The Year in Infrastructure 2007 - (Page 53) ciVil rOad infrastructure Road projects that demonstrate innovative planning and design or intelligent operations and maintenance to achieve an improved traveler experience and significant positive impact on the communities served are featured in this category. winner Feasibility and Detailed Project Report for 4/6 Laning of HyderabadVijayawada and Vijayawada-Machlipatnam Under NHDP Phase III scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (india) pvt ltd The $190 million project involved a section of Nh-9, which is part of India’s National highways Development Project’s North–South–East–West Corridor. It encompassed two stretches of road, 21 bridges, 197 culverts, and one railway crossing. The major challenge of the project was to retain the existing two-lane road that was in good condition and design a new two-lane highway alongside, separated by a median. The road passes through four major cities and numerous villages. In addition to improving existing road geometry along the entire corridor length, the project also entailed evaluating alternate alignments to alleviate congestion at certain towns. The project identified eight such bypasses. In most cases, the project team designed two additional alignments as well as the one that was ultimately selected. One bypass, for the towns of Kodad and Pamaru, was designed to minimize encroachment on agricultural lands and cart paths. There were also a number of irregular field channels and a major canal that made alignment design challenging. Once the design was complete, the project team generated reports listing the coordinates of land that had to be acquired. These details were staked out on the ground, verified, then transferred onto revenue maps for use in contacting land owners. The project team also had to generate coordinate details to identify utilities to relocate, trees to cut, and structures to move. Bentley MXROAD integrated a range of tasks, from processing the survey data to the preparation of land acquisition plans, utility relocations plans, and bills of quantities. The design job was well distributed and coordinated, and the subsequent workflows from highways to pavement departments and other sections were seamless. This whole process ensured that the firm met project deadlines, thereby avoiding the daily penalty clause for delayed completion of detailed designs and drawings. BE AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 53
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