Limerick Toll Tunnel And Fermoy Bypass

The work involved the mobilisation management of the toll operations and interfacing thereof with the Limerick tunnel operations under the NRA – PPP Co (Direct Route) Contract. This experience culminated in the following:

Extensive experience was gained in the detailed exposure to the NRA PPP Co and Construction Contract environment and arrangements. Such exposure relates to detailed familiarisation on the PPP Contract structure from Schedules 4 and 7, right through to 5 year management plans, emergency plans, toll by-laws, IEA, IVCS, AVC accuracy verification, certifications and procedures, penalty point regimes, early completion and long stop dates, indexation applications, traffic guarantees, etc…

Development of detailed toll operating specifications on behalf of the PPP Co

(including the commissioning services, the operational services, performance measurement and management, and the asset definitions and registers, all aligned to the PPP Contract obligations and requirements.

Quality Assurance Plan development

Health and Safety Plan development

Environmental Management Plan development

Toll Operating Plan development

The management of the mobilisation during the recruitment and appointment of human resources, monitoring of the toll system commissioning (factory and site acceptance testing), procurement of movable assets (vehicles, furniture and loose operational equipment), establishment of sub supply services (such as cleaning, cash-in-transit, insurance and the like) and the co-ordination of various PPP Co website development and 3rd party interfacing activities.

Independent Engineer For The Toll Equipment Supply Contract.

Tollinfra was appointed as the Independent Engineer by Messrs Southlink N25 Limited and Midlink N8 Limited to ensure the toll collection system complied with the requirements of the PPP Contract and the specific requirements of the Employer.

The Role Encompassed:

A review and comment on the tender and contract documentation from a technical, commercial and compliance perspective. This included review and comment sessions in Dublin.

Carrying out independent tender adjudication, and being present at the tender applicants presentation sessions in order to make recommendations to the Client.

Project implementation, including full project management services of programme review, monitoring, processing of claims and variations, contractor’s documentation review, FAT and SAT.

Certification and Take Over, including the completion of risk analysis.

Management of the warranty

Convening monthly management meetings to provide progress reports and certification of progress payments to the Client.