Agenda item

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the City Surveyor highlighting a number of issues relating to the Aldgate Pavilion works.

RESOLVED – approval be given to the following

1.     An increase of £318,926 in the Aldgate Pavilion project sum, comprising £267,702 for the Kier contract and £51,224 in fees and staff costs, making a revised total of £4,337,188. The additional cost to be met by savings in the Aldgate Highway Changes and Public Realm Enhancement Project;

2.     An increase in the Kier contract sum of £410,487 for construction issues and mitigation measures, of which £267,702 was included within the above increase to the Pavilion budget and the remaining £142,785 contained within the existing budget for the main AHCPRE project;

3.     Note the new key programme milestones; Pavilion opening in December 2017 with the remaining Aldgate Square (part of the Aldgate Highway Changes & Public Realm Enhancement project) completing in March 2018; and

4.     The realignment of works and fees budget to capture project costs accurately be noted.