RISE UP ACADEMY RISK &
HEALTH & SAFETY REVIEW OF LEASED PREMISES
ATKINSON AVENUE, OTAHUHU
This table of concerns is designed to outline the responsibilities of the PCBU for the leased premises at
Atkinson Avenue, Otahuhu, and to the satisfaction of the Rise UP Academy EBOT, as a main
stakeholder. There are questions with each of the Requirements & Obligations of the PCBU.
The obligation for both the MoE and the Rise UP Academy EBOT is to ensure al Health & Safety
requirements under the MoE EIS Health & Safety Work, are identified, addressed, and resolved to
Standards set by the MoE under Best Practice.
Guidelines for Education Infrastructure Service for Health & Safety Work
The PCBUs Obligation is to:
CONSULT
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response How and what has the PCBU consulted to Rise UP
Academy from the onset of the Lease of Atkinson Avenue Reconfiguration?
COOPERATE
RISKS - IDENTIFIED AND MANAGED –
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
What risks have been identified, assessed, and documented? As a major Project Stakeholder - Rise
UP Academy has no other record of Risks apart from a few Building Issues on the Concept Plan, which
identifies the internal issues. See CONCEPT PLAN RISE UP ACADEMY RESPONSE.
SHARE ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION –
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Have al relevant documentation been supplied to the Rise UP Academy EBOT?
ALLOW ALL PARTIES TO CONTRIBUTE –
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Please define the scope of contribution Rise UP Academy is al owed.
CONTRIBUTE TO DECISION-MAKING PROCESS –
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
The teachers are appreciative of the opportunity to provide their lens on the configuration of the
learning space. However, it appears that not al areas of the decision making process has been
afforded to Rise UP Academy.
The inventory of properties Rise UP Academy supplied to the Ministry Project Team failed to meet the
Property Brief. In my telephone last conversation on the 1st March with Richard Nolands, it was
indicated that there was a Property Search of between 40 – 50 properties, and the only property that
met the brief was Atkinson Avenue Otahuhu. Therefore Rise UP Academy EBOT request the criteria
used in the Project Brief to select Atkinson Avenue Otahuhu.
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
Rise UP Academy were not afforded an opportunity to contribute to the Decision Making Process in
the selection of Atkinson Avenue. Was a copy of the Project Brief supplied to the Rise UP Academy
EBOT?
Express H&S Views.
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
Rise UP Academy EBOT is currently expressing H&S views.
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Concept Plan: Not al Identification of Risks are covered in the concept plan.
PCBU RESPONSIBILITY
EIS Health & Safety Work.
The reason for this is to ensure that PCBU’s when working together are organised and take action to
prevent any gaps in managing health and safety risks. Effective coordination and communication
avoids unnecessary duplication of effort. EIS Health & Safety Work. Page 1
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
It is for this purpose Rise up Academy are seeking ful assurance that the PCBU is addressing and
managing the health and safety risks in readiness for Rise up Academy occupancy.
Informs other PCBUs of known risks and coordinates with parties impacted by the risks. EIS Health &
Safety Work. Page 1
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
The only information provided thus far is the information from the Concept Plan - Analysis of Existing
Space. There is an email trail between the Principal, the Board Chair outlining concerns, and providing
a general scope of tentative danger points. MoE responses are from the Minister, Richard Nolands, the
Anthea Morel acknowledging receipt of emails, and understanding the concerns of Rise UP Academy.
What other known risks apart from what has been documented in the concept plan has the Ministry
Project Team identified?
Under the EIS Health & Safety Work Rise UP Academy School Board is a main Project stakeholder,
and is entitled to access Property reports
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Property reports particularly where they may impact H&S should be discussed and explained to schools
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
Can you please provide copies of any Property reports to thus far of any Project Reports Rise UP
Academy EBOT that has yet to be disseminated.
EIS Health & Safety Work
There is an obligation under the EIS Health & Safety Work to School Boards to provide guidance to al
project works. This is indicated in the Project Specific Tasks in the EIS Health & Safety Work.
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What guidelines of Project Specific Tasks. Has the PCBU provided to the Rise UP Academy EBOT?
Rise up Academy is seeking ful assurance that the PCBU, by responding to the questions set under
the EIS Health & Safety Work; Addressing and managing the health and safety risks in readiness for
Rise up Academy occupancy; Respond to areas of concern highlighted in the Concept Plan for
Atkinson Avenue, Otahuhu
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PROCESS AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
School
School Property Entitlement
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
Can you provide the formula used to calculate the space entitlement al ocation for this specific
proposed space?
Concept Plans
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Provide al ocated square meterage for each learning space. We would like specific identification of the
number of student space occupation MoE has set out for the teaching & learning spaces.
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Greenspace
The outdoor space is currently a carpark space. Concept plans indicate that this area wil be addressed
in Stage Two. As this is the first time such a project has been undertaken to house a Primary School in
a Multi-shared Building, and no provision has been al ocated for greenspace, students of Rise Up
Academy are being subjected to the environmental conditions set in Stage one, as no application has
been made to add a playground / greenspace in Stage One.
Please clarify what The MoE define as safe playing grounds, and whether Stage Two alterations should
under the provision of Student health & Safety needs be shifted to Stage One. Hence, given the length
of time required to make application for Resource Consent. According to Best Practice, has the MoE
met its’ own Requirements and Guidelines? If so, wil this mean the MoE provides an assurance that
they have the ability to move this element to Stage One?
Can the MoE justify conditions set out for Stage One, and have no provision for a play area /
greenspace for our Students.
The concept plans address the accessibility for access in and out of Atkinson Avenue.
‘ In partnership with the school board of trustees, the Ministry project lead wil prepare the specific
Project Brief for the project. New schools are unlikely to have boards of trustees or management teams
at this point, but may have an Establishment Board of Trustees.’ DSINZ Requirements & Guidelines.
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
At the onset of securing the lease for Atkinson Venue Otahuhu, did the Ministry Project Team advice
Rise UP Academy EBOT of their intent to prepare a Project Brief? If so, can the documents be
supplied?
Project Site and Constraints Table Page 12 Flow Chart
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Rise UP Academy EBOT Response
Has a table been formulated identifying constraints. The Concept Plan identifies only a few constraints,
but does not provide a ful table
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Rise UP Academy EBOT request a table of the Project Site and Constraints be made available for
viewing.
‘ The master plan needs to identify design strategies for al elements of the development, including the
school’s vision for education, response to future growth, architecture, structural, geotechnical and civil
engineering, building services, sustainability, landscaping, cost control, acoustics and traffic
management. The strategies must be underpinned by a thorough site analysis.’ DSINZ Requirements
& Guidelines Page 13.
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See Concept Plan Rise UP Academy EBOT Response document.
‘The Ministry requires that a Project and Site Constraints Table and a Design Features Report are
supplied as part of the deliverables for every project. These should be commenced at the earliest
practical opportunity and updated during the project and on completion. At completion, they must be
submitted to the Ministry as part of the record for the project’. DSINZ Requirements & Guidelines.
Page 14
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The MoE has set the standards required a deliverable. What has the Ministry Project team put in place
to address this guideline, given the Leased premises was secured in October 2018?
‘Developments of al school projects must meet established legal and regulatory requirements.
Additional y, the Ministry has developed design standards that reflect the special nature of school
buildings and their occupants. In some cases these wil be a higher standard than the legal
requirements.’ DSINZ Requirements & Guidelines Page 19
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Ministry of Education Fire Safety and Design Requirements – See Concept Plan Rise UP Academy
EBOT Response
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