A65 Burton Road, Kendal Project | Thomas Armstrong (Construction) Ltd

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Phase 2

This scheme is on an extremely busy main arterial route into / out of Kendal and was completed, achieving the prime objective of minimising road-user inconvenience. Residents, businesses including B&Q, Asda and the local hospital, were all kept informed through implementation of our communication plan.

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CLIENT: Cumbria County Council VALUE: £360,000 COMPLETION: May 2018

DURATION: 12 weeks CONTRACT: NEC 3

WORKS INCLUDED

All aspects of Roadworks in a busy urban site
Statutory Authorities liaison to procure new electric supplies for street lighting upgrade

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KEY RISKS/CHALLENGES

Early contractor involvement benefitted traffic management planning in advance of site work.
Rush hour traffic.
Heavy pedestrian & cycle usage.

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LESSONS IMPLEMENTED

Early meeting with Local Area Network Team to agree approach to critical temporary traffic management design.
Site based ‘point of contact’ for stakeholders.

COLLABORATION AND VALUE ADDED

Contractor local experience
Scheme administered through proven management system of our specialist Civil Engineering & Highways department.
Embedded knowledge from previous Framework schemes & continuity of workload

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PLANNING AND PROGRAMME

Planning informed by considerable site experience within Cumbria and local knowledge used to manage programme with proven established resource pool.

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SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES

No accidents
No pollution incidents
No complaints (effective stakeholder management)

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