A483/A489 Newtown Bypass
Civil Infrastructure
Powys
95 million
Project Highlights
Welsh Government
Civil Infrastructure
£95 million
Alun Griffiths Contractors
Alun Griffiths Contractors
NEC3
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Project Overview
The design and build of the Newtown Bypass is intended to ease congestion along the A483 and A489 trunk roads that originally converged in the centre of Newtown. There was also an issue with 2 low railway bridges within Newtown which caused regular traffic problems.
The bypass consists of 6.5km of a new wide single 2+1 carriageway, with 1km of new side roads, 5 new roundabouts. 11 retaining walls, 4 underpasses, 4 underbridges and 3 overbridges. In addition, extensive earthworks and ground improvement works were required.
Services Provided
Successful tender bid and live project support
Site visits and regular client meetings
Target cost programme support
Tender submission layout
Programme narratives
Cl31 Programme
Cl32 Programme updates
Cl62 Impact programmes
Extensive STATS planning and mitigation incl. management matrix
Design programme management
Resource loaded programmes
Quantity take offs / outputs matrix
Earthworks mass haul
Tilos time chainage
Extensive phasing plans
How we made a difference
Plan Ahead provided key support during the tender phase, development of the target cost programme and during the live project. We developed a trusted working relationship with the project manager and the client planner to enable collaborative contract programme management.
This ensured the project was completed on time and with minimal programme impact due to the effective and proactive management of early warnings.