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Glenorchy delivers Main Road project to within 5% of
budget thanks to Benchmark |
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The
facelift to Main Road at Moonah by Glenorchy City
Council was successfully completed in 2007. Tasked
with revitalising the strip, Glenorchy City Council
knew such a high profile task would need to run on
time and on budget. As Michael Jackson, Coordinator
of Capital Works says, “The Main Road project was
always going to be delicate due to its high public
exposure. We also needed to accurately allow for
traffic control of over 5000 cars per day. In this
highly visible environment, the project needed to
run smoothly and run to budget. To achieve these
things we had to start with an accurate estimate.”
Michael continues, “We performed the estimate using Benchmark
Estimating Software, which we have been using for 7 years. To
produce the estimate, it was simply a matter of choosing the
items we needed, customising the estimate for the job, and
allowing for the unique conditions of the project. This
included applying different overheads and variations for things
such as traffic control for in excess of 5000 per day.”
And what was the result of the estimate created in Benchmark?
Michael tells us, “We ended up getting the estimate within 5% of
the actual costs for the $750,000 project.”
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Main Road, Moonah: Before |
Main Road, Moonah: After |
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Glenorchy City Council and Benchmark
Glenorchy City Council has been using Benchmark Estimating
Software since the year 2000 to help it deliver infrastructure
projects to the Glenorchy citizens on budget and on time.
Michael says, “Our current database is set up around road
construction and hydraulics, and we have started to include more
areas like retaining walls, architectural features and
landscaping criteria. The long term plan would be to
incorporate all parks and gardens works and to get even more of
the hydraulics works included.”
Michael sums up that Benchmark is great for public works
organisations because it is, “flexible enough to produce
estimates for any type of construction work, because it speeds
up the estimating processes and because it is great for
determining the composition of your budgets. For our budgets,
we input various works into Benchmark until we find the best mix
for the work to be completed.” |
Main Road, Moonah: Before |
Main Road, Moonah: After |
In the public works sector, completing projects to a
fixed budget is vital. And that is exactly what Benchmark
Estimating Software’s mix of accuracy, flexibility and speed
allows Glenorchy City Council to do for their residents. In one
high profile instance – the Main Road enhancement at Moonah –
the final project was delivered within 5% of the estimate.
For more information
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Glenorchy City Council's website |
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