Fresh questions have been asked about the budget, and schedule, of the repairs being made to Heritage Wharf.In a statement to the House of Assembly on Friday, Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz said the total authorised budget was $28 million — a $6 million variance from initial statements about the project.Asked by Shadow Workforce Development Minister Rolfe Commissiong if the project had gone over budget and was out of schedule, Mr Moniz said: “The answer is no. He’s wrong on that completely.”Derrick Burgess, Shadow Works Minister reminded Mr Moniz that the original budget was $22 million. “Your statement has said now its $28 million. Is that a mistake, or has the cost increased by $5.7 million?”Mr Moniz could not immediately answer the question but promised to provide details on the budget at another time.“The Minister doesn’t know if its increased or not?” Mr Burgess continued.He went on to ask for a breakdown on the hours worked by Bermudians, non-Bermudians and spouses of Bermudians. Mr Moniz responded: “The answer to that, is that’s a silly question in the extreme. These are people who work for contractors and sub-contractors. It would be a waste of Government time and energy.”Mr Burgess then pointed out that three different completion dates had been announced — May 15, September and “now the statement says it will be two to four months into the closed season, do we have a December completion date now?”Mr Moniz said that the dock had been left in “deplorable condition” by the Progressive Labour Party Government. “There are ongoing repairs and as I said in my statement to fully bring it to scratch is going to take a long time. The ship will be able to use the dock safely under this administration, as it wasn’t under the PLP administration.”Meanwhile, work on the breasting dolphins is expected to be completed by the Norwegian Breakaway’s next visit on June 5, Mr Moniz said in a statement issued yesterday.He also announced that the Norwegian Dawn will dock at Kings Wharf over the next couple of weeks to make it easier for the works to be completed at Heritage Wharf.“Bermuda will unfortunately be without the visits of the Grandeur of the Seas for the next couple of weeks while she undergoes a refit. During this time we have taken the opportunity with the co-operation of Norwegian Cruise lines to relocate the Norwegian Dawn to Kings Wharf. While we had scheduled effectively to complete works with her in place it is easier for both security and noise constraints if she is placed a little further away from the works,” the Minister said.He continued: “We have made good progress on the northern mooring dolphin over the past week, the majority of the lower 120ft pile lengths are now in and four of the extensions have been welded to make these 180 — 200ft in length. This variance in length is because we have different lengths of cut-off pile from the earlier works that we are reusing and also the fact that the design pile lengths vary.“The structural modelling of the dolphins is complex and each pile acts differently depending on how the ship pushes or pulls on the wharf.“Because we have an open book contract where we pay for the work done rather than an agreed rate for each foot driven we have been driving beyond the design toe levels at times simply because it is more cost effective to drive the pile for another 15 or 30 minutes than to spend an hour cutting the end of the pipe off which is then wasted material. This way we can drive another 5 or 10 feet at less cost and get a stronger wharf.“By the end of next week we should have most of the piles in the northern dolphin driven to toe level or deeper. Generally we are aiming for 180 feet down which means that we are setting the piles in the volcanic rock below the Bermuda Stone deposits that can contain cave features even at great depth.“Scheduling of the concrete pours in mid to late June is in progress.”