Tuvalu Outer Island Infrastructure Project – Project Design Advance (ADB Grant 6003-TUV): Detailed Engineering Design Consultant

Sector: Transportation

Country: Tuvalu

PRIMEX fielded two specialists. The Geotechnical Engineer was tasked to: (i) supervise the geotechnical survey; (ii) provide geotechnical input for the Inception Report; (iii) provide geotechnical input in design and drawings; (iv) provide geotechnical input to the design report; (v) provide input in preparation of cost estimates; (vi) provide geotechnical components for preparation of technical specifications; (vii) provide geotechnical input in preparation of tender documents and evaluation; and (viii) liaise with team leader, team members from other disciplines and other stakeholders. The Climate Change Specialist was assigned to: (i) provide inputs during detailed design to ensure that the design incorporates the requirement of climate change adaptation and mitigation assessments; (ii) provide input for reporting, specifications, drawings and bidding documents; (iii) liaise with Team Leader, team members from other disciplines and stakeholders; (iv) develop a detailed work plan to produce a Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA), consistent with milestones for the PPTAs and detailed design; (v) review existing information and data on historic climate change relevant to Tuvalu; (vi) analyze climate, sea level, storm surge and wave data, incorporate climate data into the PPTA studies, and assess projected climate change impacts on key project components; (vii) produce a draft CRVA for review, which will include climate scenarios, a risk assessment of the project to projected climate change, and an initial assessment of potential engineering and non-engineering adaptation measures to reduce risk to the project; (viii) undertake consulants with the project team and the implementing agency to provide inputs into the selection of adaptation measures; and (ix) liaise with the project economist to assess the cost effectiveness of adaptation option and incorporate the climate change adaptation options into the project economic analysis; and (x) prepare CRVA, which will include the overall CRVA methodology, data used, assumptions made, limitations, key finding, implications for the investment project and recommendations on follow-up actions and/or future studies.