Ms Rosemary Collier:

The full contract is overseen by a senior architect in the OPW. To be clear, it is that official who oversees everything in regard to the certifying of the works and dealing with the contractor in terms of the estimated costs that come in. When an estimated cost comes in, it is submitted to the quantity surveying contractor, who assesses it and provides a recommendation certification to the OPW. We review that and it is certified by the senior architect on the job. There is a series of processes that are done by technical people who have the accredited skills and the necessary technical obligations, as it were, in how we do our processes to fulfil these functions.

It absolutely is overseen to the end by the relevant official in the OPW.