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The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note in general terms the reasoning why individual project delay and additional costs are expected, across the delivery of capital projects in terms of their full project life cycle;

(ii)      to note that officers continued to work with contractors on the financial implications of the programme delay and implications for future works, as a result of the COVID-19 virus requiring changing work practices across the full programme of projects;

(iii)      to note the implications of what this means for future consideration within project Outline Business Cases of any new projects;

(iv)     to note the actions which Officers are carrying out to mitigate the expected impacts; and

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer Capital to report any significant progress, in regard to the above, for each Capital Project reported to the Capital Programme Committee.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which outlined the COVID-19 pandemic implications for all projects within the Capital Programme which included the impact on current projects under construction and those at the early stages of evolution.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee –

(a)      note in general terms the reasoning why individual project delay and additional costs are expected, across the delivery of capital projects in terms of their full project life cycle;

(b)      note that officers continued to work with contractors on the financial implications of the programme delay and implications for future works, as a result of the COVID-19 virus requiring changing work practices across the full programme of projects;

(c)      to note the implications of what this means for future consideration within project Outline Business Cases of any new projects;

(d)      to note the actions which Officers are carrying out to mitigate the expected impacts; and

(e)      to instruct the Chief Officer Capital to report any significant progress, in regard to the above, for each Capital Project reported to the Capital Programme Committee.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations contained in the report.