AGENDA ITEM 8
BOROUGH OF POOLE
LEARNING OVERVIEW GROUP
26 JANUARY 2005
REPORT OF HEAD OF SCHOOL ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES
BRANKSOME HEATH MIDDLE SCHOOL : RE-ROOFING PROJECT
FORWARD PLAN : YES
1.
PURPOSE
1.1
To seek Members approval to:
a)
an alternative method of re-roofing for Branksome Heath Middle
School; and
b)
to the associated increased cost.
2.
DECISION REQUIRED
2.1
Learning Overview Group:
a)
approve the alternative method of re-roofing at Branksome Heath
Middle School;
b)
recommend to Cabinet that the budget for the Branksome Heath
Middle School re-roofing project be increased from £256,332 to
£455,000; and
c)
note that the additional cost will be met from the Education capital
(Asset Management Plan) budget for 2005/2006.
3.
BACKGROUND
3.1
Learning Overview Group on 13 July 2004 received the Education capital
programme for 2004/05 which included a project to re-roof Branksome
Heath Middle School at a budgeted cost of £256,332.
3.2
The need to replace the flat roof at Branksome Heath Middle School was
identified as an Asset Management Plan category 3 priority based upon a
condition survey carried out in 2003. The external surveyor employed by
the Borough who carried out the condition survey estimated the cost of a
replacement flat roof as £256,332.
schedule of rates at 2003 prices.
3.3
This costing was derived from a
Property Services were appointed to manage the project in 2004 and their
advice based on a detailed survey was that consideration should be giving
to over-roofing the existing flat roof with a pitched roof at a cost of
£455,000, rather than replacing the flat roof. Property Services advised
that the benefits of over-roofing would be:
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The estimated life of a flat roof is 25 years, while for a pitched roof it
is 50 years
Savings on long term maintenance
Minimal disruption to the occupied school
Minimises health and safety hazards arising from the removal of the
defective decking
Improved rainwater disposal
Greatly improved appearance of the School
Provides an entrance canopy.
3.4
Property Services also advised that the original costing for the
replacement flat roof provided by the surveyor carrying out the condition
survey did not take account of the need to remove a number of defective
areas of roof decking. Property Services advised that a more realistic
costing at 2004 prices for a replacement flat roof would be £345,000.
3.5
In order to utilise the current funding (£256,332), it is recommended that
the work proceeds in the current financial year and that the balance of
funding (£198,668) be met from the Education capital programme (Asset
Management Plan) for 2005/06.
3.6
A report on the Education capital programme for 2005/06 will be submitted
to the next meeting of the Group.
4.
CONCLUSION
4.1 The original survey of the roof carried out in 2003 under-estimated the work
that needed to be undertaken to replace the flat roof and was for the provision
of a flat roof only. The estimate was £256,332. A more realistic estimate at
2004 prices would have been £345,000. Property Services recommend that
for the reasons given in 3.3 above, the flat roof should be over-roofed by a
pitched roof at an estimated cost of £455,000. The additional cost can be met
from within the Education capital (Asset Management Plan) budget for
2005/06.
Jane Portman
Head of School Advice and Support Service
Tel: 01202 633733
Contact Officer:
Nicola Dendura
Senior Education Officer (Planning and Development)
Tel: 01202 633767
BACKGROUND PAPERS
Learning Overview Group – 13 July 2004