Enhancing Waterway Accessibility: A Quantity Surveying Approach in Maidenhead
Project details
Client: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Services: Quantity Surveying, Project Management
Value: £1.5 million
Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Contract: NEC4 Option A Priced Contract with Activity Schedule
Construction period: 10 months
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Project Overview
Construction of a reinforced concrete weir to lift and stabilise the water levels in channels running through Maidenhead town centre, making the waterway accessible for small boats and other water-related activities.
Works included lining the waterway bed to connect it to previous channel works, provision of a wetland area, and installation of bank retention to leave a natural edge to the waterway. The weir complex includes a fish and eel pass and boat rollers.
Our Services
Appointed from the outset of the project, pre-contract responsibilities included:
- Advice on procurement routes
- Management of the tender process
- Compilation of the contract
Post-contract services included:
- Project management as per the NEC4 contract
- Advising on and issuing project manager's instructions
- Commercial advice
- Preparation of interim valuations
- Preparation of monthly cost reports
- Assessment of compensation events
- Conclusion of contractual requirements, including issuing and checking defects schedules
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