Issue no. 4 | March 2015
Our Town Our River www.bray.ie
Latest News about the River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme Hello and welcome to the River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme Newsletter for March 2015. We hope that through this newsletter you will get a real sense of the whole scheme and how we are progressing with the works. It’s been a busy couple of months for the River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme project team and to date significant progress has been made with: Phases 1 and 2 have been completed Phases 3 and 4 are ongoing and on time with in river works due to commence in May 2015.
Photographs above show works that have been carried out during the months of February and March
During February and March the following works were carried out: • • • • • • •
Tree felling at Killarney Glen and Glenwood Overall site investigations have been completed First phase of stone cladding to existing walls at Ravenswell Road Condition survey at Seapoint Court is ongoing La Vallee landscaping is 90% completed Contract awarded for stone cladding to Coburg Coburg piling has been completed and over 50% of flood defence wall has been completed
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March Feature Describing getting a job to construction stage on site. In order to comply with European Union and National Procedures on tendering the River Dargle Team must comply with and adhere to strict rules. Each stage of the process is broken-down as follows and includes a design and then the construction period:
The Design Period
The Construction Period
Appointment of Design Consultants
Appointment of Works Contractor
Prepare Tender Documents for the Design Package This can typically take up to 10 weeks to complete. The Tendering Process This is done using e-Tendering.gov.ie website. This period can be between 3 to 5 weeks before tenders are received.
Prepare Tender Documents for the Construction Works This is done when the tender drawings / specifications etc. for the proposed works are finalised and can typically take up to 4 weeks to complete. The Tendering Process The process is undertaken using the e-Tendering.gov. ie website. This period can be between 3 to 6 weeks before tenders are received.
The Evaluation Process Upon receipt of the tenders, a detailed analysis of the tenderers prices, quality and approach to the project is carried out. This can typically take up to 2 weeks.
The Evaluation Process Upon receipt of the tenders, a detailed analysis of the tenderers prices, quality and approach to the project is carried out. This can typically take up to 3 weeks.
The Waiting Period All tenderers are then notified about who the successful consultant is and a 14 day stand still period must be observed to allow for any objections. The Design Period
There is no stand still period for a Framework Contract. So the appointment can be issued immediately. The Pre-Start Period
The newly appointed consultant now has to get fully familiar with the project and issue a full set of drawings / specifications / Preliminary Health & Safety Plans. This process can typically take between 6 to 8 weeks.
In Summary
The Waiting Period
Upon appointment the contractor can start the works within 20 days. The Construction Period depends on the size and scope of the specific works being undertaken.
From starting the procurement process to actually getting a contractor starting works on site can take up to 10 months
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Before and After What will you see when the scheme is completed? Again this month we would like to share a ‘before’ image and an ‘after’ artist’s impression to help visualise how the river and it’s landscape will look once the scheme works are completed in late 2016. Our full visual assessment is available to download from www.bray.ie.
Before
After The ‘before’ image above is the view currently of the Seapoint Court with the ‘after’ image being an artist’s impression once works are completed in late 2016
Latest News Throughout April and May the following works are planned: • • • • • • •
Flood Defence walls & new golf course entrance road at Ravenswell Road Sheet piling and Flood Defence wall works at Seapoint Court Sheet piling to Maltings and Flood Defence wall to Killarney Glen Coburg stone cladding, completion of bund and landscaping Final completion of landscaping works at La Vallee, Riversdale & Halting Site Design works package tender to be issued for the Flood Defence wall at the Irish Rail bridge Award overall condition survey contract for the remainder of the scheme
Environmental Update With the tree felling season coming to an end, all the planned construction works areas need to be prepared for the year. A number of areas have been de-vegetated i.e. Malting embankment, Coburg Estate and along Killarney Glen. Our on-site ecologist continuously monitors our construction procedures and we have also received a number of visits from Inland Fisheries Ireland in relation to on-going works with the Coburg Estate.
Contact us If you have a question about the scheme here’s how to get in contact with us.......
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You can send us an email to braymd@wicklowcoco.ie or why not join us on Wednesday, April 15th for ‘ask a question’ about this scheme on social media. Simply include the hashtag #OurTownOurRiver in your question and post to Twitter or Facebook. We also have a dedicated page on www.bray.ie, which is updated regularly with the schemes latest news, answering your questions and displaying scheme photographs.
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