Dear Stakeholders,
The Taskforce has made significant progress over the past month on the SQID project, and we thank all those involved for their efforts.
Overall Progress:
The group has successfully advanced critical deliverables, including drafting guides, rating systems, and review papers, with several moving into the recommendations phase. While some tasks are pending final reviews and industry feedback, momentum has been strong. The current focus is on consolidating collected information to develop clear recommendations and a comprehensive report for industry feedback.
Key Achievements and Progress in the Past Month:
- Deliverable 2: Lifecycle Cost Assessment: Criteria and methodology progressed, with recommendations nearing completion. Draft documents are ready for peer review.
- Deliverable 3: Buildability and Operational Sustainability Assessment: Literature review and gap analysis are delayed. PMO intervention is supporting progress on constructability templates, which will be a focus in August.
- Deliverable 4: Safety Assessment: Draft product evaluation and safety rating is under review. Framework and methodology development continues, with minimum safety standards drafted. An industry workshop was held, and a focus group is planned for late August.
- Deliverable 5: NSW Endorsement of SQIDs: Research into existing endorsement processes is complete. Green Star rating identified as a suitable guide. A draft Governance framework is under review, with a risk assessment meeting planned for August to finalise it. This will slightly delay draft recommendations by one week.
- Deliverable 6: Fact Sheet on Lifecycle Asset Ownership of SQIDs: Definitions are awaiting group consensus, and first draft fact sheets are under review.
- Deliverable 7: SQID Installation Providers Criteria/Standards: Draft Guiding Principles are awaiting review. Installation criteria are in progress, and first draft recommendations may be delayed to the second week of August.
- Deliverable 8: Accreditation of SQID Installation Providers: Analysis report on training programs is underway. A lessons learned report is being prepared, incorporating industry feedback.
- Deliverable 9: SQID Maintenance Providers Criteria/Standards: Data gap review completed; O&M Manual confirmed as leading document. Performance rating developed. Draft checklists and inspection protocols are complete. Reporting templates are 80% complete.
- Deliverable 10: Accreditation of SQID Maintenance Providers: Consultation with training experts completed. Learning objectives discussed, and feasibility of accreditation options considered. Subcommittee feedback meeting set for August 8th.
- Deliverable 11: International Protocols Analysis Matrix & Summary: Robust scoring completed, resulting in 73 recommendations (17 quick wins). A summary document was produced and presented for initial consensus. This deliverable was completed in July.
- Deliverable 14: Stakeholder Surveys: SQIDEP Performance Evaluation Survey released, with results under analysis and scheduled for release in early August.
Completed Deliverables:
- Deliverable 1: Develop set of guiding principles for development of assessment criteria and methodology (Completed May)
- Deliverable 11: Deliver an analysis matrix and summary document outlining the focus, pros and cons of international protocols to provide informed suggestions/ recommendations for the NSW Stormwater industry. (Completed July)
- Deliverable 12: Detailed review of current assessing methods from the SQIDEP and map out current issues with SQIDEP from previous feedbacks (Completed May)
- Deliverable 13: Identify key stakeholders in the SQIDEP process in NSW (Completed May)
Key Activities Next Month (August):
- Whole of Taskforce Round Table: draft 1 of recommendations challenge panel and testing, key draft documents presentation.
- Finalisation of literature review and gap analysis of maintenance guidelines.
- Calibration meetings to align evaluation and rating systems across deliverables.
- Proposal for Green Star rating framework modification for SQID system.
- Finalisation of lifecycle ownership fact sheets.
- Industry feedback workshop on safety assessment criteria.
- Finalisation of Guiding principles for installation criteria.
- Advancement of options analysis, lessons learnt, and feedback reports; preparation of accreditation process overview.
- Finalisation of performance rating for SQID maintenance; completion of reporting templates review.
- Development of course learning objectives and feasibility recommendations for accreditation pathways.
- Progression of all drafted documents through the quality assurance (QA) process.
- Finalisation of draft recommendations for industry testing.
- Begin production of overarching report and presentations for industry.
We are seeking further funding from industry to ensure adequate strategic and project support is provided to our teams. If you are interested in supporting this project and group of industry volunteers, please contact Andrew Thomas, Brad Dalrymple or David Nixon.
We value your continued support, engagement and interest in the NSW SQID Taskforce. Further updates will be provided as the project progresses.
Regards
David Nixon
0290904213
SQID Taskforce Chair
