15. 关于早期工程构成部分，秘书长在报告(A/76/330)中指出，由于 COVID-19 大流行，项目在招标过程中出现了 6 个月的进度延误，导致配楼的施工延误了 3 个月，出版事务楼的翻新工程延误了 9 个月(同上，第 14 段)。采取了 COVID-19 缓解措施，减少了设计和施工资源，以确保安全的工作做法。秘书长提供了最新情况，包括：(a) 2021 年 8 月授予合同，翻修现有出版事务楼，作为联合国内罗毕办事处的主要数据中心和中央安保控制室；(b) 设计和建造一座新配楼，以容纳联合国内罗毕办事处的所有后勤和业务部门，包括与该构成部分相关的横向基础设施；联合国内罗毕办事处还拆除并出售一座大型装配式建筑，而不是雇用承包商拆除；(c) 建造约 650 平方米的临时周转空间，以便在灵活工作场所战略试点项目期间将租户从 P 和 Q 号区迁出；这些临时设施将重新用作未来的活动空间，以避免临时帐篷结构的租赁费用(同上，第 15 和 36 段)。
15. As regards the early works component, the Secretary-General, in his report (A/76/330), indicates that the project experienced a six-month schedule slippage during the solicitation process, resulting in a three-month construction slippage for the annex and a nine-month construction slippage for the publishing services building renovations owing to the COVID-19 pandemic (ibid., para. 14). COVID-19 mitigation measures were employed and design and construction resources were reduced to ensure safe working practices. The Secretary-General provides an update, including: (a) the awarding of the refurbishment contract in August 2021 of the existing publishing services building as the United Nations Office at Nairobi primary data centre and central security control room; (b) the design and construction of a new annex building to house all the United Nations Office at Nairobi logistics and operational services, including the component-related horizontal infrastructure; the United Nations Office at Nairobi also removed and sold a large, prefabricated building instead of using a contractor; and (c) the construction of approximately 650 m2 of temporary swing space to relocate tenants from blocks P and Q during the flexible workplace strategies pilot project; the temporary facilities will be reused as future event spaces to avoid rental costs for temporary tented structures (ibid., paras. 15 and 36).