Technical supervision of reconstruction of A380 highway Km 228 to Km 315 (87 km) in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan including reinstallation of gas and water pipeline, telecommunications, and electricity facilities in accordance with the FIDIC conditions of contract. This A380 highway forms part of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Corridor 2 linking Uzbekistan to Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

Description of actual services provided in the assignment:

1. Design Review and Approval. Review the detailed design and propose changes if necessary, provide periodic status reports to the EA and ADB on the design review, identify any problems and difficulties encountered and the proposed solutions.
2. Contract Administration and Construction Supervision. Administer the civil works contract and supervise the day-to-day civil works on the site, and certify the works in accordance with FIDIC contract conditions.
3. Inspection of Contractor’s construction equipment, results of material and soil tests, safety of the works, property and personnel. Inspect and test all materials and works to ensure compliance with specifications and giving immediate notice to the Contractor to remedy in the event that such materials and works fail to comply with the specifications.
4. Establish efficient procedures for verifying Contractor performance and reporting progress and problems in a timely manner, including quality control reports, quantity survey records, requests for variation or change orders, requests for time extension, and Contractor’s claims and invoices.
5. Check “as-built” drawing prepared by the Contractors. Keep and record a complete set of as built drawings in paper and electronic formats for archiving in the Employers repository.
6. Ensure that road safety design requirements are implemented in accordance with the contract documents and specifications.
7. Assist the EA for provisional and final hand over by the contractors.
8. Monitor Contractors’ conformity with environmental and social impact controls, as well as with traffic control and road safety action plan during construction.

Project Performance Monitoring/Benefit Monitoring and Evaluation: The consultant shall establish a system for project performance monitoring in accordance with the project framework.