S Beckett Bridge
Project Audit:
The Construction of the Samuel Beckett Bridge
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
1. Introduction 5
2. Audit Approach and Implementation 6
3. Analysis of current Best Practice 8
4. Audit Findings 18
5. Project Learning’s 24
6. Conclusions/Recommendations 25
7. References & Bibliography 8. Appendices
INTRODUCTION
The successful opening of the Samuel Beckett Bridge in December 2009 was the culmination of ten years work, involving a complex construction with a project team dispersed across multiple locations throughout Europe.
The concept to build the bridge originated from an Environment Impact Assessment report commissioned in 2000. It identified an opportunity to improve Dublin’s inner city road network, north and south of O’Connell Street. It was also designed to help the regeneration of the north and south Docklands area. The wish of the project sponsors was to create a landmark structure, modern and unmistakably unique to Dublin.
The bridge was named in 2006 to mark the centenary of Beckett’s birth and is positioned between the East Link and Sean O’Casey bridges in Dublin. It is 120 metres long and 48 metres high. A design-bid-build process was employed to oversee this project. World renowned architect Dr Santiago Calatrava designed the bridge and a joint venture between Graham Construction and Hollandia fabricated the structure.
Construction of the bridge began in Rotterdam in May 2007 and was transported to Dublin two years later. The superstructure weighing 2,500 tonnes took seven days to complete its journey from Rotterdam to Dublin. To facilitate the right of way that Maritime Law stipulates for river traffic, the bridge is capable of rotating through an angle of 90 degrees between
The Construction of the Samuel Beckett Bridge
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
1. Introduction 5
2. Audit Approach and Implementation 6
3. Analysis of current Best Practice 8
4. Audit Findings 18
5. Project Learning’s 24
6. Conclusions/Recommendations 25
7. References & Bibliography 8. Appendices
INTRODUCTION
The successful opening of the Samuel Beckett Bridge in December 2009 was the culmination of ten years work, involving a complex construction with a project team dispersed across multiple locations throughout Europe.
The concept to build the bridge originated from an Environment Impact Assessment report commissioned in 2000. It identified an opportunity to improve Dublin’s inner city road network, north and south of O’Connell Street. It was also designed to help the regeneration of the north and south Docklands area. The wish of the project sponsors was to create a landmark structure, modern and unmistakably unique to Dublin.
The bridge was named in 2006 to mark the centenary of Beckett’s birth and is positioned between the East Link and Sean O’Casey bridges in Dublin. It is 120 metres long and 48 metres high. A design-bid-build process was employed to oversee this project. World renowned architect Dr Santiago Calatrava designed the bridge and a joint venture between Graham Construction and Hollandia fabricated the structure.
Construction of the bridge began in Rotterdam in May 2007 and was transported to Dublin two years later. The superstructure weighing 2,500 tonnes took seven days to complete its journey from Rotterdam to Dublin. To facilitate the right of way that Maritime Law stipulates for river traffic, the bridge is capable of rotating through an angle of 90 degrees between