Construction work

Tender description

The proposed works comprise new services including diversions, utilities, attenuation and subase formation for parts of phase 1 of the future campus; approximately 3 hectares in total (part occupied by buildings, car parking, ancillary structures, paving and soft landscaping not part of this contract). The services installations will include polyethylene, clay and PVC pipework for foul and storm water sewers, telecoms, electricity, watermains and gas mains to serve new academic buildings. Excavation depths will range from < 1 m to c. 5 m deep, including connection to existing campus services infrastructure. Diversions of MV ring main and 4‐bar gas main including interface and coordination with utility providers, approximately 400 m of new and realigned access road sub-base, junctions, roundabout, traffic management, planned shut‐downs, temporary works, earthworks, formation of paths, lighting installations. The proposed works comprise new services including diversions, utilities, attenuation and subase formation for parts of phase 1 of the future campus; approximately 3 hectares in total (part occupied by buildings, car parking, ancillary structures, paving and soft landscaping not part of this contract). The services installations will include polyethylene, clay and PVC pipework for foul and storm water sewers, telecoms, electricity, watermains and gas mains to serve new academic buildings. Excavation depths will range from < 1 m to c. 5 m deep, including connection to existing campus services infrastructure. Diversions of MV ring main and 4‐bar gas main, including interface and coordination with utility providers, approximately 400 m of new and realigned access road sub-base, junctions, roundabout, traffic management, planned shut‐downs, temporary works, earthworks, formation of paths, lighting installations. The role of PSCS will include risk monitoring and mitigation, vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian traffic management, phasing and sequencing, monitoring of no‐dig zones including tree protection and compliance with all H&S requirements. Co‐ordination with other works contractors in the vicinity of the site will also be necessary. Upon completion of the project the successful candidate will be required to deliver a fully completed Operations and Maintenance Manual (fully indexed, electronic version) incorporating a safety file and as constructed drawings, BIM model (to level 2 coordination) for the as‐built situation. The work will involve significant management and coordination with the University and their consultants as well as third-party service providers. The site is located within a live university campus comprising c. 29 000 students and 3 500 staff. The works must have minimum disruption on the daily operations of the University. The applicant is required to demonstrate the capacity of its management personnel to deliver similarly complex projects in similar environments.