Lilongwe Water Board Treatment Works | Nicholas O’Dwyer
Project Title:
Lilongwe Water Board Treatment Works | Nicholas O’Dwyer
Location:
Lilongwe, Malawi
Client:
Lilongwe Water Board
Business Sectors:
Water Resources
Services (Technical Disciplines):
- Detailed Design
- Tender Dossiers
- Procurement
- Construction Supervision
- Construction Management
Project Objectives/ Outcomes:
The main objective of the project is to prepare detailed engineering design, cost estimates and tender documents for Treatment Works III (50,000m³/day Drinking Water Treatment Plant), provide assistance in the tendering process and to supervise construction of the works.
The project also included upgrade of existing water treatment plants (capacity of 125,000m³/d) to serve over 1.1 million people in the city of Lilongwe, Malawi. The scope of the works include: Analysing the suitability of locating Treatment Works III on an alternative site to one proposed in preliminary design report; Preparation of detailed engineering designs, drawings, specifications for the Water Treatment Works III (TW III) and tender documents; Financial Analysis – Preparing cost estimates, economic, and financial assessments including the following: Preparing detailed cost estimates for the technology, civil works, commissioning, and erection including environmental and social costs; Environmental and social scoping of the water supply facilities; Assessing and reviewing operational efficiency of the existing water treatment plants (TWI and TWII) and proposing measures for efficiency improvement, including detailed designs and cost estimates; Construction supervision of the Treatment Works III including efficiency improvement measures for TWI and TWII.
Our Role:
- Detailed engineering design
- Review of Tender Documents including Drawings, Specifications, Modifications to Conditions of Contract (FIDIC Red Book)
- Preparation of Contract Documents, Tender Evaluation and Recommendation of Preferred Bidder, Tender Adjudication
- Construction Management including; Review of Contractors Proposals Management of Variation Orders Commissioning Certification Interim and Final Valuations Dispute Resolution
- Construction Supervision (FIDIC Red Book)
- Defects Liability Monitoring
Geoscience Ireland Contact:
Michel Davitt – mdavitt@nodwyer.com
