to reflect risk as a % of base costs.
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APPENDIX F
APPENDIX G
APPENDIX H
Each Cost Plan Report must include the following standard headings (as indicated by
numbered, bold text) and content as described in dot-points below:
Refer to Appendix I for Pro-forma for Financial (Monthly) Report.
Introduction
The introduction of the Financial Report is to include fundamental information on:
Company responsible for preparing the Financial Report;
Period for which the Report is valid; and,
Information provided and on which the Report is based.
Project Summary
The Project Summary of the Financial Report is to include the following cost data abstracted
from the HI Portal Financial Report:
Forecast Final Cost.
The Project Summary must also include the following supplementary sections:
Risk Position, detailing
Original contingency amount;
Variations;
Remaining contingency;
Statement of adequacy of contingency to complete the project; and,
Statement of committed and uncommitted costs.
Budget Position, detailing:
Initial Budget;
Budget Transfers;
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Variation Report
The Variation Report is to be linked to the detailed variation register included in the Appendices
and to include the following:
Value/number of approved variations;
Value/number of unapproved submitted variations;
Value/number of un-submitted variation; and,
Value of proposed variations.
Cashflow Report
The Cashflow Report is to be linked to the detailed cashflow included in the Appendices and to
include the following:
Approved project cashflow;
Indicative cashflow for current financial year;
Monthly update of “forecast” to “actual”; and,
Monthly movements/changes.
Appendices
The Appendices are to include detailed Monthly Reports in accordance with the Standard Pro-
forma for:
Cost Plan information;
Variations Register (refer to Appendix G of this Document, „Cost Planning and Reporting
Standards‟ for pro-forma);
Cashflow Report (refer to Appendix F of this Document, „Cost Planning and Reporting
Standards‟ for pro-forma); and
Other Reports, Correspondence, information etc., as appropriate.
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APPENDIX I
COVER PAGE:
FINANCIAL REPORT
NUMBER [Ref]
for
[PROJECT NAME]
[PROJECT LOCATION]
[Date]
Prepared by
[insert logo or name of company]
Prepared for:
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CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Project Summary
2.1 Forecast Final Cost
2.2 Risk Position
2.3 Budget Position
3. Variation Report
4. Cashflow Report
Appendices
[List Appendices]
APPENDIX A - COST PLAN INFORMATION
APPENDIX B - VARIATION REGISTER
APPENDIX C - CASHFLOW REPORT
[INSERT OTHERS AS REQUIRED]
PROJECT CONSULTANTS
HI Project Director: [insert name]
Project Manager: [insert name and company]
Cost Manager: [insert name and company]
Architect: [insert name and company]
Structural & Civil Engineer: [insert name and company]
MEP Services Engineer: [insert name and company]
Landscape Architect: [insert name and company]
[Insert others or delete as appropriate]
Distribution: _______________________________________________[insert]
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1 INTRODUCTION
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2 PROJECT SUMMARY
2.1 Forecast Final Cost
1. Authority Fees $ XX
2. Network and NSW HI costs $ XX
3. Professional fees $ XX
4. Land $ XX
5. Early works and decanting $ XX
6. Construction $ XX
7. Major equipment and FF&E $ XX
8. ICT $ XX
9. Escalation $ XX
10. Commissioning and relocation $ XX
11. Other $ XX
12. Contingency $ XX
Forecast Total Project End Cost $ XX
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3 VARIATION REPORT
[Insert text]
4 CASHFLOW
[Insert text]
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APPENDICES
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APPENDIX A
COST PLAN INFORMATION
[USING PRO-FORMA AS APPLICABLE]
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APPENDIX B
VARIATION REGISTER
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APPENDIX C
CASH FLOW REPORT
[USING PRO-FORMA AS APPLICABLE]
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APPENDIX [letter]
[NAME OF APPENDIX]
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