Council wants to work with business
By Samantha Elley
In their July industry update, through their Flood Restoration Portfolio, Lismore City Council has put a call out to the business community.
The council wants to collaborate with local business by leveraging with their expertise and experience to deliver a very extensive program of works.
Mayor Steve Krieg summed up the extent of works that continues to need fixing, in council’s recent video.
“Across the region this damaged more than 400 of our roads and our bridges,” he said.
“And 2000 individual sites.”
Since the flood council, along with local contractors have spent more than $160 million to repair the emergency damages.
However, there is so much more to do and council know it can’t be done alone.
While partnering with state and federal authorities, Josh Hartcher, Executive Director of Flood Restoration Portfolio, said the challenge has been finding alternative approaches to delivering restoration works.
“(We’ve looked at) collaborative contracting models,” he said.
“One of which delivered the outcome…at the Lismore Memorial Baths.”
Working with Bennetts Constructions, most of council’s assets have been restored.
“In our roads program, with the support of Transport for NSW and the Reconstruction Authority, we are working on another collaborative contract,” Mr Hartcher said.
“To remediate approximately 70 landslips that have damaged the local road network.”
Council’s CEO, Brendan Logan said the restoration works are the largest undertaken by a local council in Australia.
“We will be actively seeking collaboration with the business community and we will need to draw upon their expertise and experience to execute this project successfully,” he said.
“The strategy will involve engaging both small and large providers.”
Mr Logan said there will be a combination of procurement methods, to ensure all local businesses with the right expertise can participate.
If you have a business interested in collaborating with Lismore City Council, register via Vendorpanel on its website.
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