Innovative project procurement and delivery for Rotorua membrane bioreactor
Annual Conference
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Rotorua District Council is currently in the final stages of completing the latest upgrade of its Wastewater Treatment Plant at Te Ngae Road, Rotorua. The upgrade will provide for additional capacity to allow growth for the next 30 years within the existing catchment and for the connection of new communities as part of the Rotorua Lakeside Communities Sewerage Scheme Programme. This approach however brings numerous procurement and contractual challenges, such as establishing the delineation of performance responsibility between designer, supplier, and installer and ensuring that they are effectively dealt with in the finalization of the specific contract documents. This paper will outline the process by which RDC and its advisors went through to ensure: That the approach would not expose RDC into unacceptable risks, That the above issues are dealt with effectively in developing the procurement strategy and the specific tender documents, That the project delivers the set results for RDC ratepayers.