Construction Supervision of Civil Works of the M39 Road Tashkent-Termez Project – Uzbekistan

Project Name: CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF CIVIL WORKS OF THE M39 ROAD TASHKENT-TERMEZ PROJECT

Country: Uzbekistan

Finance Source: Islamic Development Bank

Tags: Uzbekistan, Islamic Development Bank, Transport, Supervision

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

The project is part of a regional corridor connecting Uzbekistan with neighboring countries. The project aims at contributing to the economic development of Uzbekistan and enhancing commercial exchanges with neighboring member countries through the reconstruction and upgrading of a portion of about 100 km of the M39 road “Tashkent-Termez” (sections km 1330 – km 1395, km 1400 – km 1410 and km 1426- km 1451) passing through Baysun, Sherabad Districts in Surkhandarya Region. The objective is to provide the secure traffic movement of highway corridor, increase the efficiency of the transit services and help the development of the economic relations of the Near East economical regions with European and Asian countries. Temelsu is appointed as “the Engineer” for the supervision and administration of the civil works contracts which value up to around USD 120 mil.

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by TEMELSU:

• Review the geometry, pavement, bridge, and other structural designs, specifications, etc
• Fulfill the tasks of “the Engineer” foreseen in the civil works contracts
• Supervise the works
• Develop quality assurance system and quality control plan
• Inspection of Contractor’s construction equipment, results of material and soil tests,
• Recommend PIU of the rates for any unscheduled items of work that may arise.
• Certify work volume and process interim and final payments of the Contractors.
• Establish efficient procedures for verifying Contractor performance and reporting progress
• Ensure project financial management procedures are in place and are strictly followed,
• Check “as built” drawing prepared by the Contractors.
• Assist PIU for provisional and final hand over by the contractors. Prepare a project completion report.
• Monitor Contractors’ conformity with environmental and social impact controls
• Monitor Contractors’ conformity with traffic control and road safety action plan
• Monitor Contractors’ compliance with and performance of required actions regarding HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, and labor core standards
• Prepare impacts assessments carried out in accordance with relevant laws and regulations
• Ensure that road safety design requirements are implemented in accordance with the contract.