Project Timeframe

The Tralee Flood Relief Scheme will be delivered in 5 stages with indicative timeframes as follows:

Stage 1 (Part 1) – Identification and Development of a Preferred Scheme

• Carry out the review and assessment of the technical analysis of existing information in relation to the Scheme area.
• Hydrological and hydraulic modelling, and production of revised mapping, of the existing situation.
• Geotechnical study of existing embankments within the Scheme area.
• Identify and undertake all baseline environmental surveys and Site Investigations.
• Production of Invasive Species Management Plan
• Environmental Constraints Study

 Stage 1 (Part 2) – Identification and Development of a Preferred Scheme

• Assessment, including technical, geotechnical, environmental, and economic assessments, and through detailed hydraulic modelling, of potential flood risk management options
• Selection, development and design of a preferred scheme option
• Natura Impact Study & Environment Impact Assessment Report Screening
• Produce a Scheme Climate Change Adaptation Plan
• Identification of Landowners that may be affected by the construction, operation and future maintenance of the Scheme

 Stage 1 (Part 3) – Identification and Development of a Preferred Scheme

• Produce Natura Impact Statement (NIS) and Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)
• Produce a Preliminary Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP).
• Produce Preliminary Buildability and Preliminary Operation & Maintenance Reports

Stage 2 – Development Consent

• Provision of all documentation required to progress the Scheme through the necessary statutory development consent process (Planning and Development Act 2000 or Arterial Drainage Act 1945).
• Provision of responses to Further Information or Clarification requests.
• Provision of support at Public Displays and Oral Hearings.
• Provision of addendums to the Environmental Assessments as a result of the outcomes/conditions of the development consent process

Stage 3 (Part 1) – Detailed Construction Design

• Undertake and complete the detailed construction design of the Scheme.
• Update or provide addendums to the environmental assessments undertaken in Stage I, and complete any other environmental assessments, consents or surveys
• Produce a Developed Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)
• Produce a Developed Buildability Report
• Produce a Developed Operation & Maintenance Report
• Prepare Detailed Design Drawings and Specifications

Stage 3 (Part 2) –Work Packages and Tenders for Contracts

• Determine Construction Work Packages
• Prepare Tender & Construction Work Packages including Bills of Quantities
• Prepare Construction Contract Documents using the PWC Forms of Contract and undertake the procurement of the works contractor(s) to construct the Scheme, in line with the Capital Works Management Framework
• Preparation of Tender Report(s)

Stage 4 – Construction

• Supervise the construction of the Scheme
• Supervise the construction contract(s) and provide Project Management Services including Employer Representative services

Stage 5 – Handover of Works

• Commissioning of the completion certificate
• Finalisation/sign-off of Construction Contracts
• Provision of the Safety File
• Produce ‘As-Built’ flood mapping