Issue - meetings

To agree to the implementation of the new Programme Management Project Model.

The Group Head Commissioning and Transformation, Sandy Muirhead presented a verbal update on the proposed new project model that aimed to improve the way projects were managed, delivered and reported on.

Committee expressed concerns over the £200k that was planned to be spent on refreshing the Network Cabling throughout Knowle Green and asked that an explanation be provided to justify this expenditure.

After the meeting the ICT Manager, Alistair Corkish provided the following statement:

“The proposed budget under the network refresh (cabling project) is to replace the oldest cabling not primarily because of its age but because of its type.  We understand that a lot of the original cabling is Cat5 which has a maximum speed of data of 100mbps and is more prone to interference. We believe that a lot of the original cabling in Knowle Green is Cat5. Therefore, to ensure the Council can maintain efficiency and demands on the system ICT want to replace the cable with Cat5e which is ten times faster or Cat6a which is a hundred times faster.  Also some of the expense will be in working out which of our existing cables are Cat5 as you need people at either end of each one and given the age of the building and cabling there are no clear maps of cable runs.  We understood that cabling lasts 25 years”.

The Committee resolved to note the update.