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Highlight / Progress Report HIGHLIGHT / PROGRESS REPORT PROJECT NAME: Kinloch Road Regeneration Project Manager: Ian Imlah Reporting Period: 28/03/2012 – 15/08/12 Date report prepared: 9 August 2012 Implementation of the Full Business Project stage: Project stage completion date: 31 May 2013 Case Tolerance levels for this stage: Project Plan + / - 15 working days Project budget + / - 10%, or £10,000 whichever is greater Progress – please refer to Project Plan Key products completed this period Key products outstanding this Revised Key products for next reporting Delivery date (including those completed ahead of schedule) period delivery date period (including brief explanation of why product outstanding) New Road Construction Works is underway Agreement on how to progress with 31/12/2012 Delivery of footway works 31 October land adjacent to former council 2012 depot site Detailed Design for Footway Works Completed Delivery of soft landscaping works 31 May 2013 Soft landscaping design agreed with ABC. Contract documents to be finalised and issued for tender. Royal Hotel Footway Works Complete. Risk Management – please refer to Risk Register (updates risks below in bold italic text) o:\a_campbeltown\cn03_kinloch_road\board_papers\l_150812\cn03_highlight_prog_rep_august 2012.doc Budget Management – please refer to Resource Allocation Schedule Total budget available to complete FBC stage: £100,000 Actual expenditure £102,209 Variance explanation if required: Revenue budget now used – Business Case developed and now progressing implementation stage (capital expenditure) Budget approved – implementation of public £2,080,000 realm and soft landscaping works: Actual expenditure to date (as at 31 July 2012) £715,013 Variance explanation if required: Budget approved - ACHA £800,000 Actual expenditure to date (as at 31 July 2012) £0 Variance explanation if required: Any further information Status update on elements: Public Realm - • Public realm associated with the new road has been procured through the road contract. Contractor Appointed (TAL) • The public realm for the Kinloch Road Regeneration project is being procured following agreement from A&BC • The footway construction works outside the Royal Hotel are now complete. • The detail design for the resurfacing of Kinloch Road has been issued and subject to final approval. The resurfacing of Kinloch Road will be funded by the Council’s road reconstruction programme and a joint tender document for all hard landscaping is being issued to the Council’s framework contractor, Breedon Aggregates. • The kerb levels and roads levels for Aqualibrium Avenue and the tie into the resurfacing works on Kinloch Road are complete and subject to final approval. The footway works detail design drawings issued to KRR Contractor (Breedon Aggregates) for pricing and installation programme. • Agreement in principle has been reached to complete the extension to the Esplanade Railings works. Bam Nuttal has been appointed to complete the installation works. Footway level information forwarded to URS to finalise foundation details. URS to confirm the design requirements. The footway works in this area are to be completed by the KRR Contractor (Breedon Aggregates). Works to be programmed in line with the Kinloch Road re surfacing works. • Bus Terminal Kassel Kerb requirements to be finalised following consultation with ABC and West Coast Motors. Bus Shelters to be relocated to a new hard standing area at the rear of footway. These works are to be included as part of the KRR hard landscaping works. CHORD budget contributions for the footway and Kassel Kerb works to be finalised. • Soft landscaping design approved by ABC. Contract documents to be finalised and issued for tender. Implementation of works estimated March/April 2012. Contract tender documents will be put to open tender through Argyll and Bute Council’s procurement team. Roads Depot Remediation - • Work complete and land handed over to ACHA for development. ACHA Funding - • Legal Agreements concluded. Land adjacent to the Council Depot - • No progress on this element in line with instructions at the Project Board in December 2010. However, remediation work is now complete and greater cost certainty can now be obtained. .
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