Building construction work

Tender description

The works include the completion of all remaining reduction / remodeling of existing site levels, formation of new site levels, and construction of contractor designed retaining structures, new site services, services diversions, and infrastructure as well as the construction of 92 new social housing dwelling units complete with associated site works and landscaping. The schedule of dwelling types to be constructed is as follows: — 36 no. 5P3B General Needs, Semi-Detached Houses, — 39 no. 3P2B General Needs, Semi-Detached Houses, — 8 no. 6P4B General Needs, Semi-Detached Houses, — 1 no. 6P4B Complex Needs Bungalow, — 2 no.3P2B Complex Needs Bungalow, — 6 no. 2P1B General Needs Apartments (Apartment block B). All houses and bungalows are to be of Contractor designed enhanced Timber Frame construction with external wall finishes comprising mainly of brick with render features. The apartment block is a split-level load-bearing masonry construction and includes ancillary accommodation, external work, and communal garden/amenity area. The works include a mix of Employer Designed and Contractor Designed elements covering construction of new roads & footpaths (to be adopted on completion by Transport NI), retaining structures (various types), ground works, soil management, culvert diversion, road diversion, and drainage. In-curtilage site works include drainage, driveways, paths, retaining structures, fencing and boundary treatments of different types and provision of clothes-lines. Landscaping includes communal open space areas, augmentation of existing perimeter landscaping / buffer as well as private grassed front and rear gardens, and other soft landscaping as detailed in the designs. The site works involve construction and civil engineering works on steeply sloping areas including works to neighboring boundaries at differing levels. Phased handovers of the completed works will be required.