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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS PO Box 6021, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 | Phone: (02) 6277 4636 | Fax: (02) 6277 4844 | Email: pwc@aph.gov.au | www.aph.gov.au/pwc Projects valued between $2 million and $15 million (medium works) Updated 9 March 2017 Notifications received 2010 Project Title Agency Name Date notified to Committee Facilities at Broome Airport WA Airservices Australia 14 July 2010 Fitout works at 240 Queen Street Australian Securities and 22 July 2010 Brisbane QLD Investments Commission Decommissioning of houses, RAAF Defence Housing Australia 17 September 2010 Base Darwin NT Fitout of office accommodation, 175 Pitt Australian Human Rights 11 October 2010 Street Sydney NSW Commission Wharf Remediation Works, former Sydney Harbour Federation Trust 25 October 2010 HMAS Platypus site NSW Environmental Radioactivity Australian Nuclear Science and 25 October 2010 Measurement Centre, Lucas Heights Technology Organisation NSW Questacon at Deakin project ACT Department of Innovation, Industry, 28 October 2010 Science and Research 40 Bed facilities at Kununurra, Mount Aboriginal Hostels Limited 1 November 2010 Isa, Townsville and Port Hedland ANSTO Minerals Accommodation and Australian Nuclear Science and 4 November 2010 Laboratory Lucas Heights NSW Technology Organisation Relocation of Sydney Central Office Australian Communications and 11 November 2010 NSW Media Authority Inverbrackie Immigration Detention Department of Immigration and 23 November 2010 Facilities SA Citizenship 1st Aviation Regiment Facilities Department of Defence 30 November 2010 Upgrade, Robertson Barracks NT LAND 200 Training Facilities Project, Department of Defence 30 November 2010 Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera QLD Corrosion Control Facility Remediation, Department of Defence 30 November 2010 RAAF Base Tindal NT Warehouse, Al Minhad Air Base Department of Defence 30 November 2010 Page 1 of 24 Air-conditioning retrofit in leased Defence Housing Australia 1 December 2010 properties Caroline Chisholm Centre Level 5 Department of Human Services 3 December 2010 Refurbishment, Tuggeranong ACT Adelaide Customs House fit-out, Port Australian Customs and Border 10 December 2010 Adelaide SA Protection Service Fit-out of new premises, 51 Allara Street Department of Resources, Energy 10 December 2010 Canberra City ACT and Tourism Housing at Drumsite Village, Christmas Department of Regional Australia, 20 December 2010 Island Regional Development and Local Government Notifications received 2011 Project Title Agency Name Date notified to Committee Fit-out of premises, 530 Collins Street Productivity Commission 10 January 2011 Melbourne VIC Construction of 318 houses in various Defence Housing Australia 18 January 2011 locations around Australia Upgrades of 470 houses in various Defence Housing Australia 18 January 2011 locations around Australia Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Department of Families, Housing, 28 February 2011 Program (AACAP) works, Fitzroy Valley Community Services and Indigenous WA Affairs Ore Processing Facility Australian Nuclear Science and 18 March 2011 Technology Organisation Minerals and Environment Precinct Australian Nuclear Science and 21 March 2011 Infrastructure Upgrade Technology Organisation Fit-out of level 1, 150‐180 Soward Way, Department of Human Services 21 March 2011 Greenway ACT Fit-out of Level 3, Lionel Bowen Family Court of Australia 12 April 2011 Building, Commonwealth Law Courts Sydney Pontville Immigration Detention Centre, Department of Immigration and 13 April 2011 Tasmania Citizenship Wickham Point Detention Centre Department of Immigration and 5 May 2011 Security and Fit-out works Citizenship Administration extension project National Museum of Australia 5 May 2011 Catering facilities refurbishment project National Museum of Australia 5 May 2011 Refurbishment of the DVA office at 300 Department of Veterans’ Affairs 5 May 2011 La Trobe Street, Melbourne Page 2 of 24 Russell Offices Building R7 Level 7 Department of Defence 12 May 2011 refurbishment, ACT Refit of Level 3, 2 Constitution Avenue, Australian Customs and Border 19 May 2011 Canberra ACT Protection Service Fit-out of 18 Canberra Avenue, Forrest Department of Human Services 24 May 2011 ACT Australian Operational Contingency Department of Defence 26 May 2011 'CUTLER' vehicle and stores facility (various locations) Refurbishment of 140 St Georges Department of Veteran Affairs 8 June 2011 Terrace, Perth WA Health waste handling area and Australian Nuclear Science and 29 June 2011 GenTech storage and washing Technology Organisation extension project Centralised fire training facility at Airservices Australia 4 August 2011 Melbourne Airport Accelerator and ANSTO health Australian Nuclear Science and 5 August 2011 precincts infrastructure upgrade Technology Organisation Interim works at existing Department of Agriculture, Fisheries 8 August 2011 Commonwealth operated post entry and Forestry plant and animal quarantine stations Proposed fit out of new accommodation Department of Education, 23 August 2011 at 10 Mort Street, Canberra Employment and Workplace Relations Defence Site Maribyrnong infrastructure Department of Defence 6 September 2011 maintenance and stabilisation works ANSTO Childcare Centre Australian Nuclear Science and 13 September 2011 Technology Organisation Shadow 200 Facilities – Afghanistan Department of Defence 16 September 2011 Ammunition Storage Point Relocation – Department of Defence 16 September 2011 Afghanistan Proposed tenancy fit out for the National National Offshore Petroleum Safety 23 September 2011 Offshore Petroleum Safety and Authority Environmental Management Authority and the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator, Perth, WA Fit out of pre-commitment lease, Department of Human Services 26 September 2011 Batemans Bay, NSW Restructuring of approved works at Defence Housing Australia 29 September 2011 RAAF Base Tindal Additional works at Larrakeyah, NT Defence Housing Australia 29 September 2011 Proposed new office accommodation for Comcare 27 October 2011 Comcare in Canberra Proposed National Capital Exhibition National Capital Authority 28 October 2011 Renewal Proposed environmental health Department of Families, Housing, 28 October 2011 infrastructure projects in remote Community Services and Indigenous Western Australia Affairs Page 3 of 24 Proposed fit-out works at Manning Clark Department of Human Services 8 November 2011 Building at Greenway ACT Proposed interim health works at Department of Defence 14 November 2011 Larrakeyah Barracks, Northern Territory Proposed interim health works at Department of Defence 14 November 2011 Robertson Barracks, Northern Territory Proposed interim health works at Department of Defence 14 November 2011 Enoggera Barrack, Queensland Proposed improvements within the Department of Immigration and 18 November 2011 Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Citizenship Centre Proposed construction of data centre Department of Education, 24 November 2011 within existing accommodation Employment and Workplace Relations Proposed relocation of Canberra Australian Communications and 13 December 2011 Central Office Media Authority Notifications received 2012 Project Title Agency Name Date notified to Committee ANSTO Electron Microscopy Facility Australian Nuclear Science and 4 January 2012 Technology Organisation Proposed fit-out of new leased office AusAID 24 January 2012 accommodation at 40 Allara Street, Canberra City ACT Three new boarding facilities in the Department of Education, 30 January 2012 Northern Territory – Wadeye Regional Employment and Workplace Boarding Facility Relations Proposed refurbishment of ATO office at Australian Taxation Office 30 January 2012 Moonee Ponds, Victoria Facilities project for joint counter Department of Defence 1 February 2012 improvised explosive device capability Medium Works Program 2012 (multiple Defence Housing Australia 1 February 2012 separate projects) Proposed installation of a goods lift and Department of Finance and 2 February 2012 loading dock and extension of the Deregulation carpark at 60 Denison Street, Deakin ACT Scrivener Dam Gate 4 Rectification National Capital Authority 2 February 2012 Works – Stage 1 OPAL Reactor control and monitoring Australian Nuclear Science and 23 February 2012 system upgrade project Technology Organisation Materials engineering hot cells Australian Nuclear Science and 23 February 2012 Technology Organisation Christmas Island Health Services Department of Regional Australia, 7 March 2012 Extension Project Local Government, Arts and Sport Integrated fit-out of new premises Australian Taxation Office 28 March 2012 located at 45 Kembla Street, Wollongong NSW Page 4 of 24 Construction of houses at Bellamack B, Defence Housing Australia 16 April 2012 Darwin Northern Territory RAAF Base Williamtown Corrosive Department of Defence 4 May 2012 Control Facility upgrade Executive and secretariat office fitout 5 Department of Climate Change and 24 May 2012 Farrell Place, ACT Energy Efficiency Fort Hill Wharf upgrade of Fuel Handling Department of Defence 12 June 2012 Facilities Proposed Repository 1 upgrade of the National Archives of Australia 18 June 2012 existing Chester Hill Facility in Sydney for the National Archives of Australia Contribution to the proposed Indian CSIRO 21 June 2012 Ocean Marine Research Centre The Lodge Refurbishment works project Department of Finance and 25 June 2012 Deregulation Joint Project (JP) 129 Phase 2 – Department of Defence 7 August 2012 Tactical Unmanned Aerial
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