The Design Team appointment for the major building project referred to by the Deputy has recently been completed and the project has now entered early architectural planning/design stages.
My Department has authorised the Design Team to commence Stage 1 of architectural planning as per the Department’s Design Team Procedures 2012. Stage 1 is the initial sketch design stage and includes an analysis of all the constraints of the site, developing a preferred option and ensuring that that preferred option is the most optimum for the delivery of the project brief.
The project is included in the Department's six-year construction programme and is scheduled therein for construction in 2019-2021.