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46422-003: Greater Mekong Subregion East–West Economic Corridor Eindu to Kawkareik Road Improvement Project Environmental Monitoring Report Environmental Monitoring Report (Revised) May 2020 MYA: Greater Mekong Subregion East-West Economic Corridor Eindu to Kawkareik Road Improvement Volume I July – December 2019 Prepared by Pyunghwa Engineering Consultant, Ltd., in Joint Venture with Korea Expressway Corporation and Construction, Research, Design and Consultancy Cooperative Ltd for the Department of Highways, Ministry of Construction of Republic of Union of Myanmar for the Asian Development Bank. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS EINDU-KAWKAREIK ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Loan No.: 3310-MYA / 8294 6th SEMI-ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT July-December 2019 January 2020 (Revised May 2020 based on ADB comments) Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC): PEC/KEC JV in association with CRDCC Myanmar ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AQ Air Quality BEQM Baseline Environmental Quality Monitoring BOD Biological Oxygen Demand CEMP Contractor’s Environmental Management Plan CRBC China Road and Bridge Corporation CSC Construction Supervision Consultants COD Chemical Oxygen Demand dBA Decibel (Average) DO Dissolved Oxygen ECC Environmental Compliance Certificate ECD Environmental Conservation Department EKRIP Eindu - Kawkareik Road Improvement Project EMP Environmental Management Plan ESMR Environmental Safeguards Monitoring Report hr Hour GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HSE Health, Safety and Environment Officer IEE Initial Environmental Examination IES International Environment Specialist Km Kilometer LARC Land Acquisition and Resettlement Committee m Meter mg/l Milligrams per liter MOC Ministry of Construction ND Not Detected NES National Environment Specialist NOx Nitrogen Oxides PAM Project Administration Manual PEC Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants PM Particulate Matter PMU Project Management Unit REGDP Resettlement, Ethnic and Gender Development Plan REM Resource and Environment Myanmar Ltd. SEMR Semi – Annual Environmental Monitoring Report SOx Sulfur Oxides SU Standard Unit TSS Total Suspended Solids USD United States Dollar WQ Water Quality 4 EKRIP 6th Semi – Annual Environmental Monitoring Report, July to December 2019 1.0 Introduction This report is the Sixth Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report (SEMR) for the Eindu - Kawkareik Road Improvement Project (EKRIP), covering the period from July to December 2019. The preparation and submission of the semi-annual SEMR is in compliance with the reporting requirements stipulated in the Terms of Reference for the Eindu – Kawkareik Road Improvement Project. The report covers the two (2) sections of the EKRIP, namely: Lot 1 – between Km 0+000 and Km 40+440 Lot 2- between Km 42+160 and Km 66+455 The report was prepared by the Construction Supervision Consultant’s (CSC) International Environment Specialist (IES). It summarizes the monthly environmental monitoring reports from July to December 2019 as submitted by the Contractor’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Officer and the monitoring done by the IES in July 2019 and January 2020. Reference was also made to the ADB Loan Review Mission Minutes of Meetings for 30 September to 4 October, and 22 November 2019. The semi-annual report consists of the following sections: 1. Introduction, which gives an overview of the project and the source of information for the report. 2. Summary of Construction Contracts and Activities 3. Status of Compliance to Environmental Safeguards Provisions of Loan Covenants 4. Monitoring of IEE EMP Compliance, with sections on monitoring of implementation of mitigating measures and environmental quality monitoring as prescribed by the IEE EMP and Environmental Monitoring Plan. 5. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations 6. Annexes 6 2. Construction Contracts and Activities The status of contracts and construction activities and accomplishments of the Contractor, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) for the period July to December 2019 are as follows. 2.1 Status of Contracts The following table summarizes the status of the project contracts (taken from the overall project semi-annual report for July to December 2019). On the basis of the revised workplan, the project completion has been extended by 17 months, so for Lot 1 and Lot 2, the revised completion date is May 31, 2021. The civil works resumed from the second week of October 2019 including the asphalt pavement works which resumed in mid November 2019. Based on the revised timetable then, Table 2-1 shows that as of December 31. 2019 the overall progress for Lot 1 is 42.63% which has a slippage of +1.42% from the scheduled progress of 41.21%. For Lot 2, the overall progress is 24.78% which has a slippage of +0.65% from the scheduled progress of 24.13% Table 2-1. Status of Project Contracts Contract No. CS1 – E-K ICB1 Lot 1 ICB1 Lot 2 Contract ICB1 ED-KKR Contract ICB1 ED-KKR Contract for Contract Name Lot1 from km 0+000 to Lot2 from km 42+160 to Consultant’s Services km 40+440 km 66+455 Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants Ltd in Joint Venture with Korea Expressway Corporation Consultant/ China Road and Bridge China Road and Bridge and in association as a Contractor Corporation Corporation sub-consultant with Construction, Research, Design and Consultancy Co- operative Limited Commencement 10 September 2016 24 December 2016 04 January 2017 Date Time for completion 42 months 1095 days (36 months) 1095 days (36 months) Time Extension 17 months 17 months Revised Completion 31 May 2021 31 May 2021 Date Defects Notification N/A 365 days 365 days Period 7 Contract Costs 5,400,794.00 USD Invoices (Total) 1,468,346.54 USD 14,151,459.50 4,050,165.64 Payments (Total) 1,468,346.54 USD 12,431,928.07 3,742,228.50 42.63% 24.78% Estimated progress Scheduled progress 41.21% 24.13% Variance 1.42% 0.65% Accepted Contract 32,772,591,222 MMK 25,320,079,725 MMK Amount 25,484,130 USD 19,689,020 USD 2.2 Mobilization 2.2.1 Contract Supervision Contractor (CSC) The CSC services cover an anticipated three continuous years of construction supervision and a further intermittent year for support during the 1-year works Defects Notification Periods. The Consultant services commenced on 9th September 2016. As of this reporting period, all international and national consultants have been mobilized. The detailed list of CSC mobilization is shown in Annex 1. 2.2.2 Contractors for Lot 1 and Lot 2 Presently, there is no separate establishment for LOT2 and there is one management team controlling both Contracts. Contractor has mobilized a nominal contingent of labor force of about 85 unskilled workers (including subcontractors) and 330 skilled workers during this quarter for both LOT1 and LOT2. Chinese key staff on site for covering both packages of LOT1 and LOT2 is 81 in total. The detailed lists of mobilization of Contractor Mobilization and Mobilization of International and National Environmental Specialists of CSC during the SEMR reporting period are shown in Annex 2 2.2.3 Equipment The total list of equipment for both Contracts is summarized in Annex 3. The Contractor must supplement with rented/subcontract equipment. 2.3 Project Progress 2.3.1 Project Implementation Schedule Project implementation covers a period of (3) years starting 4 July 2014 up to 31 March 2020. However, an extension was granted to the project and the revised Project implementation Schedule is shown in Table 2-2. 8 Table 2-2. Project Implementation Schedule Implementation Schedule to Date Package Plan Actual Slippage LOT1 & LOT2 50.49% 49.29% - 1.20% The physical progress of project implementation in shown in Table 2-3. Contract LOT1 achieved a physical progress of works of 45.26% for December 2019, while Contract LOT2 achieved a physical progress of works of 23.45% for December 2019. Table 2-3 Physical progress of project implementation Physical Progress Package Elapsed Time Plan Actual Slippage LOT1 41.21% 42.63% +1.42% 64.91% (37 Months) LOT2 24.13% 24.78% +0.65% 64.91% (37 Months) CSC 68.51% 68.51% 0.0% 61.67% (37 months) LAR* 8% 6.12% -1.88 TOTAL 50.49% 42.29% -1.20% *Land Acquisition and Resettlement 2.3.2 Construction Achievements Accomplishments in construction for the period as of December 2019 are shown in Table 2-4. Table 2-4 Construction Achievements No. Description (LOT 1) Total Done Ratio 1 Cleaning and Grubbing 40.44 km 31.14 km 77.00% 2 Roadway Excavation 40.44 km 31.14 km 77.00% 3 Embankment 40.44 km 28.6 km 70.72% 4 Improved Subgrade 40.44 km 26.83 km 66.35% 5 Sub-base Course 40.44 km 24.4 km 60.34% 6 Base Course 40.44 km 22.9 km 56.63% 7 Asphaltic Concrete Base Course 40.44 km 22.27 km 55.07% 8 Asphaltic Concrete Wearing Course 40.44 km 15.85 km 39.19% 9 9 Bridge Construction 9 Nos 6 Nos 66.67% 10 Box Culvert Construction 61 Nos 55 Nos 91.67% 11 Pipe Culvert Construction 6 Nos 2 Nos 33.33% No. Description (LOT2) Total Done Ratio 1 Cleaning and Grubbing 24.30 km 12.12km 49.88% 2 Roadway Excavation 24.30 km 12.12km 49.88% 3 Embankment 24.30 km 9.75km 40.12% 4 Improved Subgrade 24.30 km 2.3km 9.47% 5 Sub-base Course 24.30 km 0.9km 3.70% 6 Base Course 24.30 km - 7 Asphaltic Concrete Base Course 24.30 km - 8 Asphaltic Concrete Wearing Course 24.30 km - 9 Bridge Construction 9 Nos 2Nos 22.22% 10 Box Culvert Construction 26 Nos 19.5Nos 75.00% 11 Pipe Culvert Construction 2 Nos 1Nos 50.00% 2.3.3 Works in Progress The following is the current status of works for LOT1: a.
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