Gareth McLaverty (Project Manager - GRAHAMs), Leo Martin (MD of GRAHAMS), Dominic Lavery (MD - Farrans Construction).
Gareth McLaverty (Project Manager - GRAHAMs), Dominic Lavery (MD - Farrans Construction).
OverallWinner Award - Transport andUtilities InfrastructureAward
WINNER: GRAHAMFARRANS JOINTVENTURE - A6RANDALSTOWN CASTLEDAWSONDUALLINGSCHEME
It was in recognition of a truly outstanding entry that GRAHAM Farrans Joint Venture was presented with the Overall Winner Award, sponsored by NI Builder, at the 2021 Construction Excellence Awards for the A6 Randalstown – Castledawson Dualling Scheme project. The £189m flagship project to improve road safety, reduce congestion and improve the journey time for 22,000 vehicles per day on the strategically important transport corridor connecting Belfast and Derry/Londonderry was also awarded the Transport and Utilities Award, sponsored by the Department of Infrastructure, and was described by Infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon, as a “project that we are rightly proud of.” The A6 Dualling Scheme involved the construction of 14.7km of dual carriageway between Randalstown and Castledawson and over 8km of side roads across both zones. GRAHAM Farrans Joint Venture also completed 21 major structures, including
five compact grade separated junctions, four pedestrian bridges, five underpasses and seven overbridges. In addition, 31 mainline and 14 sideroads, culverts and over 30km of mainline drainage were installed and accommodation works delivered to 132 landowners. Notably, works took place adjacent to the environmentally significant Special Protection Area at Lough Beg, which added a further layer of complexity. Throughout the project, GRAHAM Farrans Joint Venture demonstrated how they were putting the end-user at the heart of operations by utilising VMS signs, Bluetooth technology and Jamlogic software to allow journey times to be monitored, analysed and subsequently communicated to the motorist, alerting them in real time to the traffic conditions ahead. While the judges said the standard of entries for this year’s awards were a real testament to the ability of local construction firms to deliver world-leading projects despite the added challenges presented by Covid-19, the panel agreed that GRAHAM Farrans Joint Venture had really excelled in producing a project that will benefit the Northern Ireland community for many decades to come.
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