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N22 - Macroom to Ballyvourney (Macroom Bypass) [open to traffic]

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    #872
    annfield1978
    Registered Users Posts: 567 ✭✭✭annfield1978


    Jons/ Craddock have won this subject to alcatel period


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    #873
    highwaymaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭highwaymaniac


    annfield1978 wrote: »
    Jons/ Craddock have won this subject to alcatel period

    So not roadbridge then as claimed on here!!


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    #874
    annfield1978
    Registered Users Posts: 567 ✭✭✭annfield1978


    highwaymaniac wrote: »
    So not roadbridge then as claimed on here!!


    nowhere near!!


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    #875
    InGoochWeTrust
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭InGoochWeTrust


    annfield1978 wrote: »
    Jons/ Craddock have won this subject to alcatel period

    Source?


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    #876
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,768 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    InGoochWeTrust wrote: »
    Source?

    Heard the same a few weeks ago.


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    #877
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,391 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    annfield1978 has a very impressive track record of posting here without authoritative sources, so I won’t question it for a second.

    It’s a bit odd those two getting such a big scheme being such small fish but all the best to them. Can’t wait to see diggers on the ground


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    #878
    serfboard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,690 ✭✭✭serfboard


    marno21 wrote: »
    It’s a bit odd those two getting such a big scheme being such small fish but all the best to them.
    Would you prefer if BAM got it? Because the Taoiseach wouldn't!
    Leo Varadkar wrote:
    There are one or two contractors who, quite frankly, I would not like to see get a public contract again in this State.


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    #879
    marno21
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    serfboard wrote: »
    Would you prefer if BAM got it? Because the Taoiseach wouldn't!

    I have no issue with them getting it just surprised is all. :)


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    #880
    annfield1978
    Registered Users Posts: 567 ✭✭✭annfield1978


    marno21 wrote: »
    I have no issue with them getting it just surprised is all. :)

    BAM Wills were lowest but part of tender competition favour contractors closet to the average price


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    #881
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    annfield1978 wrote: »
    BAM Wills were lowest but part of tender competition favour contractors closet to the average price

    Never heard of Wills, but if BAM got it we'd be still here in 2119 waiting for it.


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    #882
    Kevwoody
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Kevwoody


    Cork Trucker wrote:
    Never heard of Wills, but if BAM got it we'd be still here in 2119 waiting for it.


    Wills Bros are one of the largest road building companies in Ireland.


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    #883
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    Kevwoody wrote: »
    Wills Bros are one of the largest road building companies in Ireland.

    Do they trade under a different name?


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    #884
    KOR101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,898 ✭✭✭KOR101


    Cork Trucker wrote: »
    Do they trade under a different name?
    http://www.willsbros.com/


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    #885
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    KOR101 wrote: »
    http://www.willsbros.com/

    I can’t for the life of me place them


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    #886
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,391 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Cork Trucker wrote: »
    Never heard of Wills, but if BAM got it we'd be still here in 2119 waiting for it.

    I have yet to see any issues with BAM on a road project. They’ve completed all their recent road contracts with no issues (N25 New Ross aside which is a tricky build)


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    #887
    L1011
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    Wills had a very strong reputation for speed and quality during the MIU rollout


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    #888
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    marno21 wrote: »
    I have yet to see any issues with BAM on a road project. They’ve completed all their recent road contracts with no issues (N25 New Ross aside which is a tricky build)

    They are just out of their depth with the Cork Events Centre then?


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    #889
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,768 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    Cork Trucker wrote: »
    They are just out of their depth with the Cork Events Centre then?

    BAM have a bad reputation for pricing low and then screwing with a long list of extras at the end. Their work is undeniably to standard though. Wills did a number of projects for us in Kerry over the years.


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    #890
    Sixsandsevens
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Sixsandsevens


    Very strange to give such a big scheme to small-sized contractors like Jons/Craddocks. They will be busy Jons have another road job in Meath I hear.


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    #891
    serfboard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,690 ✭✭✭serfboard


    Quackster wrote: »
    BAM have a bad reputation for pricing low and then screwing with a long list of extras at the end.
    Indeed - the Taoiseach said as much in the Dail when he stated that "companies have been low-balling" the State when bidding for major projects.
    annfield1978 wrote: »
    BAM Wills were lowest but part of tender competition favour contractors closet to the average price
    I think that this is a very interesting development. This indicates that the state has learned, to its cost, not to pick the lowest tender.


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    #892
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,405 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Had the “pleasure” for the first time driving this road- god it’s an horrific stretch of awful unrelenting crap road. I’d have to say it’s worse than say the old N9 between Kilkenny and Waterford which was my national primary benchmark of terrible roads- it’s narrower and more winding with two never ending small towns either end. Must be accidents on it a lot. The 80kmh limit doesn’t even feel comfortable or safe. Most of the upgraded bits out from Killarney are great though


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    #893
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    I heard today that John Paul construction have the job.


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    #894
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    Truckermal wrote: »
    I heard today that John Paul construction have the job.

    Any chance they'll break ground by year's end?


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    #895
    tonc76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭tonc76


    Truckermal wrote: »
    I heard today that John Paul construction have the job.

    Nope! John Cradock Ltd /Jons Civil Engineering JV are the preferred bidder


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    #896
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    Truckermal wrote: »
    I heard today that John Paul construction have the job.
    tonc76 wrote: »


    Nope! John Cradock Ltd /Jons Civil Engineering JV are the preferred bidder

    :confused::confused::confused:


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    #897
    tonc76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭tonc76


    Cork Trucker wrote: »
    :confused::confused::confused:

    Someone mixing up their Johns/Jons :)


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    #898
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    tonc76 wrote: »


    Nope! John Cradock Ltd /Jons Civil Engineering JV are the preferred bidder

    Oops that was it I did met him in the pub after a few scoops!


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    #899
    spacetweek
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭spacetweek


    Fingers crossed for end of year and that the snails can be accommodated!


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    #900
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,337 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Those are Kerry snails, the responsibility of the Healy Raes.


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    #901
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    The Kerry Slug that lives in Cork, mother of god :rolleyes:


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