Snapshot

Core service delivered: Justice and Law enforcement. Four new courthouses and five police stations in six sites to replace old facilities.

Government department: SA Courts Administration Authority.

Consortium: Plenary Justice Consortium (Plenary Group - sponsor, Deutsche Bank - bond underwriter, Hansen Yuncken - design and construction contractor, Advanced Building Technologies - facilities manager, Walter Brooke and Associates - architects and Connell Mott Macdonald - structural and services engineers).

Contract period: 25 years.

The South Australian Police & Courts Regional Facilities PPP project was designed to construct four new courthouses and five police stations in six sites to replace old facilities well past their useful economic life. The $70 million project reached financial close in June 2005 and was awarded to the Plenary Justice Consortium (comprising Plenary Group, Deutsche Bank, Hansen Yuncken, Advanced Building Technologies, Walter Brooke and Associates and Connell Mott Macdonald). Plenary Group is responsible for maintaining buildings and landscaped areas and providing facilities management services for 25 years.

The South Australian Government did not enter into any hand back conditions with the Project Vehicle (PJSA) holding freehold title of all six sites. However, the State holds the first right of refusal to re-lease the facilities at the end of the term.