Swan River Pedestrian Bridge)

Project Alliance Agreement (Swan River Pedestrian Bridge) Contract No. 26/13 Commissioner of Main Roads York Civil Pty Ltd and Rizzani de Eccher Australia Pty Ltd together forming the Rizzani York Joint Venture Rizzani de Eccher SpA Ian Stanley Tarbotton Domenico Marc Vieceli 813400R8 Project Alliance Agreement Table of Contents 1. Definitions and Interpretation 2 1.1 Definitions 2 1.2 Interpretation 12 1.3 References to Main Roads and the Owner Participant 14 1.4 Business Day 14 1.5 Ambiguity, discrepancy and inconsistency 14 1.6 Provision of information and documentation by the Participants 14 1.7 Order of precedence 14 2. Alliance Principles, Purpose, and Objectives and Non-Owner Participant Obligations 15 2.1 Alliance Principles and Purpose 15 2.2 Project Objectives 15 2.3 Non-Owner Participant Obligations 15 3. Commitments 15 3.1 Good Faith 15 3.2 Privilege 16 3.3 Results orientated 16 3.4 Best For Alliance 16 3.5 Open book commitment 16 3.6 Commitment to “no-blame” culture 16 4. Avoidance of issues between the Participants 17 4.1 No litigation or arbitration 17 4.2 Immediate notification of possible issue 17 4.3 Saving of certain legal and equitable rights 17 5. Alliance Board 18 5.1 Establishment and composition 18 5.2 Chairperson 18 5.3 Functions and responsibilities 18 5.4 Representatives authorised to bind Participant 18 5.5 Meetings 18 5.6 Decisions 19 5.7 Compliance with decisions 19 5.8 Disclosure of conflict of interest 19 5.9 Main Roads’ Reserved Powers 20 6. Alliance Director, Alliance Management Team and Alliance Project Team 20 6.1 Alliance Director – appointment and functions 20 6.2 Alliance Management Team – selection and endorsement 20 6.3 Change in membership of Alliance Management Team 21 6.4 Alliance Project Team 21 Swan River Pedestrian Bridge – Project Alliance Agreement – Final Page (i) Project Alliance Agreement 6.5 Change in membership of Alliance Project Team 21 6.6 Project office 21 7. Non-Owner Participant's Warranties 22 7.1 General warranties 22 7.2 Site and information warranties 23 7.3 Reliance by Main Roads 24 7.4 Continuing warranties 24 8. Project Plans and Design 24 8.1 Project Management Plan for the Works 24 8.2 Non-Owner Participant's design obligations 25 8.3 Design development 25 8.4 Preparation of Design Documentation 26 8.5 Design warranties 28 8.6 Minimum Requirements under SWTC 28 8.7 Design Verifier 28 8.8 Delivery up of Project Documentation 29 8.9 Site responsibilities 29 9. Direct Cost Target 29 9.1 Direct Cost Target 29 9.2 New Site development of the Direct Cost Target component 30 10. Timing 30 10.1 Completion 30 10.2 Extension of time 31 11. Practical Completion 31 11.1 Definition of Practical Completion 31 11.2 Issue of Certificate of Practical Completion 32 11.3 Disagreement whether Practical Completion reached 32 11.4 Certificate does not constitute approval 32 12. Final reconciliation and Final Certificate 32 12.1 Issue of Final Certificate 32 12.2 Content of Final Certificate 32 12.3 Payment under Final Certificate 33 12.4 Disagreement over contents of Final Certificate 33 12.5 Certificates evidence of completion 33 13. Construction of the Works 33 13.1 Standard of work 33 13.2 Authorisations for construction 34 13.3 Responsibility for Separable Portions 34 13.4 Maintenance 34 13.5 Not used 34 13.6 Defects 34 14. Directions, Scope Changes and changes to funding 35 14.1 Directions 35 Swan River Pedestrian Bridge – Project Alliance Agreement – Final Page (ii) Project Alliance Agreement 14.2 Scope Change 36 14.3 Endorsement by Main Roads 36 14.4 Change in funding 37 15. Site 37 15.1 Site 37 15.2 New Site 37 15.3 Demobilisation from the Stadium Site 37 16. Policies, procedures and Project Management System 38 16.1 Subcontracts 38 16.2 Subcontracts with associated person needs Alliance Board approval 38 16.3 Compliance with Statutory Requirements 38 16.4 Not used 39 16.5 Protection of people and property 39 16.6 Purchase of Materials 39 16.7 Project Management System 40 16.8 Native Title Claim, Aboriginal heritage and employment 40 16.9 Project Industry Participation Plan 41 16.10 Industrial Relations Management Plan 41 17. Payments 42 17.1 General 42 17.2 Acknowledgement 42 17.3 Project Bank Account 42 17.4 Procedure for payment 42 17.5 Payment not evidence 43 17.6 Overpayments and underpayments 43 17.7 Payment of Subcontractors 43 17.8 Construction Contracts Act 2004 43 17.9 Unfixed Materials 44 17.10 Goods and Services Tax (GST Exclusive Prices) 44 18. Reports, records, access and audit 45 18.1 Reports 45 18.2 Alliance records 45 18.3 State records 46 18.4 Access 46 18.5 Audit 46 19. Insurance 47 20. Not used 47 21. Review of insurances and Insurance Risk Management Plan 47 21.1 Review of Insurances 47 21.2 Decision to be made by Alliance Board 47 21.3 Implementation of recommendations 47 21.4 Insurance Risk Management Plan 48 Swan River Pedestrian Bridge – Project Alliance Agreement – Final Page (iii) Project Alliance Agreement 22. Indemnities 48 22.1 Non-compliance with insurance requirements 48 22.2 Wilful Default 48 22.3 Proportionate liability 49 22.4 Insurance obligations are primary 49 22.5 References to the Non-Owner Participant 49 22.6 General indemnity 49 22.7 Intellectual property indemnity 50 22.8 Apportionment of liability 50 22.9 Enforcement of indemnity 50 22.10 Conduct of litigation 50 22.11 Release of State Entities in respect of access roads 50 22.12 Interests of the State Entities 51 22.13 Indemnity re Demobilisation from the Stadium Site 51 23. Limits of liability 51 23.1 Total liability of Non-Owner Participants to Main Roads 51 23.2 Total Liability of Covenators 51 23.3 Total liability of Main Roads to Non-Owner Participants 52 23.4 No liability for Consequential Loss 52 23.5 Exclusion of Civil Liability Act 52 24. When limits of liability do not apply 52 24.1 Wilful default 52 24.2 Failure to comply with insurance obligations 52 24.3 Non-payment of Excluded Amounts 53 24.4 Limits of liability are separate from limits under the risk/reward regime 53 25. Suspension 53 25.1 Suspension by the Participants 53 25.2 Suspension by Main Roads 53 25.3 Suspension costs 54 25.4 Recommencement 54 26. No fault termination 54 26.1 No fault termination 54 26.2 Termination payment 54 27. Termination for default and repudiation 55 27.1 Events of Default 55 27.2 Defaulting Participant 55 27.3 Failure to remedy 55 27.4 Exclusion from further participation in this Agreement 56 27.5 Loss and damage 57 28. Consequences of termination 57 28.1 Termination 57 28.2 Work to cease 57 28.3 Consequences of notice of termination 57 28.4 Works continuation 58 Swan River Pedestrian Bridge – Project Alliance Agreement – Final Page (iv) Project Alliance Agreement 29. Security 58 29.1 Performance bonds 58 29.2 Costs of establishing security 60 29.3 Covenantor's Obligations 60 30. Force Majeure 63 30.1 Definition of Force Majeure Event 63 30.2 Effect of Force Majeure Event 64 31. Intellectual Property 65 31.1 Ownership of and licences to use Intellectual Property 65 31.2 IP warranties 65 31.3 Obligations 66 31.4 Saving 67 32. Notices 67 32.1 All Notices 67 32.2 Notices by email 68 32.3 Receipt of Notices sent by email 68 33. General 68 33.1 Governing law and jurisdiction 68 33.2 Invalidity and enforceability 68 33.3 Waiver 69 33.4 Amendments 69 33.5 Entire agreement 69 33.6 Counterparts 69 33.7 No Assignment 69 33.8 Confidentiality 69 33.9 Relationship of the Participants 70 33.10 Corporate power and authority 70 33.11 Financial difficulties 70 33.12 Change in Control 71 33.13 Main Roads’ statutory functions 71 33.14 Survival 71 33.15 Costs 71 33.16 Media, advertising and public statements 71 34. Personal Property Securities Act 72 34.1 Meanings of terms 72 34.2 PPSA further steps 72 34.3 Provision of information 72 34.4 PPSA requirements 72 34.5 PPSA exclusions 73 Swan River Pedestrian Bridge – Project Alliance Agreement – Final Page (v) Project Alliance Agreement Schedule 1 – Alliance Framework 74 Schedule 2 – Termination payment 78 Schedule 3 – Direct Costs 82 Schedule 4 – Performance Payment 90 Schedule 5 – Not Used 92 Schedule 6 – Participants’ contact details 93 Schedule 7 – Not Used 95 Schedule 8 – Main Roads’ Representative 96 Schedule 9 – Scope Changes 98 Schedule 10 – Not Used 100 Schedule 11 – Payment Procedures 101 Schedule 12 – Form of Statutory Declaration 105 Schedule 13 – Not Used 106 Schedule 14 – Issues Resolution Procedures 107 Annexure A – Stadium Site and Demobilisation Scope 108 Annexure B – Insurances 114 Swan River Pedestrian Bridge – Project Alliance Agreement – Final Page (vi) Project Alliance Agreement Date Parties 6. Commissioner of Main Roads of Waterloo Crescent, East Perth, Western Australia (Main Roads) 7. York Civil Pty Ltd, ABN 65 050 019 960, of 27 Tikalara Street, Regency Park, South Australia (York) and Rizzani de Eccher Australia Pty Ltd, ABN 80 147 862 897 of Level 2, 139 Frome Street, Adelaide, South Australia (Rizzani) together forming the "Rizzani York Joint Venture" (Contractor) 8. Rizzani de Eccher SpA, Via Buttrio, 36 Frazione Cargnacco, 33050 Pozzuolo del Friuli (UD) Italy (Covenantor) 9.

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