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Civil Design
Council’s Design Section normally designs $2 million worth of civil projects each year. Once a project has been included in Council’s Annual Works Program, Engineering gets to work.
On a road project, staff consult with a wide variety of groups. Environmental, Planning, Construction, future maintenance requirements, safety and cost aspects all have to be taken into consideration. agencies such as Service Authorities (eg telephone, gas and electricity) are also consulted to discuss alterations to their assets, if needed.
A site survey is then conducted to prepare an “existing conditions” plan to superimpose various design options for the new project. When a concept design for the new project is prepared, consultation with the residents directly affected begins. This is the most important part of the project as the main reason for upgrading the road, for example, is to improve conditions for the residents and other road uses. Consultation is done in many different ways depending on the project. Quite often resident meetings are held, or individual site meetings arranged, or letters and plans sent to residents inviting comments.
Council encourages residents to take full advantage of the consultation process as it is better to resolve any concerns in the planning/design phase rather than after works have started. Staff learn a lot from residents comments, particularly as residents have a knowledge and understanding of local issues affecting their streets. Once the consultation phase is complete, detailed design drawings (and cost estimates) are produced for Council’s Construction Department to start construction works. For large project documentation is prepared. Contractors are invited to submit tenders.
