Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/ Balmedie-Tipperty Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce Transport Group Town House Council Chamber, Aberdeen 26 November 2015
Speakers Scott Shaw, Project Manager Transport Scotland Graham Christie, Project Director AWPR Construction Joint Venture John Wilson, AWPR/B-T Managing Agent Aberdeen City Council Mark Leishman, Site Representative Jacobs
Overview Funding partners: The Company: New Works Contractor: O&M Works Contractor:
Presentation • Overview • New Works – Headline quantities – Programme and phasing • Construction progress – North Section – Centre Section – South Section • Traffic management • Working hours • Supply chain • Community engagement • Operation & Maintenance Looking down to Stonehaven bay at the southern end of the Fastlink • Questions
New Works: headline quantities Earthworks Roadworks Structures • 9.6M m³ excavation • 300km drainage • 78 bridges 7.7M m³ fill 2km culverts 1,250 pc beams • • • • 1.9M m³ rock • 4,000 • 2 balanced cantilever processing manholes/catchpits structures (river crossings) 2 seasons 3,000 gullies 33,000T rebar • • • • 100km kerbing • 120,000 m³ concrete 275k m³ sub-base 300,000 m³ 6N • • • 350k m³ drain fills • 34k m³ concrete 230k m³ CBGM • • 190k m³ CRCP Circa 600 Consultation Certificates signed to date
New Works: programme Phase Opening date Craibstone and Dyce Junctions Autumn 2016 Balmedie to Tipperty Spring 2017 AWPR/B-T Winter 2017
New Works: phase opening
Construction progress: North Section • Section offices established at Balmedie and Goval • Pre-cast concrete beams installed for Tipperty Road Junction Underbridge • Construction of Balmedie Junction about to commence • Processing plant established at Cranfield • Earthworks and structures in progress Delivery and installation of beams for PS72, Tipperty Road Junction Underbridge
Construction progress: Centre Section • Offices established at Craibstone and Kingswells • Pile testing underway for River Dee and River Don crossings • Two temporary bridges required; one already installed over the A944, another planned to go over the A96 this weekend • Earthworks and blasting in progress • Culvert installation and structures under construction • Works ongoing at Charleston and Stonehaven Bailey bridge installation over the A944
Construction progress: South Section • Main project office established at Stonehaven with satellite offices at Rothnick and Haremoss • Processing area and laboratory at Rothnick • Blasting and rock excavation in several locations • Topsoil strip almost complete and earthworks progressing • Several structures under construction Rothnick processing area
Traffic management • Sensitive to the needs of road users, the team considers all options to mitigate against impact and disturbance, e.g. temporary bridges over the A944 and A96, and off-peak working whenever possible • The team liaises closely with local councils, network operators, traffic and travel operators, the police and other emergency services before finalising plans • Traffic management layouts include two-phase traffic signals; three-phase traffic signals; lane closures; road closure; slow lane closures; and contraflows • The general public will receive notifications of works through flyers, letters, Transport Scotland website, and media outlets
Working hours • Construction works proceed during operation hours of 07:00 until 19:00 Monday to Friday and 08:00 until 13:00 on Saturday • Where any additional hours are required to complete works, then this will be agreed in advance with the Local Authority following a consultation exercise At all times best practice methods will be used to keep any • disturbance to a minimum Out-of-hours weekend working has been agreed in some areas up • until Christmas ‘Trades’ Holiday • Further applications for out-of-hours working may be considered in the new year
Supply chain • To date, £5.5 million worth of contracts have been awarded to Scottish businesses • Orders have been placed with 47 Scottish SMEs and 1 Social Enterprise • All supply chain opportunities are placed via Public Contracts Scotland • Major materials contracts have already been awarded • Potential suppliers and contractors are advised to contact the procurement team in the first instance via awprbuyingteam@awprcjv.com
Community engagement • Contact and Education Space established at Stonehaven • Quarterly newsletters, monthly e-zine and flyers for all significant works, e.g. TTM, blasting, focal interest. Community councils informed by Managing Agent of upcoming works. CJV apprentices at the sod cutting ceremony, • Employment initiatives 16 February 2015 • Landowner interface – circa 250 adjacent landowners along the route, as well as affected residents in blasting zones • A dedicated team of Community Liaison Officers operates across the project to ensure that information is imparted to affected and enquiring parties and are delighted to offer presentations on project construction progress, upcoming works and 14 flyers produced to date address any other areas of interest
Operation and maintenance (O&M) • Restricted Services commenced 2 March 2015 • The Restricted Services Network: – From Ellon Roundabout in north – To Murcar Roundabout in south • Performance – No health and safety incidents • Full Services for 30 years after Final Completion Winter Service Plan 2015/16 consented to
Temporary bridge installation: Kingsford, South Kingswells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsg5- 9pWvyc&feature=player_embedded The above link can also be found on the project website: www.transportscotland.gov.uk/awpr-bt
For more information about the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/ Balmedie Tipperty project, visit www.transportscotland.gov.uk/awpr-bt or contact the project team by phone or email: Email: enquiries@aberdeenroads.com Enquiries line: 0800 058 8350
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