Project:     Ardfert Quarry Bridge

Client:        Ardfert Quarry Products Ltd

Location:   Ardfert, Co Kerry

Brief Overview:

The works involved the installation of 32m long precast concrete bridge beams and in-situ deck, pavement tie-ins to the existing local road running to the north of Ardfert Quarry.

The proposed cross section is a 4.2m carriageway, with 0.5m hard strips on each edge and precast concrete parapets screening public views into Ardfert Quarry.

Key Elements:

• Site set-up
• Site clearance and security
• Traffic management for construction of the bridge
• Fencing
• Protection of existing utilities / services and provision of new utility ducts
• Fabrication of precast elements
• Precast element transportation and erection
• End support construction including wingwalls
• Bridge deck construction
• Bridge finishes
• Embankment construction
• Backfilling and pavement construction
• Road construction and tie ins to the existing local road
• Construction of new road drainage (within Bridge Works contract)
• Safety parapets and boundary treatment