❓ Hon Kate Doust questions the Minister for Finance regarding Building Management and Works' (BMW) knowledge of subcontractors and complaint management procedures on construction projects between 2008 and 2012. The Minister confirms BMW's lack of comprehensive subcontractor identification and inadequate information gathering, noting a centralised complaints system has since been implemented.
AnsweredQoN 617Legislative Council
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BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND WORKS —
SUBCONTRACTORS
617. Hon KATE DOUST to the
minister representing the Minister for Finance:
I refer to the management of
complaints raised by subcontractors on construction projects administered by
Building Management and Works between October 2008 and October 2012.
(1) Does the
minister stand by his statement in the other place on 26 June 2013 that ''In
fact, in most cases BMW does not even know who the subcontractors were''?
(2) Does the
minister stand by his statement in the other place on 26 June 2013 that '' BMW had inadequate information gathering
procedures in place to find out who the subcontractors were and when they
complained to be able to collate them across BMW ''?
SUBCONTRACTORS
617. Hon KATE DOUST to the
minister representing the Minister for Finance:
I refer to the management of
complaints raised by subcontractors on construction projects administered by
Building Management and Works between October 2008 and October 2012.
(1) Does the
minister stand by his statement in the other place on 26 June 2013 that ''In
fact, in most cases BMW does not even know who the subcontractors were''?
(2) Does the
minister stand by his statement in the other place on 26 June 2013 that '' BMW had inadequate information gathering
procedures in place to find out who the subcontractors were and when they
complained to be able to collate them across BMW ''?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of this question.
(1) The
Department of Finance's Building Management and Works does not enter
into formal contractual arrangements with subcontractors and, as a consequence,
it is generally unable to comprehensively identify subcontractors for
individual projects.
(2) Yes. A centralised complaints
management system has now been implemented.
of this question.
(1) The
Department of Finance's Building Management and Works does not enter
into formal contractual arrangements with subcontractors and, as a consequence,
it is generally unable to comprehensively identify subcontractors for
individual projects.
(2) Yes. A centralised complaints
management system has now been implemented.
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