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
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
• Questions
Looking down to Stonehaven bay at the southern end of
the Fastlink
New Works: headline quantities
Earthworks Roadworks Structures
• 9.6M m³ excavation
• 7.7M m³ fill
• 1.9M m³ rock
processing
• 2 seasons
• 300km drainage
• 2km culverts
• 4,000
manholes/catchpits
• 3,000 gullies
• 100km kerbing
• 275k m³ sub-base
• 350k m³ drain fills
• 34k m³ concrete
• 230k m³ CBGM
• 190k m³ CRCP
• 78 bridges
• 1,250 pc beams
• 2 balanced cantilever
structures (river crossings)
• 33,000T rebar
• 120,000 m³ concrete
• 300,000 m³ 6N
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
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
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.
• Employment initiatives
• 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
address any other areas of interest
CJV apprentices at the sod cutting ceremony,
16 February 2015
14 flyers produced to date
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: [email protected]
Enquiries line: 0800 058 8350
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