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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
DoI Industry Forum
Remote Housing Construction Program
2013 -2018
Joint Presenters;
Don Dowling, Executive Director, Department of Infrastructure
Phillip Luck, Program Director, Department of Housing
30 May 2013
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Housing Programs
• National Partnership Agreement –
Housing (NPARIH)
• Stronger Futures NT
• Government Employee Housing
• Public Housing
Remote Indigenous
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Program Targets ($2.0 B – 2008/18)
NPARIH $1.7 Billion
SFNT $260 Million
SIHIP (2008 – 2013)
•750 New Houses
•230 Rebuilds
•2,500 Refurbishments
NPARIH (2008 – 2018)
•1,456 New Houses
•2,915 Rebuilds and
Refurbishments
Stronger Futures NT (2012 –
2018)
Upgrade standard of 3500
existing dwellings
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Key NPARIH/SFNT Objectives
• Significantly reduce overcrowding
• Increasing the supply of new houses and improving the
condition of existing houses in remote Indigenous communities
• Ensuring that rental houses are well maintained and managed
in remote Indigenous Communities
• Create opportunity for Indigenous Economic Development (all
NPAs have this requirement)
• Deliver targets within budget, cost parameters and timelines.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Delivery Strategy
• Alliances
• DoI – Panel Contractors (+)
• Indigenous Business Enterprises, Shires and local
community based contractors
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
DoI Delivery Model
• 3 Panels for Upgrades and New House construction
(Below $5m and Above $5m), in each of the 5 regions.
• Generally works are packaged based on a single
community or a group of communities.
• Upgrades are both minor and major to achieve a Remote
Housing Standard.
• New Housing is of standard designs that meet the
NPARIH Design Guidelines and Performance
Specifications.
• New houses are to be replacement houses or constructed
on existing serviced lots
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Timeline
• SIHIP ends June 2013
• Stronger Futures 2012 -2018
• 3500 Upgrades over 73 locations
• NPARIH Post June 2013 – June 2018
• 522 Replacement houses
• Housing related infrastructure upgrades
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Conditions of Tendering
•Local development
•Indigenous development plan (20%)
•Industry participation plan
•Quality management plan
•Alternative tenders allowed
-Modify existing design
-Propose new design
-Propose different house mix
-(All subject to DHsg approval)
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Indigenous Development Plan
•Mandatory 20% indigenous employment
•Community Contacts
-JSAs - Jobfind / ITEC
-Shires Councils\
-FaHCSIA – GEC
•Community Employee / Training Programs
•Community Services
-Local business
-Stores
-Contractors
•Obligations
-PPE
-White cards and other mandatory training
-Reporting
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Quality Management Plan
•NTG and AG Audits
•Nominate Quality Manager
•Submit quality management plan
• Timeline
• Budget
• Management structure
•Standard DoI response schedule
•Audits schedule provided at start up meeting
•Audits are carried out in accordance with the contract
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Environmental Management Plan
•NTG and AG Audits
•Nominate Environment Manager
•Submit environment management plan
•Standard DoI response schedule
•Audits schedule provided at start up meeting
•Areas of concern include but not limited to
-Waste management
-Asbestos removal
-Gravel pits
-Sacred sites / graves
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Tender Assessment Criteria and Weightings
•Past Performance
•Timeliness
•Capacity
•Local Development
-Indigenous Development Plan
•Trade Apprentices
•Community Risks
•Industry Participation Plan
•Quality Management Plan
•Safety Management Plan
•Environmental Management Plan
•Price
10%
5%
10%
20%
10%
5%
5%
5%
5%
5%
20%
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Preliminary Clauses
• Community Requirements
- Permits
- Cultural induction
- Contractor Accommodation
- Volatile Substances
-Community Engagement
-Transitional Tenant Accommodation
• Services to be provided by Contractor
- Light
- Power
- Water
- Sanitary Accommodation
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Scope of Work
1
2
3
4
5
• Relocate tenants and belongings
• Demolition (11 Dwellings)
• Construction
• Reinstate tenants and belongings
• Clean / repair transition house
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Handover Requirements
• Handover
-Certification documents
-Department of Housing forms
-As constructed drawings, manuals and warranties
• Defects
-Dwelling handovers
-52 weeks
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Community Specific
Community Engagement
• Roles and Responsibilities
– Department of Infrastructure
– Department of Housing
– Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
– Package Development Teams and Housing Reference Groups
• Scheduled Meetings
• Emergency Notifications
Community Risks
• Risk matrix, contingency measures
• Time
• Communication
• Safety
• Environment
• Cultural
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Innovation
• NPARIH is seeking innovation to allow the program to
deliver out to 2018.
• Design must satisfy the design Guidelines and
Performance Specifications.
• Building materials must provide a product fit for purpose
for 30 years.
• Building Methodology must deliver on Indigenous
Employment and Indigenous Business Participation
wherever possible.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Other Housing Opportunities
•Government Employee Housing (GEH) and Public
Housing Programs
•88 DECS Houses
•AG funded over 4 years
•Gunbalanya/ Minjilang/ Palumpa/ Wurrimiyunga/ Alyangula/
Beswick Bulman/ Kalkarindji/ Lajamanu/ Elliot/ Avon Downs/ Ali
Curung/ Yuendumu/ Engawala
•Leases
•Innovation
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Questions