❓ Mr. McGrath asks about the next steps following the commencement of preconstruction work on the new Perth stadium. The Minister details the timeline for preconstruction, tendering, and construction, highlighting stakeholder consultation and a 'fan first' approach.
AnsweredQoN 333Legislative Assembly
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PERTH
MAJOR SPORTS STADIUM — PRESCONSTRUCTION
333. Mr J.E. McGRATH to the Minister for Sport and
Recreation:
I was pleased to join with the minister and the Premier at
the historic event of the first sod being turned on the Burswood site for our
new Perth stadium. Can the minister please update the house on what will happen
at the site now that preconstruction work is about to begin?
MAJOR SPORTS STADIUM — PRESCONSTRUCTION
333. Mr J.E. McGRATH to the Minister for Sport and
Recreation:
I was pleased to join with the minister and the Premier at
the historic event of the first sod being turned on the Burswood site for our
new Perth stadium. Can the minister please update the house on what will happen
at the site now that preconstruction work is about to begin?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for South Perth for his question and for
all his work, particularly with the steering committee, to get us to this stage.
Today is a very significant day for not just sporting Western Australians, but
all Western Australians, with the turning of the first sod at the site for the
new Perth stadium. Everyone has been waiting a long time for this stadium. We
are now getting on with things and today the first physical work has taken
place at the site, and I am sure that is what everyone wanted us to do.
Last month, we announced the first delivery of the major
project. A Western Australian group, Ertech Keller joint venture, has been
chosen to carry out the preconstruction site works for the stadium. Those
preconstruction site works have started and will be ongoing for the next 18
months. In that time Ertech Keller will prepare the site for the stadium and
its precinct, which will ensure that all the groundwork and earthworks are done
and stadium construction can start in December 2014. While the preconstruction
works take place over the next 18 months, many other things will happen with
the stadium. In April, we announced the three major consortia to bid for the
design and construction of the stadium. In the next two weeks those consortia
will receive their full project brief. Over the next four to six months they
will take part in an interactive tendering process with the government to make
sure that everything we want for the stadium is recognised and understood so we
get the best result. Those three consortia will come back in around December
this year with their detailed costings and project proposals. We then have five
to six months of extensive evaluation and review, with the successful
consortium being announced in June 2014. Construction will then start on the
stadium in December 2014, to be completed before the start of the AFL season in
2018, or earlier if possible.
I make the point that in the two years since we announced the
Burswood site for the stadium, we have gone through extensive planning and
preparation. It has been thorough and it has taken a fair while, but it has
been well worth it. Extensive consultation has taken place with the stadium
user groups, the sporting groups, the sports fan group—all of this
state's stakeholders in the stadium—to ensure that we provide
the best information to the consortia so they can come back with the best
possible result for the stadium. With our ''fan first''
philosophy, which we have followed the whole way, I am confident we can come up
with a world-class stadium for 2018, which will be a really important project
for the state. It was great this morning to finally get to the stage at which
the earthworks are now happening.
all his work, particularly with the steering committee, to get us to this stage.
Today is a very significant day for not just sporting Western Australians, but
all Western Australians, with the turning of the first sod at the site for the
new Perth stadium. Everyone has been waiting a long time for this stadium. We
are now getting on with things and today the first physical work has taken
place at the site, and I am sure that is what everyone wanted us to do.
Last month, we announced the first delivery of the major
project. A Western Australian group, Ertech Keller joint venture, has been
chosen to carry out the preconstruction site works for the stadium. Those
preconstruction site works have started and will be ongoing for the next 18
months. In that time Ertech Keller will prepare the site for the stadium and
its precinct, which will ensure that all the groundwork and earthworks are done
and stadium construction can start in December 2014. While the preconstruction
works take place over the next 18 months, many other things will happen with
the stadium. In April, we announced the three major consortia to bid for the
design and construction of the stadium. In the next two weeks those consortia
will receive their full project brief. Over the next four to six months they
will take part in an interactive tendering process with the government to make
sure that everything we want for the stadium is recognised and understood so we
get the best result. Those three consortia will come back in around December
this year with their detailed costings and project proposals. We then have five
to six months of extensive evaluation and review, with the successful
consortium being announced in June 2014. Construction will then start on the
stadium in December 2014, to be completed before the start of the AFL season in
2018, or earlier if possible.
I make the point that in the two years since we announced the
Burswood site for the stadium, we have gone through extensive planning and
preparation. It has been thorough and it has taken a fair while, but it has
been well worth it. Extensive consultation has taken place with the stadium
user groups, the sporting groups, the sports fan group—all of this
state's stakeholders in the stadium—to ensure that we provide
the best information to the consortia so they can come back with the best
possible result for the stadium. With our ''fan first''
philosophy, which we have followed the whole way, I am confident we can come up
with a world-class stadium for 2018, which will be a really important project
for the state. It was great this morning to finally get to the stage at which
the earthworks are now happening.
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