Project Details

Narrative Description of Project:

Jeita, Aintoura and Ghazir are suburbs of Beirut in Keserwan. They developed to heavily built residential and business areas and contain now large school and university establishments. This new situation makes traffic congestion a daily source of suffering.

The project access roads are as follows:
Aintoura – Jeita Road:
a) Rehabilitating and widening the existing road section (approximately 2.5 km) between Aintoura and Jeita road bifurcation.
b) Building the road link (approximately 0.8 km) bypassing the skewed intersection with the road mentioned in (a) above and terminating near Aintoura school at the same road.
c) Rehabilitating the road link from Jeita Grotto intersection to Zouk bifurcation (approximately 0.6 km) including the rond-point Jeita.
Ghazir – Jdeidet Ghazir Road:
a) Rehabilitating and widening the existing road section (approximately 2.2 km) between Ghazir and Jdeidet Ghazir.
b) Building a new road link adjacent to the existing road (approximately 0.7 km).

The above access roads, of 6.8km total length, are located in a mountainous region. Works included earthwork, drainage structures, reinforced concrete and masonry retaining walls, pavement construction and asphalt overlays, road lighting, marking and signing. 

The cumulative construction work value is 7.0 million USD.



Description of Actual Services Provided:

The scope of work covered comprehensive contract administration, technical assistance and construction supervision services, including:
– Establishing systems and monitoring quality control, progress control and quantities installed.
– Ensuring that the contractor is working in conformity with contract requirements in terms of legal aspects, materials, specifications, construction methods and workmanship
– Checking of construction drawings.
– Re-design of many of the earth retaining structures to conform the actual field conditions.
– Day-to-day construction supervision of all works.
– Construction schedule follow-up and updating and time control.
– Evaluation of cost and time implications of variations.
– Keeping records of tests, inspection approvals….
– Quantities calculations, review payment applications by the contractor and certify for payment.
– Daily, monthly and final reports preparation to CDR.
– Snag listing and assistance during project reception.
– Services during defects liability period.