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also be allocated to the up-skilling of existing workers. The policy defines deemed labourhours as being 30% of the GST exclusive total contract price divided by 35. The policy’squality controls are reflected in a requirement that, in the case of apprentices and trainees,training must lead to a nationally recognised building and construction qualification. Inthe case of up-skilling existing workers, the training must lead to a Statement ofAttainment from a nationally building and construction qualification.There are three main groups of entities directly affected by the Building Skills Policy:• The Western Australian Department of Education and Training, which is theagency that formulated and sponsored the policy.• The Departments of Housing and Works, Main Roads and the State SupplyCommission, which are the State Government delivering agencies, or in otherwords, the contracting agencies responsible for implementing the policy.• The contractor(s).Indirectly, the policy has consequences for other organisations and individuals, such assub-contractors and ‘purchasing’ agencies (such as Justice and Health Departments),which need to accommodate the costs of training in their capital works budgets.The implementation of the Building Skills Policy directly imposes additional contractmanagement tasks on the main entities. For the Western Australian Department ofEducation and Training, these additional tasks include: recording, assessment andapproval/disapproval of contractors’ Training Plans, Compliance Reports, andCompletion Reports; visiting project sites to ensure compliance with the Training Plan;providing six-monthly reports to the Government; and providing six-monthly ComplianceReports to the contracting agency.For the contracting agencies, these additional contract management tasks include:incorporating the appropriate contractual requirements in tender documents; keeping theWestern Australian Department of Education and Training informed of building and9
construction contracts that fall under the Building Skills Policy; and ensuring that anytendering pre-qualification process is compliant with the policy.For the contractor(s), additional contract management tasks include submission to theWestern Australian Department of Education and Training of a Training Plan within 14days of being awarded the contract; a Compliance Report at the end of each 13 weekperiod; and a Practical Completion Report within 10 days after the completion of theproject.The stated objective of the Priority Access Policy is to increase the employment andtraining opportunities in Western Australia to ensure that there is an adequate supply ofskilled labour to meet future labour market demands. One of the specific policyobjectives is to increase the number of apprenticeship and traineeship positions.The Policy has been implemented through requiring contractors to meet a minimum of100 points in order for them to be able to tender on State Government building andconstruction contracts that are greater than or equal to $150,000 in value, or StateGovernment procurement contracts that are greater than or equal to $500,000 in value.Points are allocated to a contractor based on the contractor’s involvement in specifiedemployment and training activities. As such, it largely attempts to regulate trainingquality. Specified activities include the contractor having an apprenticeship and/ortraineeship employment level of 10% or better, the employment of staff with recognisedVET qualifications, the employment of staff with tertiary qualifications, and staffparticipating in work related training programs. The policy is weighted more towardsapprenticeships and traineeships, with contractors being allocated 100 points if they meetthe apprenticeship and traineeship employment level criteria. In contrast, a contractor isonly awarded either 30 or 40 points for meeting any of the other specified employmentand training activities.The three main entities involved in building and construction contracts that fall under thePriority Access Policy are the same as those for the Building Skills Policy. The DET is10
Page 3 and 4: Table of ContentsBackground .......
Page 5 and 6: FiguresFigure 1: Total, Private, an
Page 7 and 8: stakeholders involved in constructi
Page 9 and 10: Project Objectives & ScopeThe prima
Page 11 and 12: the review first identified the ‘
Page 13: Social Policies Leveraged on Public
Page 17 and 18: Similar to the Priority Access Poli
Page 19 and 20: employ Aboriginal people, that supp
Page 21 and 22: projects to address skills shortage
Page 23 and 24: ecruited from the local community.
Page 25 and 26: The contracting or delivering agenc
Page 28 and 29: Literature ReviewEconomic Perspecti
Page 30 and 31: innovations. These negotiations are
Page 32 and 33: investments in general skills); and
Page 34 and 35: Keeping this in mind, the following
Page 36 and 37: previous section, this research app
Page 38 and 39: Theoretical FrameworkThe theoretica
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Page 42 and 43: It is also useful to add a shift fa
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Page 46 and 47: component of the economic cost of t
Page 48 and 49: Figure 2: Average Number of Tender
Page 50 and 51: Figure 5: The Average Number of Ten
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Page 54 and 55: August 2002 (increasing by only 1.6
Page 56 and 57: egion and project size) before focu
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Page 60 and 61: areas as compared to less remote re
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the Building Skills Policy were not
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The Training and Employment Policie
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documentation. The Department’s k
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And to achieve this objective, the
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also claimed that tenders had been
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Head ContractorsThe large sized con
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The key policy officer in the spons
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In summary, the information collect
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aised the cost of construction proj
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The Training and Employment Policie
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commented that the 10% Training Pol
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The sponsoring agency: DETAThe poli
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competitive industry to operate in,
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“There’s a disbenefit in taking
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Several of the head contractors and
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was defined as one were it was goin
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However, he did link the policy to
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The Provision of Public Art as a Pe
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eport examines percent for art prog
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…the big question with regard to
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considered essential to ensure that
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apparatus of public hygiene or of a
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provide important economic benefits
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‘new’ approaches to such contra
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self education that the Artist must
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Building user representative 1 stat
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Costs according to DHW Policy Offic
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Numerous interviewees noted that th
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Additionally, the skill development
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and so we have got a very nice outc
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The development of communication, p
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The majority of Building User Repre
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are all the same, and the Percent f
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vandalism on WA Percent for Art bui
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The major benefits achieved by the
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Stakeholder groupDHW contract manag
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The Art Built-In Policy of the Quee
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cover the concept design. The commi
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artwork and project management. Acc
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Moreover, according to the Intervie
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Benefits of the Art Built-in policy
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Public art can enrich public cultur
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3 to discover skills that they had
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The artwork is able to increase pub
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Similar to the artwork’s ability
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potential. Also according to Client
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Multilayered artwork is able to be
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not be updated, as the artwork is a
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A number of benefits from the Art B
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administration and project manageme
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Those elements which were expected
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Globerman and Vining (1996) propose
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Table: WA Percent for Art policy an
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Summary of comparative analysisFigu
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concerning the art in buildings, th
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Appendix A: Summary of interviews f
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References“10% Training Policy”
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Hein, H. 1996. What is public art?:
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