Newcomen Street Retaining Wall Remediation - 1000235

The items of work required under this contract include, but are not limited to, the following:

a) Site establishment, including site compound and temporary construction perimeter site fencing,

b) Survey and set out the works,

c) Installation of environmental protection measures,

d) Consideration and allowance for surface water and stormwater flows through the site during construction must be considered and managed,

e) Design and installation of a propping / scaffolding system to completethe works,

f) Removal and storage of existing temporary propping system,

g) Protection of paving units between retaining wall and hospital buildings,

h) Demolition of a portion of the existing brick fence as shown on the drawings,

i) Design and construct a jet grouting system behind the retaining wall in Newcomen Street,

j) Earthworks necessary for construction of jet grouting and retaining wall remediation, including management of contaminated material,

k) Supply and place anchor bolts including wale beams, plates etc as per drawings,

l) Remove fill between boundary wall and retaining wall and replace with no fines concrete,

m) Demolish parts of retaining wall system as shown on drawings,

n) Excavation for sections of new retaining wall,

o) Construction of new retaining wall sections including footings, walls, face brickwork, render

p) Re-pointing of sandstone blockwork and brickwork, and render with ‘blocking lines’ as shown on the drawings,

q) Construct new road pavement including stone kerb, concrete gutter, islands, base, subbase, asphalt, bollards, linemarking etc as per drawings,

r) Construction of new concrete footpath,

s) Removal, storage and re-instatement of 7 date palm trees including provision of a new computer controlled watering system connected into the James Fletcher Hospital water service,

t) Provision of an extension to the temporary water supply within James Fletcher hospital to maintain supply to the services building during the construction period,

u) Removal of existing water and fire services pipes, fittings & supports off back of retaining wall, once temporary supply has been installed, to facilitate works,

v) Re-instatement of water and fire service, at completion of wall anchoring, with new sections of pipeline to match existing water service and fire service pipelines, including any design necessary, along the back of the retaining wall including connection to mains, supply & install hydrants, associated fittings, re-connection of existing services and connection brackets to affix to the wall,

w) Supply and install a temporary electrical supply to Laundry/Services building within James Fletcher hospital for the duration of the construction period,

x) Disconnection and removal of existing electrical cables and cable tray off the rear of the retaining wall, once temporary supply has been installed, including disposal,

y) Supply and install new permanent power supply cable, switchboard and associated equipment including all connections and commissioning,

z) Temporary relocation of underground services, as required, to facilitate the works as per the requirements of Clause 5.4 of Preliminaries,

aa) Repair to external and internal walls of the Services buildings and Boronia House building, within the grounds of James Fletcher Hospital, where existing temporary props were installed to support the wall, to a condition matching the existing surrounding walls,

bb) Disestablishment and clean up the site and make good all disturbed areas and property leaving the site in a clean and tidy condition,

cc) Provide Work-as-Executed drawings. The drawings are to be of the same standard as those supplied by the Principal,

dd) Coordination with service authorities regarding any works necessary to existing services. 

The works comprise all work shown on the drawings and included in the specification.

NSW Regions: Hunter

From $1,000,001.00 to $10,000,000.00

Selective Tenders - An invitation to tender that is made to a limited number of tenderers, from a Pre-qualified Panel. Tenderers are pre-qualified, for an ongoing program of works or services, on a proven record of satisfactory performance in the category for which tenders are sought.

Tenders are invited from those companies prequalified in Hunter-New England Region for Civil Works between the amounts of $1,000,001 and $10,000,000.      

• Haslin Constructions Pty Ltd, Belmont
• Reed Constructions Australia Pty Ltd, North Sydney 
• Ward Civil & Environmental Engineering Pty Ltd, North Ryde 
• AJ Lucas Group Limited, Ryde  

Tender responses from the above prequalified tendering companies ONLY will be accepted.

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