Title: Concrete Society Technical Event - Heads of the Valleys Dualling Site Visit
Date: Wednesday 17th September 2014
Location: A465 Section 3 Site Offices, Rassau Industrial Estate NP23 5SD
The A465 trunk road is one of two strategic east-west routes through south Wales, along with the M4, and plays an important role in connecting the communities of the south Wales valleys as well as key settlements in south Wales. The A465 also forms part of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) and connects south and west Wales to Ireland, the English Midlands and beyond.
The A465 Dualling Project involves the upgrading of 40km of the A465 between Abergavenny to Hirwaun. The project was split into sections for delivery, 2 of which have been completed to date.
Section 3 involves the dualling of 7.8km of the A465 between Brynmawr and Tredegar, the central 4.7km of which is off-line. Carillion were appointed in March 2010 under an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract with design support from Arup & TACP.
The scheme started on site in January 2013 and is now more than half way through the construction period with completion planned for June 2015. The scheme is part-funded by £82m from the European Regional Development Fund.
The presentation and site visit will outline the need for the project and describe the general scheme details. It will highlight some of the key challenges facing the project team and the progress on site to date. It will also cover the added community benefits being delivered by the scheme and the partnerships established to deliver them, including Wales’s first National Skills Academy for Construction and mandatory contract requirements for targeted recruitment and training.
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