ICAC to probe the former Boss of the NSW Anthony Manning school
The $ 40 million production program for schools used “modern construction methods”which aimed to reduce the costs of new schools up to 20 % and construction time of up to 30 %. The contract was assigned to App Group in February 2024 but was canceled in July.
In a July declaration, the Department of Education said: “While the contract was not resolved due to an ICAC investigation, concerns were raised on how the … race for this work was undertaken and we have addressed these ICAC concerns”.
Manning was fired from the NSW Education Department in February last year and received a resolution payment. He was replaced by the deputy secretary at the NSW infrastructure school, Lisa Harrington, who acts in the role.
The government of the new South Wales has announced the Manufacturing for Schools program on February 29 last year, stating that the program would have provided “cutting -edge construction techniques including digital technologies, out of office production and on -site assembly of prefabricated elements to provide high quality school buildings faster”.
At the time, the government said he would give schools at the Sydney Olympic Park and Box Hill, Jordan Springs, Gregory Hills/Gledswood Hills, Leppington and Medowie. It would also be used for the reconstruction of schools on the north coast damaged by floods.
“A contract was assigned to the group of apps for the manufacturing partnership,” said the release of the government of the new South Wales.
The app group, a company owned and infrastructure, declared in a declaration on its website last year that the “collaboration partners” include contractors and manufacturers of Lipman, Ark, MBM, WSP, Woods Bagot, Bennett and Trimble producers, Richard Crookes Constructions and Roberts Co.
Commissioner Paul Lakatos, SC, will preside over the public investigation, which is established for a maximum of six weeks.
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