building should be finished in September 2016, but the new completion is expected to occur during the first half of 2018.
They were Only one offer because the work and erecting, which was laid out as a single tender. All they got was considerably above the municipality had budgeted for. Probably would not market large and complex work and execution time the municipality had planned was too short, according to an evaluation municipality has done in retrospect. Thus, the project is split up and sent out to tender into smaller parts.
Even with the delay municipality expects that they will remain within the financial envelope of nearly 2.6 billion, according to a memo from Commissioner Department for culture and industry. They still considering whether to cut the project.
– Have enough in reserve
Project Manager Vibeke Johnsen did not want to comment on the matter Wednesday night, but referred instead to the Communication Manager Haakon Berg Jensen.
– When you choose this form of contracts, it will always be so that you never get the right amount on the table before the project starts. There will always be some uncertainty related to the final sum. Then one must consider the cost, if you see that the project exceeds that which is the limit of the City Council, says Jensen.
– If you have enough in reserve to withstand a delay of 19 months
– How we assess the situation as. today it is the case, yes.
– Where will you possibly cut costs in such a project?
– I do not wish to comment now. Today it is not appropriate to make such drastic measures. But of course we have seen where the opportunities lie, unless I want to comment on it.
– In retrospect, their own evaluation demonstrated that the tender was too big and that it was not set enough time to carry out the groundwork. Have you done a poor preparation
– We have a project that controls what goes on technical advice. We rely on the information we get from there. It was the information we had then, this is the information we have now, says Jensen. It is pr. date not appropriate to ask for more money from the city council, he explains.
– Amazing sin
Culture and Education Committee was informed of the delay in a letter Wednesday night.
– This is first and foremost incredibly sorry for anyone who has looked forward to the new main library, and there are many people, says Andreas Halse (Ap), Deputy Chairman of the Culture and Education Committee.
– Is it done a poor preparation
– It amazes me that the pilot project showed something completely different than what we see now. There are huge amounts of money and important things we are talking about here, so we should take the time to sit properly into the case until we have very strong opinions one way or the other, says Halse.
– Could it be possible to inject more money into the project?
– It’s one of the things we need to discuss. When I asked the committee today I got the impression that this is not just about money, but what practical manage to get to the assumptions. We must dig more in. If it is such that it is possible to get the library ready earlier if we put more money on the table, we will consider it.
– Where to cut costs of a building that been drawn and designed
– I’m very excited. It will be incredible shame and a huge mistake if we end up cutting the important interior which will help to make the service good, because we are going to build an expensive building. It is primarily the content that will be essential for this library.
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