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APPENDIX 5.

TEMPLEMORE GARDA RECRUIT TRAINING CENTRE.

Cléireach an Choiste,

Coiste um Chuntais Phoiblí

A Chara,

During my examination by the Committee of Public Accounts on 7th December, 1967, I was asked for a note giving information on the following points concerning the Templemore Garda Recruit Training Centre.

(1) How the Estimate of £635,000 was made up as between the original proposals and each extra work, and how the expenditure on these individually compared with the estimate.

(2) What exactly was the lack of care on the part of an employee of the building contractor to which reference is made in my letter dated 15th September, 1967, to the Department of Finance.

(3) What is the final cost of the Swimming Pool.

(4) Details of all professional fees in connection with the work.

With regard to (1) the estimate of £635,000 is detailed in my letter dated 30th September 1964*; and the actual expenditure supplied by the Quantity Surveyors through the Architects is as follows:—

(a) Works originally contemplated:


Reconstruction of existing buildings, and provision of new				£
buildings, including mechanical services	..	..	..	442,885

(b) Additional Works ordered:

Rifle Range	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,830
Demolition and site clearance to allow for additional
buildings	..	..	..	..	..	..	4,000
Outdoor Ball Alley	..	..	..	..	..	..	5,429
Indoor Ball Alley	..	..	..	..	..	..	13,123
Swimming Pool	..	..	..	..	..	..	48,852
Bedding Store	..	..	..	..	..	..	2,814
Driving School	..	..	..	..	..	..	7,744
Underground Petrol Tank		..	..	..	..	..	1,349
Pump House	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,411
Basket Ball Courts	..	..	..	..	..	..	500
Gates etc. to Transport Shed			..	..	..	..	1,083
Garage Equipment	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,145
Venetian Blinds and Curtains			..	..	..	..	2,188
Site Works and drains necessitated by new buildings						..	7,000
Kitchen furniture and equipment			..	..	..	..	2,662
Gymnasium Equipment		..	..	..	..	..	1,506
Sundry additional works		..	..	..	..	..	1,552
Additional Mechanical and Electrical Services, including
price variation increases		..	..	..	..	..	31,109
							£578,182

With regard to (2) above the design of the pool floor was such as to require that it be formed in continuous concrete, in one ‘pour’ from one side to the other of the pool. The channel was in effect like a notch in the centre, five inches deep. To provide the continuity, the concrete floor was returned downward at each side of the channel so as to form a rectangular ‘U’ shape whose sides and bottom were of regular thickness of 9”. The shuttering to form the inner faces of the ‘U’ was fixed to timber pegs, 2” square, driven securely into the underlying rock or earth, and strutting was fixed between the side shutters. As soon as the concrete had hardened sufficiently for the side shuttering to stand unsupported, the pegs were removed and the holes remaining plugged with concrete. The work of constructing the floor and channel proceeded from the deep to the shallow end. The last pair of pegs at the shallow end were not removed but broken off, thus causing a leakage of water in the pool.

The final cost of the swimming pool as certified by the Quantity Surveyor was £48,852, exclusive of fees.

All fees have not yet been paid but they will amount to £62,200 approximately made up as follows:—

Architect	..	..	..	..	..	..	£35,200
Quantity Surveyor	..	..	..	..	..	..	£16,500
Consulting Engineer	..	..	..	..	..	..	£10,500
							£62,200

	(Signed) H. J. MUNDOW,
	Oifigeach Cuntasaíochta,
7 Márta, 1968.	Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí.

*See page 135 of Report of Committee of Public Accounts on Appropriation Accounts 1962-63.