Public reports pack PDF 6 MB - East Lindsey District Council

APPENDIX Ao To provide facilities in accordance with the ‘Hierarchy ofProvision’ for a large town;o To replace and improve upon the existing Louth SportsAssociation facilities at London Road, which are in a poorcondition, outdated and at the end of their economic life;o To play a major role in addressing health, crime reductionand anti-social behaviour issues in the community;o To have More people being More active More ofteno To enable ELDC to host major sport and leisure events,including the Lincolnshire Youth Games;o To provide high quality venues, centrally located, to caterfor the first three levels (i.e. up to ‘Performance’ level) ofthe Sports Development Continuum;o To facilitate higher level coach education courses (NGBStage II) and volunteer education courses.3. BACKGROUND• The Council agreed a capital budget of £12.224M for the LeisureCentre made up of: Contract Costs £9.890M; Section 278Roadworks £0.250M; Contingency £0.250M; Irrecoverable Vat£0.570M and Other Costs £1.264M.• Executive Board in March 2008 agreed a contract with Linpave tocommence July 2008. The original project timeframe was based on60 week build programme. Project commenced early July 2008 andwas anticipated to complete early September 2009.• The project was managed through a PRINCE II project managementframework with dedicated consultant project manager (DavidWarden); a network of ‘Client Advisors’ – Thornton Firkin, BSP,Shearwater; and a Project Board.• Monthly Project Board, Design Team and Progress Meetings wereheld throughout the project.• Project Issues:o Village Green application caused 12 month delay 2007-2008;o Administration of Linpave January 2009 contract novatedto UCS Civils Ltd. as parent company;o UCS Civils then went into Administration in Nov 2009, 4weeks before the project was scheduled to complete;o Process to complete the project took from Nov 2009 toJanuary 2010. Gelders were contracted to overseecompletion. ELDC directly contracted sub-contractors tocomplete.4Page 20