Project 1

1) Hydrebad Metro project

1A)

• Hydrebad metro project is public private partnership project.
• The construction of metro is done by L&T.
• The operation and maintanence of the metro is done by Larsen and Turbo under public private partnership until the contract.
• The budget of the prooject is about 18000 crore.
• Hydrebad metro consists of 3 routes with a total of 72 kilometres.
• The three routes are connected around the hydrebad city having stations in most important areas.
• The three routes are Miyapur - LB Nagar, JBS – Falaknuma & Nagole - Raidurg route.
• Two most possible routes in the metro are : Miyapur - LB Nagar & Nagole - Raidurg route.
• These two routes are of around same length and almost same number of stations along the routes.
• The third route is comparatively shorter in length and in number of stations than other 2 routes.
• Major cities are connected along these two most possible routes.

1B)

• There are three instersections in hydrebad metro project.
• The three routes are named Red line, Blue line and Green line.
• Red line and Blue line are the longest routes compared to Green line.
• Red line and Blue line are interconnected at one station called Ameerpet.
• Ameerpet is a major city and is knowm for its commerce and business and also known as education hub. Major institutions are located in this city making it an education hub, it is best option to make this station as an interconnection for both lines.
• Green line is short route of 16 km. This green line is interconnected with Red line and Blue line at two points for the people travelling in Green line to access both Red line and Blue line.

1C)

• There are one depot for each Red line and Blue line.
• One is Miyapur depot for the Red line and other is uppal Depot for the Blue line.
• These depot are located at two ends of these two lines.
• One at starting of Red line and other one is located at end of Blue line.
• The Uppal depot is the main depot cum workshop where the overhaul and corrective maintenance facilities for whole fleet are planned. The other two depots have basic facilities for maintenance.
• Position of the depots at two ends of the line helps in easy accessing, time saving. Nearby trains are send to the respective depots after the working time.

1D)

• Hydrebad metro doesn't consists of tunnel. There is no underground tracks.
• All the routes are constructed on the ground.
• Major reason for this is due to the Nature of terrain of hydrebad.
• Hydrebad city is of rocky terrain. so constructing the metro underground will be of double costs.
• The city's sewage system is more than 100 years old. Digging up and reconstructing all those will be of high risk and cost.

1E)

• Total length of hydrebad Metro is of 72 km.
• There are three routes named Red line, Green line and Blue line.
• Total number of stations of the metro are 59 stations.
• Red line contains 27 stations with total length of 29.2 knm
• Blue line consists of 23 stations with length of 27 km.
• Green line consists of 9 stations with length of 11 km.

2)

2A) Design and construction consideration

• Asthetic appearence of the station
• Station entrance and exits should be designed to allow the number of passengers passing through them normally and under any emergency conditions. Emergency exits are also to be considered.
• There should be more free area when entering the station for controlling the traffic volume.
• There should be guidance to the passengers with directional signs in the station and the train denoting the arrival and departure of the train.
• Station should have public facilities like automatic ticket vending machines, police aid post, public telephone, fire fighting equipment, ATM counter, rest rooms etc.
• For accessing the station platforms , thers should be Elevators, escalators and stairs with mere width for traffic volume.
• Design loads to be considered like dead load, wind load, live load, longitudinal force, force due to curvature of track. temperature effects, earthquake forces, bouyancy.
• The grade of concrete used for construction should be of design mix.
• It is proposed to use HYSD415 or TNT steel bars as reinforcement.
• The excavation for the foundation is done at a depth of 4.5 m until the hard strata.

2B)

• The FIDIC contract form used is silver book
• The contractor take care of engineering, procurement and commissioning of the project.
• All the major equipment for constrution has to be procured by the contractor
• After the construction, the contractor responsibility in commissioning the project per the contract and handing over the project to the owner. It enables the smooth operation of the metro in the future.
• Contractor finishes the project in a guaranteed price and guaranteed time.
• More risk is to the contractor than the owner.

2C) Staff and Labour

• Expect anyone recruited by the employer, the contractor have to make arrangements for their payment, housing, feeding and transport.
• The contractor is not allowed to recruit any labour or staff from employer's personnel.
• The contractor shall provide and maintain all necessary accomodation and welfare for contractor's persons. The contractor shall also provide facilities to Employer'spersonnel as per employer's requirements.
• The contractor shall comply with all labour laws available, including laws related to their health, wealth, immigration etc.

Plant and Materials

• The contractor should carry out the manufacture of plant, production and manufacture of materials and all other executions.
• The contractor have to submit samples of the materials to the employer for the approval.
• Contractor should provide necessary requirments for testing the materials. He should provide all apparatus,assistance, electricity, fuel, consumabkes, instruments, labour, qualified and experienced staff for the testing of materials.

Commencement, Delays and suspension

• The Employer shall give the contractor not less than 7 days of the commencement date.
• The cmmencement date shall be within 42 days after the date on which contract comes into full effect.
• The contractor shall complete the whole of the works within the given completion time.
• The employer may at any time instruct the contractor to suspend the progress of all the works. During the suspension, the contractor shall protect, secure, store such part of the works against any loss or damage.

Force Majeure

• Force majeure includes any exceptional event or circumstances.
• It includes conditions like war, invasion,terrorism,civil war , pandemic, natural catastrophes like earthquake, hurricane, volcano etc.
• If a force majeure occurs, an extension for time for delays are provided to the contractor to complete the work.

Risk and Responsibility

• The contractor shall take full responsibility for the care of works and goods from the commencement date until the taking over certificate is issued.
• The contractor shall protect and shouldn't harm the employer and employers personnel and their respective agents against any damages, losses and expenses and vice versa.

2D)

• The tenderer should be a legal entity.
• The tenderer should be a Civil contractor who have past experience in metro rail projects.
• The tenderer should have atleast 5 years of experience as a civil contractor. He should have list of his past construction works, work order issued by clients, and completion certificate issued by clients
• The tenderer should have been awarded and successfully completed atleast two works of similar nature in the last 5 years.
• The tenderer should have executed more than 30000 metre of piling of more than 1000 m dia for the last 5 years.
• The tenderer must withstand cash flow requirements. profit before tax should be positive in last 3 years.
• The tenderer should not have been blacklisted for supply of any items or services by any Government Agency. -- The contractor should submit the declaration form saying that he has not been blacklisted by any govt agency.

3)

3A)

Scope of work

• Construction and procurement of rail systems and real estate development on the site with set standards and specifications.
• Operations and maintenance of railway systems in accordance with the provision of the agreement.
• Performance and fulfilment of all other obligations of the owner in accordance with the provision of agreement.

The type of contract used can be BOT type of contract.

BOT type of contract deals with the contracting company building, operating the project for a certain period of time as per the agreement and transfers the project to the authority.

This contract is used if the the government doesnt have sufficient funds for the development of an area.

with this contract, fast development of infrastructure is possible.

Work quality will be good since there is public private partnership for the construction of the project.

3B) EPC contractors for infrastructure projects

• NPCC -National projects Construction Corporation Limited is a Central Public Sector Enterprise to create the necessary infrastructure for economic development of the country.
• L & T - Larsen and Turbo - Established in the year 1938
• TATA Projects - Established in the year 1979
• APCO infratech- Established in the year 1992
• GR infraprojects - Established in the year 1995

3C)

• Design activity is a major function in a project.
• The construction has to be taken based on the specification given as per the design.
• The construction can begun after the approval of design.
• Approximate cost of design activity would be under 1 crore.

3D)

• After the design activity, then construction activity takes place.
• Construction activity includes procuring man power, materials, equipments required for the construction.
• Approximate cost of construction of a metro project will be around 16-17 crores.

5)

5A) List of 5 possible DDC

These are the fine Design consultants that have designed in railway metro projects.

• L & T metro rail Limited, Hydrebad
• Systra India, Haryana
• Eka infra,Mumbai
• Aarvee Associates,, HYdrebad
• CEG India, Rajasthan

5B) High Level Scope Of Work for DDC

• The DDC shall deliver sufficient Designs and documents to enable the owner to construct Route one.
• Produce concept planning and design alternatives of elevated and interchange stations.
• Produce cost effective designs of Architectural, structural, Electrical, Mechanical services with its specifications.
• Manage design task for cost, schedule.
• Preliminary design for stations, viaduct as per project requirement for tendering process.
• Perform detailed design of building works, architectural and asthetic finishes in building and services including illumination, lifts, stairs, escalators, ramps, water supply, drainage and other passenger needs.
• Detailed design for road access, traffic conmtrol, lamdscaping, pedestrian traffic.
• Prepare MEP, fire drawings. shop drawings, shaft poisitioning.
• Prepare BOQs, specifications, construction cost estimaates for construction contracts for the tendering process and produce the cost estimate before the contract is awarded.
• Attend meeting that are connected with the work whenever required.
• Maintain a quality control activity for checking the accuracy of work and assuring it with the contract requirements.

5C) Clauses of Design contract based on FIDIC Silver Book

• The design contractor has to take the full responsibility of Design of the project.
• Contractor is responsible for design and build the project
• Contract includes issues such as when payment is due, the penalties for late payment.
• It is the responsibility of the contractor to design and deliver the project on time and to a required performance level, in
  return for payment of a fixed price.
• The possibility for the Contractor to request and obtain adjustment of the price are limited.
• The contract includes the project start date and an estimated timeline for completion.
• Number of revisions: The contract includes the number of revisions of the design and any additional charges for additional revision.
• Contract termination clause.

5D) Deliverables expected from DDC

• Preliminary and conceptual Designing of railway Corridors.
• Schematic Design of Railway corridors and station.
• Tender Drawings, BOQs, work specifications, construction cost estimates along with rate analysis and reference rates for all items of BOQ for the construction contract for purpose of tendering.
• GFC drawings, specifications, Design loads of the structure.
• Designing the Station building as per the Detailed project report.
• Cost effective detailed designs of civil, structural, architectural, Firefighting & Protection, plumbing, Water, Sewer and interface with other services based on conceptual designs with the tender documents.
• Detailed designs for building works, the asthetic view of stations with architectural finishes and services including illuminations, lifts, escalators, water supply, drainage, power supply and public telephone, signage, rain water harvesting.
• Ensuring quality control during construction of the structure.

6)

6A) Location & Area requirement for manpower in site.

• Manpower in a metro project will be less compared to a large infrastructure project because most of the structure in a metro is precast and the concreting is done by RMC from batching plant.
• Manpower residing area will be located near to the site.
• Area required for manpower will be less compared to huge projects as the number of manpower is less.
• Manpower can shift accordingly with the progress of metro construction with the shortest availability.

6B) Location and area requirement for laydown area/ pre-cast yard

• Huge amount of reinforcement steel is required in metro construction majorly for foundation and piers.
• Reinforcement steel can be stored in an area near to the construction site in large quantities and take necessary quantity.
• Shuttering materials are also needed in large quantities.
• These can be stored around the site area in some quantities as most of the structures are typical.
• These materials have to be stored in the area between the piers with proper care and shelter.

6C)

• In a metro rail project bulk materials are used on the initial stage of construction.
• During the construction of foundation and piers, bulk materials in high level quantities are required.
• The viaduct of the metro rail are precast concrete used and is just installed.

The bulk materials used in metro project are

• Concrete(Cement, Coarse aggregate and Fine aggregate), Steel Rails and Reinforcement Steel
• Reinforceent steel is an important material used oiin construction. These are stored in Site with at most care or place near to the site.
• Huge tonnes of reinfrocement steel is required for construction for footing, piers.
• Concrete bulk materials are not stored near site as they are not mixed from site. Mostly the concrete is done by batching plant near to the site.
• In a metro project the quantity of concrete required is so huge that a concreting a single footing of requires around 30 cu.m of concrete.
• Cement is an important bulk material used in construction.
• Cement and aggregates are required in large quantities in the batching plant.
• The Pcc, Footing, pier are done using Ready mix concrete from a batching plant and the viaduct is normally precast concrete used.
• Another bulk material used in metro project is rails. Huge quantity of rails is required.
• The leghth of the rail required will be length of the track doubled and miscellaneous lenghts required like for the depo.
• These materals are stacked near the site area and is brought to the site whenever necessary.

6D)