❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) doorframes and their compliance with fire safety standards. The Minister's response indicates remediation is underway at no cost to the government.
AnsweredQoN 654Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
PERTH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL —
DOORFRAMES
654. Hon SAMANTHA ROWE to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the new Perth Children's
Hospital.
(1) Have any
parts of the hospital been handed over to the government; and, if so, which
parts and when were they handed over?
(2) Have all the
doorframes in those parts already handed over been assessed and deemed
compliant as meeting Australian fire safety standards; and, if so, by whom were
they assessed and when?
(3) How many doorframes in the
hospital still do not meet Australian fire safety standards?
(4) How much extra funding has been
required to ensure that the doorframes meet fire safety standards?
DOORFRAMES
654. Hon SAMANTHA ROWE to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the new Perth Children's
Hospital.
(1) Have any
parts of the hospital been handed over to the government; and, if so, which
parts and when were they handed over?
(2) Have all the
doorframes in those parts already handed over been assessed and deemed
compliant as meeting Australian fire safety standards; and, if so, by whom were
they assessed and when?
(3) How many doorframes in the
hospital still do not meet Australian fire safety standards?
(4) How much extra funding has been
required to ensure that the doorframes meet fire safety standards?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1) None of Perth
Children's Hospital has been handed over to the government.
Approximately 62 per cent of the operational areas of the hospital have now
moved to state primary access control, which means that although the areas are
still retained as part of the construction site by the managing contractor, the
state is controlling access to the areas to enable the installation of
information and communications technology and fittings, fixtures and equipment
and to commence staff familiarisation.
(2) The
doorframes in the state primary access control areas have been modified to
achieve compliance, and the formal inspection and certification process to
ensure compliance commenced in PCH this week and was carried out by the
managing contractor's building certifier.
(3) The exact
figure is not available in the time frame provided. However, less than 20 per
cent of the doors remain to be remediated and reinstalled. The doorframe
remediation is not impacting on the delivery of the project.
(4) The state government is not
incurring any cost as a result of the remediation of the doorframes.
of the question.
(1) None of Perth
Children's Hospital has been handed over to the government.
Approximately 62 per cent of the operational areas of the hospital have now
moved to state primary access control, which means that although the areas are
still retained as part of the construction site by the managing contractor, the
state is controlling access to the areas to enable the installation of
information and communications technology and fittings, fixtures and equipment
and to commence staff familiarisation.
(2) The
doorframes in the state primary access control areas have been modified to
achieve compliance, and the formal inspection and certification process to
ensure compliance commenced in PCH this week and was carried out by the
managing contractor's building certifier.
(3) The exact
figure is not available in the time frame provided. However, less than 20 per
cent of the doors remain to be remediated and reinstalled. The doorframe
remediation is not impacting on the delivery of the project.
(4) The state government is not
incurring any cost as a result of the remediation of the doorframes.
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