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

Overview

Funding partners:

The Company:

New Works

Contractor:

O&M Works

Contractor:

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

New Works: phase opening

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

awprbuyingteam@awprcjv.com

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: enquiries@aberdeenroads.com

Enquiries line: 0800 058 8350