Water Resources

Project:

Dar Es Salaam Water Supply Distribution Network (Part 1)

Location:

Bagamoyo Town, Tanzania

Client:

Dar-es-salaam Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (DAWASA)

Business Sectors:

• Drinking Water Network

Services (Technical Disciplines):

• Construction Supervision
• Capacity Building

Project Objectives/Outcomes:

Dar es Salaam accounts for 40 percent of the urban population of Tanzania and is expected to continue to absorb the bulk of new urban residents. By 2030 it is expected to have over 10 million inhabitants, many of whom will reside in peri-urban areas that are currently underserved. Given its role as the engine of the economy, and the locus of key industries, commerce, the port, the rail and road transport services, it will continue to draw more resources, including water. Keeping up with the demand for provision of sustainable infrastructure, including water supply and sanitation (WSS), is therefore a critical challenge for the city.

Through various investments on the supply side, the water production capacity for Dar es Salaam is expected to double, and this project aimed at distributing this extra water by enabling expansion of Water Supply Distribution in Unserved Priority Areas. Part one (packages 2B and 2F) (Tegeta-Mpiji and Mpiji-Bagamoyo) was a key priority for expansion given the historically low levels of service. The project scope provided for an additional 1,260km of pipes, 42 kiosks, and 214 stand posts and benefit for 453,000 people.

The project included the supervision of supply and installation of Secondary and Tertiary Distribution Network and Installation of Domestic Meters from University Reservoirs to Bagamoyo Town. The Project included the construction of 1,500km of the following: 200mm to 75mm Diameter Tertiary Watermains:  500mm to 250mm Diameter Primary Watermains; over 50 No. PRV’s, District Meters etc.; 3 No. 5,000 m³ RC Reservoirs and 3 No. Pumping Stations.

Our Role:

• Project Management and Administration
• Detailed Design Review, Review and updating of Tender Documents.
• Assistance During Procurement Stage
• Construction Supervision
• Monitoring of Environmental and Social Impacts in accordance with ESIA and EMP
• Technical Assistance and Staff Training
• Cost Monitoring, Claims Management and Determinations (FIDIC RED BOOK)

Geoscience Ireland Contact: Michel Davitt – mdavitt@nodwyer.com

Project:

Technical Assistance to The Project Implementation Unit Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project – Phase II

Location:

Maseru, Lesotho

Client:

Ministry of Water

Project Value:

191,000,000 (approximately)

Business Sectors:

• Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Drinking Water Treatment Plant
• Wastewater Network
• Drinking Water Network
• Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines):

• Feasibility
• Preliminary Design
• Detailed Design
• Tender Dossiers
• Procurement
• Construction Supervision
• Construction Managment
• Capacity Building

Project Objectives/Outcomes:

The primary objective of the Project Management Consultancy (PMC) is to actively facilitate oversight of the project in accordance with their designated role within the PIU to ensure that projects are completed on time, on budget and in accordance with the expectations of all parties involved in the projects.

The Project Management Consultant will function as part of the PIU in coordinating the efforts of the design and supervision consultants, the project QA (Quality Assurance)/QC (Quality Control) entity, project consultants for associated environmental and social mitigation measures, and the construction contractors, to assure that the promoter’s and the project’s needs are properly defined and met.

The contract will be 60 months long, with a firm tranche of 30 months and conditional tranche of additional 30 months subject to consultant performance for the first 30 months. The PMC will be responsible to the PIU manager for coordinating other tasks that need to be accomplished which may not be assigned to the individual design and supervision consultant(s), the QA/QC entity, the environmental and social management consultants, or the construction contractors.

Our Role:

• Mobilisation of the Consultant’s team and establishment of local offices
• Meetings, site visits and data collection
• Organise and carry out a planning workshop with the Consultant’s project team, the Client and key stakeholders to establish a baseline to monitor the impact of this consultancy assignment
• Co-ordinate and liaise with other IFIs who may also be providing technical assistance support to the LLWDP II, to identify and avoid any overlaps between these various technical assistance services
• Analysis and planning
• Preparation of the Inception Report and baseline situation/conditions report
• Management of Procurement
• Project Strategy
• Monitoring, Controlling
• Project Control
• Project Management
• Lean Construction Management
• General Construction Management
• Communication and Data Management
• Communication Consulting, Construction Site Marketing

Geoscience Ireland Contact: Michel Davitt – mdavitt@nodwyer.com

Project

NEOM Reservoirs and Water Distribution Complex (WDC)– NEOM Circular City Water Storage Reservoirs and WDC

Location

Neom Circular City, Saudi Arabia

Client

Water Research Centre Ltd

Business Sectors

• Drinking Water Treatment Plant
• Drinking Water Network
• Roads
• Infrastructure

Services (Multidisciplinary)

• Preliminary Design
• Tender Dossiers

Our Role: 

• Development of the Design – NCC NER
• Development of the Design – NCC WICR
• Development of Project Risk Register
• Constructability Review
• Development of the Employers Requirements – FIDIC Yellow Book Conditions of Contract (First Edition, 1999)

Project Objectives/ Outcomes

NEOM is the planned independent economic zone in the Northwest of Saudi Arabia. It is born out of the ambition of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 to see the country develop into a pioneering and thriving model of excellence in various and important areas of life. The NEOM Reservoirs – NEOM Circular City Water Storage Reservoirs Project involved the development of the Concept Design & Employer’s Requirements for the 2 No. reservoirs and associated infrastructure, namely: • NEOM Circular City North East Reservoir (NCC NER) • NEOM Circular City Water Innovation Centre Reservoir (NCC WICR) The Employer’s Requirements were prepared based on the FIDIC Yellow Book Conditions of Contract (First Edition, 1999) with Employer modifications. The scope of works associated with the NCC NER involves construction of a twin celled 170,000m3 treated water storage reservoir, circa 2.5km of new access road linking the proposed site & highway 5, a reinforced utility culvert to be constructed adjacent to the proposed access road required to accommodate the 1200mm DIA inlet & outlet pipework, site buildings, chlorination & Photovoltaic (PV) installations and a tanker filling station. As part of the Design for the proposed reservoir and WDC, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) assessment was carried out to ensure the Design provided the optimum solution with respect to flow patterns through the reservoir. The Design & Employer’s Requirements were completed for the NCC NER to include provisions such that 2 No. further 170,000m3 could to be constructed at the site in future bringing the total volume of storage on site to 510,000m3 and also facilitate the modular expansion of the chlorination & PV installations. Initially the NCC NER will supply water for construction activities in the Neom Innovation Centre area. To facilitate this the outlet main from the reservoir will be terminated at a connection chamber near to the existing Highway 5 and capped. In the longer term the NCC NER will provide water for industrial and domestic water supply purposes and act as a strategic storage reservoir. The scope of works associated with the NCC WICR involves construction of a twin celled 30,000m3 treated water storage reservoir, site buildings and chlorination & PV installations. As part of the Design for the proposed reservoir and WDC, a CFD assessment was also carried out to ensure the Design of the NCC WICR provided the optimum solution with respect to flow patterns through the reservoir. The NCC WICR will supply the irrigation requirements for the food innovation area within the greenhouses and fields around the innovation Centre. Until such time as those areas are constructed and become operational the inlet and outlet mains to the NCC WICR will be terminated at a valve chamber immediately outside the site boundary and capped.

Geoscience Ireland Contact: Michel Davitt mdavitt@nodwyer.com

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Project Title: 

Blanchardstown Regional Drainage Scheme | ByrneLooby

Location:

Dublin, Ireland

Client:

Irish Water

Date:

June 2015 – Dec 2022

Business Sectors: 

Water engineering – Drainage Networks, Wastewater

Services (Technical Disciplines):

Consulting engineers and designers, project management, Tender support, construction supervision

Project Objectives/ Outcomes:

Irish Water, working in partnership with Fingal County Council allocated an investment fund of approximately €88 million to upgrade a strategically important sewer network with a new scheme called the Blanchardstown Regional Drainage Scheme. Located beside the M50 motorway within Tolka Valley Park this project represents a major capital investment and will involve the upgrade of the existing sewer network currently serving Blanchardstown and the surrounding catchment areas. This infrastructure will expand the capacity of the wastewater network and will facilitate existing and future residential and commercial development. It will also reduce the frequency and volume of untreated wastewater overflows from the wastewater network to the River Tolka.

Our Role:

The Water Division at ByrneLooby Headquarters in Dublin was appointed by Irish Water as consulting engineers and designers for the project. ByrneLooby managed the planning stages of the project on behalf of Irish Water, helping to expedite planning permission, formulating the contract documents, leading the procurement and design & build contract, evaluating tenders, and supervising the construction and commissioning on site.

ByrneLooby’s scope of work included:

• 2km of pipeline installed using trenchless tunnelling techniques with the Tolka Valley Park Pumping Station
• An underground stormwater management facility with capacity of approximately 30,000m³ to manage potential flood and stormwaters
• A below-ground pumping station with above-ground control room with remote monitoring of levels along the network
• A control building to house electrical switchgear, control equipment, an odour control unit, generator room and ESB sub-station and a pumping station

Geoscience Ireland Contact:

Siobhan Warfield – marketing@ByrneLooby.com