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Business Case for the SunShine CoaSt airport Master Plan

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<strong>Business</strong> <strong>Case</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sunshine Coast Airport n <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> (November 2009)<br />

07.3 Employment<br />

Benefits<br />

In addition to <strong>the</strong> benefits calculated<br />

<strong>for</strong> inclusion in <strong>the</strong> BCR, PwC<br />

also considered employment as<br />

a commonly-reported economic<br />

indicator. However, <strong>the</strong> total<br />

employment (wage impact) generated<br />

by <strong>the</strong> runway and wider master plan<br />

is not included in <strong>the</strong> calculation of<br />

<strong>the</strong> BCR, NPV or IRR as it is typically<br />

included within o<strong>the</strong>r categories such<br />

as incremental expenditure (a portion<br />

of which goes towards employee<br />

wages).<br />

Based on a bottom-up calculation<br />

of expected employment generated<br />

through construction and operation<br />

of <strong>the</strong> new runway, terminal and<br />

commercial precincts, <strong>the</strong> expected<br />

incremental employment expected to<br />

be generated by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> is<br />

approximately 5,385 (FTE equivalent<br />

at peak operations, plus employment<br />

during construction). This includes an<br />

additional 25 employees per 100,000<br />

passengers <strong>for</strong> RPT activities, in<br />

addition to employment created by<br />

each of <strong>the</strong> commercial precincts.<br />

This estimate is broadly consistent<br />

with employment statistics published<br />

<strong>for</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>airport</strong> infrastructure<br />

developments and SCA’s current<br />

operations, though it includes a<br />

full-take up assumption <strong>for</strong> proposed<br />

commercial operations. For example,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Economic Impact Statement <strong>for</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Brisbane Airport’s new parallel<br />

runway reported an expected increase<br />

in employment during construction<br />

of 2,700 in 2009 (<strong>the</strong> peak year <strong>for</strong><br />

construction) and ongoing additional<br />

employment of 7,800. This can be<br />

compared to <strong>the</strong> SCA’s estimate<br />

of total incremental employment<br />

during construction of approximately<br />

1,580 jobs (peak employment during<br />

construction is 473 FTE in 2018) <strong>for</strong><br />

runway/RPT projects only (2,475 <strong>for</strong><br />

total <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> construction).<br />

Indicative employment estimates are<br />

presented in <strong>the</strong> table below:<br />

Project<br />

Estimated<br />

employment<br />

Employment during<br />

construction<br />

Runway projects 1,580<br />

SCA precincts 545<br />

Commercial precincts 350<br />

Operations<br />

Runway/RPT<br />

950<br />

operations<br />

SCA precincts 210<br />

Commercial precincts<br />

(excluding nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

precincts)<br />

Total employment<br />

<strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />

(excluding nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

& o<strong>the</strong>r precincts)<br />

1,750<br />

≈ 5,385<br />

Based on ABS data in relation to<br />

construction industry wages and<br />

Queensland wages, <strong>the</strong> present value<br />

of incremental direct employment<br />

generated by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> is<br />

approximately $1,450 million.<br />

Fur<strong>the</strong>r work will be undertaken in<br />

future to refine estimates of total direct<br />

employment under <strong>the</strong> <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>.<br />

07.4 Indirect<br />

Employment<br />

Based on a benchmark ratio of $0.33<br />

of wages generated per $1 spent<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Sunshine Coast region, <strong>the</strong><br />

present value of <strong>the</strong> impact of indirect<br />

employment as a result of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Master</strong><br />

<strong>Plan</strong> over <strong>the</strong> model period to 2050 is<br />

$957 million. This reflects additional<br />

employment of approximately 3,400<br />

FTE, or 1.58 employees per thousand<br />

passengers.<br />

The ratio of indirect employment<br />

per thousand passengers is broadly<br />

consistent at comparison <strong>airport</strong>s<br />

(e.g. Gold coast <strong>airport</strong> – 1.716<br />

employees per thousand passengers;<br />

Sydney Airport – 2.44 employees per<br />

thousand passengers).<br />

07.5 Conclusion<br />

From <strong>the</strong>se results it is apparent<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is, on <strong>the</strong> present<br />

assessment, a clear role <strong>for</strong><br />

government to provide noncommercial<br />

funding or grant<br />

funding to <strong>the</strong> project as part<br />

of a co-coordinated strategy to<br />

realise <strong>the</strong> economic, social and<br />

environmental benefits of <strong>the</strong><br />

Sunshine Coast region.<br />

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