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CAPABILITY STATEMENT
Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill
Miriam Performing Arts Centre &
Music Foyer

Quality, budget, time &

risk control measures

08 Our best substantiation of ‘quality of outcome’ is our Clients returning for new projects or

later stages. The greatest control measure of overall cost is our experience in extracting
maximum value from a given budget so that our Clients get some combination of ‘more’

or ‘better’ from a given expenditure. This derives from our having designed many public
places, where the performance of materials and finishes is understood through prior
experience so that a lower total cost of ownership can be achieved.

We deploy robust internal tools and procedures for managing different aspects of opportunity and risk:

FINANCE to inform negotiation and value management processes and
A financial project management tool that logs, monitors and to minimise variations during construction via a clear and
forecasts expenditure and provides responsive reporting to mutual understanding of the tenderer’s promise.
maintain a focus on the project target.
QUALITY
FUNCTIONAL AND ORGANISATIONAL RISK We operate the ‘Check-itX’ system developed for the
Taking a broad view of success, we understand that once Australian Institute of Architects, which aligns with ISO
built, a project must be well received and psychologically 9001. We have chosen to not seek an externally audited
owned and that any changes must be managed for success. system. The Check-itX system comprehensively covers
the entire project lifecycle to maximize conformance,
SAFETY IN DESIGN RISK performance and to avoid error and waste.
Where we deploy a systematic process and risk register for
collaboratively identifying, assessing and managing risk with TIMELINE RISK
our Client during the design, construction and hand over We deploy a conventional Gantt project management and
stages, in accordance with section 28 of the OH&S Act. issues log approach issues to co-ordinate dependent tasks
across the various parties involved in the project to meet the
OPPORTUNITY RISK agreed time-frame for the project.
Recognising that each decision has an opportunity cost in a
number of dimensions - including function, amenity, capital
cost, life cycle cost, and environmental cost - we have skill Additionally, within our approach we challenge our
and process in uncovering and maximising opportunity. engineering consultants toward lateral and cost effective
solutions, working closely with the Quantity Surveyor
VALUE MANAGEMENT through a series of cost reports to arrive at a set of clear
A tenderer management and evaluation process that specifications and documents that give building contract
normalises and penetrates tender differences. This is used tenderers an accurate understanding of the requirement.