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CIVIL BE Award Winner PROJECT OVERVIEW A Coordination of National Highway Proportions Managing engineering phases on a single platform ensures consistent and uniform design Feasibility and Detailed Project Report for 4/6 Laning of Hyderabad-Vijayawada and Vijayawada-Machlipatnam Under NHDP Phase III Organization Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick India Pvt. Ltd. BE Awards Category Civil Road Infrastructure Project Objective Widen India’s NH-9 from Hyderabad to Machilipatnam, including evaluation of multiple bypass options for eight sections of roadway I NH-9 runs mainly across a plain, with rolling terrain in some stretches. It passes through four major towns and many small villages, and the route includes 21 bridges, 197 culverts, and one railway crossing. The project was designed as a partially access-controlled facility, which Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick India took into account when planning the service roads, road safety, and the types of intersections, ﬂyovers, and underpasses that will be required. The ﬁrm examined the technical, economic, and ﬁnancial viability of upgrading the two sections of NH9 to a four- or six-lane divided highway. The existing road is in good condition, so the design called for building a new two-lane highway on one side of the existing road, with a median separating the two. This approach would fully utilize the right-of-way already acquired and greatly reduce the time spent securing additional private land. Unfortunately, the existing right-of-way proved to be minimal, so a large amount of private land had to be acquired. Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick India identiﬁed the additional land needed, along with coordinate data, and the details were staked out on the ground. They were then veriﬁed and transferred back onto revenue maps used to contact landowners. The project report provided designs for the highway, pavement, and overlay, with options for ﬂexible or v Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick India’s plan and proﬁle of a section of the project rigid pavement, bridges, cross-drainage structures, road where the new alignment deviates from the existing two-lane road as well as the proﬁle is improved to provide a vehicular underpass at one of grade-separated structures, and service roads. Scott the state road intersections with the project road Wilson Kirkpatrick India also calculated quantities for various items and generated detailed working drawings and cost estimates. Other report items included analyses of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick India Pvt. Ltd. was contracted by NHAI to economic viability, environmental and social feasibility (with prepare a feasibility study and detailed project report for the NH-9 action plans as appropriate), and documents needed for the bidexpansion. The project was split into two segments: the stretch ding process. from Hyderabad to Vijayawada and the stretch between Vijayawada Cost estimates included ﬁnancial returns through tolls and other and Machilipatnam. Highway construction is scheduled to start in revenues, which NHAI requires to help attract private businesses October 2007 and ﬁnish by March 2010. Total length of the road is to build and operate its new roads. Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick India about 121 kilometers and total project cost is estimated at $190 million. PLAN AND PROFILE 4/6 LANING OF HYDERABAD - VIJAYAWADA (KM 160.0 TO 216.0) VIJAYAWADA - MACHALIPATNAM (KM 0.0 TO 64.0) OF NH-9 NH9/RH/AP/PP-31 ndia’s NH-9 highway runs from Hyderabad, the capital city of the state of Andhra Pradesh, to Machilipatnam, a port on the Bay of Bengal. As part of its National Highways Development Project, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to expand the road from two to four/six lanes and examine alternate alignments at certain towns to alleviate congestion. The highway development project is an ambitious, four-phase program to upgrade about 25,000 kilometers of key national highways using a build-operate transfer model. Under this model, the government carries out preliminary work such as land acquisition and utility removal, then turns the construction and operation over to a private concessionaire. Project requirements CH:202+000 TO CH:203+000 38 BE MAGAZINE | Volume 4, Issue 3

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Contents Rising to the Challenge News BE Newsletter Highlights More ITS Sightings Racing Concrete Canoes Lights, Camera, Action! Making the Cut People’s Choice Awards 2007 Executive Keynotes Building Clear Vision of a Dream Concrete Results Reaching New Heights Building News From Bentley Golden KIWI Awards 2007 Civil A Coordination of National Highway Proportions Training Troops Beautifying Highways, One Sign at a Time Civil News From Bentley Geospatial Facility Facelift Planning for Uncertainty Geospatial News From Bentley MicroStation at the Heart of LiDAR Surveying Solutions Plant Making the Grade Data Deja Vu Data Clouds Provide Clear Visual of Underground Saving Precious-Metal Mining Time Plant News From Bentley Advertisers Index Special/Academic The Art of Visualization Training Is Key To Delivering State-of-the-Art Solutions Bridging the Information/Infrastructure Gap

BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 3

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