THE construction site of the old courts of the Plaza de la Constitución This will cost the Council more than expected. The regional administration approved this month a contract modification to increase budgetaccording to the documentation of this variation, due to “the emergence of circumstances not envisaged in the initially approved project”.
These adaptation works will generate a large administrative complexto which up to three territorial delegations will be transferred: that of the Government, currently based in San Felipe; that of Employment, Business and Self-Employment (currently located in Manríquez Street) and that of Economy, Finance and European Funds with the Andalusian Tax Agency (now in a building in Gondomar). construction who undertook the work, Saint Joseph, raised the need change the cost upwards and the Council approved itThe additional amount will be 1.76 million, increasing from the 11.78 initially planned to 13.54. That is, there is an increase of 14.9%.
The amendment implies, the file continues, that increase the execution time by 45 daysThe company that was awarded the contract requested a three-month extension, but its request was rejected. The term of END was scheduled for July this yearThe reform was supposed to last 16 months but it is running a little late. The new equipment will be operational in 2025.
The Council considers that the approval of this upward correction of the initial budget is “the most appropriate option in the interest of the public interest”, since any other “would have a high economic cost and would prevent the work from being carried out within the time limit for him compliance” of the New generation funds (EU) granted. The amounts coming from Brussels amount to 7.5 million, as indicated by the Council when awarding the reform.
The changes
In the file of this modification, it is warned that failure to respect the deadlines may result in the obligation of the “full or partial refund” of the money received. The Commission explains that the upward variation in cost is due to ” technical needs emerged as a result of normal progress of work and that it is essential to include in the works to guarantee their proper execution. With these new approved elements, “the performance of the building will be improved, avoiding future transformations and a longer useful life” of the renovated property will be guaranteed.
Among the changes that need to be made to the project compared to the game plan, there are elements that affect the metal structurein which “new demands have arisen, determining the provision of reinforcements or the increase of existing ones.”
Similarly, it was necessary to introduce variations in ground levelingsince, after the demolitions, “irregularities in the ground and sidewalks different from those planned in the project” were found. Another necessary change was improve the cabling network for data transmissionsince the approved technical project dates from 2020. Variants are introduced to achieve a transmission speed ten times higher than that initially proposed.
