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work and maintenance activities, including those of a minor, medium or significant scale, requiring the preparation of a heritage impact assessment as part of the approval process. The following provides a summary of the approval process for different scales of new works and maintenance activities:

      * Significant new work or maintenance activities require a Submission to the Corporate Management Group (CMG) and this Submission must include a detailed Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) before it will be considered by the CMG.

      * Medium scale new works or maintenance activities require a 'Brief to the CMG'. The Brief must contain a HIA before it will be considered by the CMG.

      * Minor new works and Building & Exhibition maintenance activities both require an application, including a Heritage Impact Assessment (less detailed than for larger scale works/activities), to be prepared before the relevant Section Head will review and approve the works.

   Additionally, work that includes core drilling, digging or chasing, must include a HIA for submission to the Head of Buildings and Services Section.

   As a final check, all works or maintenance activities are monitored by the Memorial Security Team with no works allowed to commence without the appropriate approvals.

   The Memorial has an internal 'Heritage Impact Self-Assessment Form' provided in Appendix B and on the Memorial's intranet.

   The form can be completed by any member of the AWM staff proposing an activity that may impact the heritage values of AWM. Guidance can be provided by the Project Officer and Head of the Building and Services Section, if required. The form is to be approved by the Head of Building Services, noting that additional approval may be required through CMG.

   The form is the first step taken in the impact assessment process, and depending on the potential for, or degree of, impact on the AWM's heritage values, the Memorial may engage a heritage consultant to provide advice to the Memorial for mitigating impacts and preparing a HIA. Head of Building Services, or an external consultant may be engaged to prepare a referral under the EPBC Act if required.

      5.3.3  Conservation Works

   Ongoing conservation issues with the heritage fabric of the main Memorial building have been progressively investigated and rectified by the Memorial over the last 15–20 years, and a significant amount of work on the condition of the place's fabric has been carried out by the Memorial since the preparation of the 2008 HMP. These include:

        * improvements to water ingress and drainage issues within the Commemorative Area courtyard, replacement of the guttering and drainage system behind the sandstone carved figures and replacement of deteriorated stonework;

        * cleaning and re-grouting of the Pool of Reflection; and

        * procurement of new bronze bracket for