Implementation Support and Work Supervision Services for the Output and Performance-Based Road Contracts

The Southeast Asia Regional Economic Corridor and Connectivity Project is funded by the World Bank with the objective to improve climate resilient transport connectivity and regional trade along an east-west corridor through northern Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).

Designed to complement the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Master Plan on Connectivity, the new project will facilitate the upgrade of the National Road 2 (NR2), which runs from east to west, connecting Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, thus building a “horizontal” corridor that links with existing north-south routes in mainland Southeast Asia.

In this context, IRD Engineering (in JV) was appointed as Implementation Support and Works Supervision Consultant for the rehabilitation of the NR2 West under an Output- and Performance-Based Road Contract.

The NR2 is part of the Asian Highway 13, running for almost 300 km from the Thai border at Huai Kone-Nam Ngeun to the Vietnamese border at Panghok-Tay Trang. The project will improve and widen sections of the road to meet Asian highway standards, making the road safer and climate resilient.

For a period of four years the Joint Venture will support the Department of Roads under the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in the overall implementation and supervision of the improvement and maintenance of the road and the border facilities at Panghok and Muang Gneun. Services include the review of the detailed design prepared by the Contractors, the supervision of all works, and the subsequent monitoring of all defined operation and maintenance indicators.