Provision of Housing to Government Employees, and Post Project Appraisal Procedures for Capital Works Projects

the quantity of surplus houses throughout the public sector;
the need for public sector organisations to identify the extent of housing not required in order to facilitate the rationalisation of housing stock; and
the need for improvement in the standard of inventory records and management information systems.

The report also addressed works contract procedures and concentrated on an assessment of the pre-construction and construction stages of the project management cycle. It included an examination of various capital works projects undertaken within the Victorian public sector. Key audit findings were:

formal post-project review systems and procedures had not been developed;
excessive delays between the date of construction completion and the date of final payment for works contracts were excessive;
procedures to evaluate the performance of project managers were inadequate; and
prescribed departmental procedures for the assessment of consultants' and contractors' performance were generally not followed.

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