Provision of Construction Project Management for Kirkgate and Glasshoughton Highway Schemes

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Wakefield Council Customer Service awarded a contract to Horwich Ltd for construction project management services on the Kirkgate Wakefield Scheme and the Glasshoughton Southern Link Road.

The supplier was to act as Site Supervisor under NEC option C contract terms and as project manager as delegated by the Named Project Manager.

The Kirkgate Scheme began construction in early May 2017 for twelve months, followed by the Glasshoughton Southern Link Road, planned for a further twelve months.

The work required extensive knowledge and experience of NEC option C contracts, management of large highway scheme construction, working with and for a local authority client, managing design processes and design changes for major civil engineering schemes, delivery of city centre works including major traffic management requirements (Kirkgate), and delivery of schemes involving liaison with developers and landowners carrying out concurrent work during road construction.

Experience of West Yorkshire Combined Authority reporting processes, procedures and requirements was an advantage as the schemes were funded by WYCA.

The rate offered for this work was fixed, as detailed in Contract Data Part 2.

The contract value was £165,000.