Royal Canal Premium Cycle Route - Phase 2 - Detailed Ground Investigation Contract

Description

The scope of the works envisaged under this ground investigation is as follows:- a) Shell and auger or cable percussion boreholes, sampling and in situ testing. b) Vertical open hole rotary drilling, sampling and in situ testing. c) Rock coring, proving rock to a specified depth and in situ testing. d) Determine the depth and size of existing foundations to retaining walls and structures. e) Trial pits, sampling and in situ testing f) Slit Trenches to determine the locations of existing utilities. g) Undisturbed sampling. h) Geophysical Surveying. i) Detailed borehole and coring, and logs as described in BS5930 and the specification. j) Laboratory testing of soil samples for engineering properties, behaviour and suitability. k) Laboratory testing of rock samples for engineering properties, behaviour and suitability. l) Chemical Analysis and contaminant testing. m) Preparation of detailed Main Factual Report as per BS5930 and the Specification, together with the production of Digital Data to AGS Version 3 (1999) Format. n) Liaison with Dublin City Council, Iarnrod Eireann, CIE, Waterways Ireland and other relevant external bodies. o) Construction of access gate. The full Scope of Investigation and the obligations of the Contractor are to be ascertained by reference to the Contract as a whole.