Value for Money Assessment St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN: ST. THOMAS CONSOLIDATED COURTHOUSE - PAGE 1 - MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN: ST. THOMAS CONSOLIDATED COURTHOUSE - PAGE 1 - MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN: ST. THOMAS CONSOLIDATED COURTHOUSE - PAGE 2 - MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN: ST. THOMAS CONSOLIDATED COURTHOUSE - PAGE 3 - MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN: ST. THOMAS CONSOLIDATED COURTHOUSE - PAGE 4 - Architectural rendering of the St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse Courtesy of Integrated Team Solutions Highlights of the St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse Courthouse Features The St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse will be a new multi-storey building including: eight courtrooms and three conference/settlement rooms; barrier-free design including providing barrier-free public access to courtrooms, infrared hearing assistance and barrier-free witness stands, jury boxes and spectator positions in courtrooms to ensure equal participation (except within the existing heritage courtroom where spectator positions are limited by the existing design); enhanced accommodation for interpretation including one jury room permanently equipped for simultaneous interpretation and two portable interpretation booths; extensive refurbishment of the Elgin County Courthouse and former Land Registry Office. Environmentally Sustainable A commitment to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Design (LEED) Silver standard, including: focus on energy efficiency; high quality indoor environment through building material selections; green housekeeping practices; MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN: ST. THOMAS CONSOLIDATED COURTHOUSE - PAGE 5 - Table of contents Summary ............................................................................................................................. 7 Project description ............................................................................................................ 9 Competitive selection process timeline ...................................................................... 10 Project agreement ......................................................................................................... 11 Achieving value for money ........................................................................................... 14 © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2011 MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN: ST. THOMAS CONSOLIDATED COURTHOUSE - PAGE 6 - Summary The St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse supports value for money was achieved by delivering the the Province of Ontario’s long-term infrastructure St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse project plan to repair, rebuild and renew the province’s through the AFP process. roads and highways, bridges, public transit, schools and post secondary institutions, hospitals and The value for money analysis refers to the process of courthouses in communities across Ontario. developing and comparing the total project costs under two different delivery models expressed in Over the last six years, the Province has averaged dollar values measured at the same point in time. $10 billion in infrastructure investments per year. Value for money is determined by directly In June 2011, the Province launched its new long- comparing the cost estimates for the following two term infrastructure plan – Building Together. delivery models: The Province expects to continue significant Model #1 Model #2 investments in public infrastructure and will begin by Traditional project delivery Alternative financing and investing more than $35 billion over the next three (Public sector comparator) procurement Total project costs that Total project costs incurred years. would have been incurred by the public sector to by the public sector to deliver the same Infrastructure Ontario plays a key role in procuring deliver an infrastructure infrastructure project with and delivering infrastructure projects on behalf of project under traditional identical specifications the Province. When Infrastructure Ontario was procurement processes. using the AFP approach. created, its mandate included using an alternative financing and procurement (AFP) method to deliver The cost difference between model #1 and model large, complex infrastructure projects. In June 2011, #2 is the estimated value for money for this project. the Province expanded Infrastructure Ontario’s role to deliver projects of various sizes, including ones suitable for an AFP delivery model, as well as other delivery models. The St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse is being delivered under the Province’s alternative financing and procurement (AFP) method. The courthouse will improve justice services in St. Thomas by consolidating the courts of the Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of The value for money assessment of the St. Thomas Justice, which currently operate in separate Consolidated Courthouse project indicates locations. The new courthouse, which will be built estimated cost savings of 10.1 per cent or on the site of the existing Elgin County Courthouse, $27.1 million, by using the AFP approach in will have space to accommodate eight courtrooms comparison to traditional delivery. and three conference/settlement rooms. The historic courthouse and the former Land Registry KPMG LLP completed the value for money Office will be extensively refurbished and assessment of the St. Thomas Consolidated incorporated into the new facility. Courthouse project. Their assessment demonstrates projected cost savings of 10.1 per cent by The purpose of this report is to provide a summary delivering the project using the AFP model, versus of the project scope, the procurement process and what it would have cost to deliver the project using the project agreement, and to demonstrate how a traditional delivery model. MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN: ST. THOMAS CONSOLIDATED COURTHOUSE - PAGE 7 - Knowles Consultancy Services Inc. acted as the process. Knowles certified that these principles were Fairness Monitor during the procurement phase of maintained throughout the procurement process the project. They reviewed and monitored the (please see letter on page 3). communications, evaluations and decision-making processes associated with the St. Thomas Infrastructure Ontario will work with the Ministry of Consolidated Courthouse project procurement, the Attorney General to develop the new ensuring the fairness, equity, objectivity, courthouse, which will remain publicly owned, transparency and adequate documentation of the publicly controlled and publicly accountable. MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN: ST. THOMAS CONSOLIDATED COURTHOUSE - PAGE 8 - Project description Background Ontario’s public infrastructure projects are guided Job Creation by the five principles set out in the provincial The project will provide a sizeable boost to the regional government’s Building a Better Tomorrow and Ontario economies during construction by directly Framework, which include: and indirectly supporting and creating hundreds of public interest is paramount; jobs. At the peak of construction, it is estimated that value for money must be demonstrable; 120 workers will be on site daily. appropriate public control and ownership must be preserved; Project Scope accountability must be maintained; and The St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse has been all processes must be fair, transparent and designed with environmentally responsible and efficient. sustainable features and will be certified under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Infrastructure Ontario has the task of delivering the (LEED) Green Building Rating System. The design St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse on time and includes a focus on energy efficiency, healthy on budget. The St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse indoor environments and reduced greenhouse gas will be delivered using an Alternative Financing and emissions. Procurement (AFP) delivery model - a public-private partnership model. AFP brings private-sector The new building will have the space to expertise, ingenuity and rigour to the process of accommodate 11 judicial rooms, comprised of managing and renewing Ontario’s public eight courtrooms and three conference settlement infrastructure while shifting risks associated with cost rooms. It will be designed with capacity for and schedule overruns away from the public expansion and internal flexibility to ensure maximum sector. usefulness throughout its lifetime. St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse The St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse features The new St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse will barrier-free design, including: be built on Wellington Street on the site of the barrier-free courtrooms; existing Elgin County Courthouse. The historic infrared hearing assistance; courthouse and the former Land Registry Office will barrier-free witness stand, jury box and spectator be extensively refurbished and incorporated into positions in all courtrooms (except within the the new facility. The new building will consolidate existing heritage courtroom where spectator St. Thomas’s two courts: the Superior Court of positions are limited by the existing design). Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice. The St. Thomas Consolidated Courthouse project Consolidating court services into a single location will improve and expand courthouse facilities in will provide a modern, effective and accessible St. Thomas for all users by consolidating all justice courthouse for the community. It will also benefit services in one facility that is designed to provide a court users and the community by allowing for a healthy, productive