Construction Monitoring & Evaluation Program: Monthly Progress Report # 26

The road is 46 km long and has been split into multiple sections for designing and construction purposes. The project is implemented by FATA Secretariat as a project proponent through Frontier Works Organization (FWO) as EPC (Engineer, Procure, and Construct) Contractor. As of May 2015, both flexible and rigid pavements of 35 km out of 46 km length have been substantially completed and are open for traffic. The overall certified amount at the end of the reporting month was $32,542,804 out of $67,000,000. PIL wise progress is as follows: PIL 01, PIL 02, and PIL 04 have been 100% completed, and all milestones certified with accrued expenditure of $9,978,081, $9,383,483, and $3,668,533, respectively. PIL 03 has also been 100% completed, and all milestones certified with accrued expenditure of $9,512,705. However, PIL 05 has achieved progress of 7% during the reporting month, attaining total physical progress of 77% with accruals of $19,603,957 out of $25,444,269. Construction activities in road Section 07, Section 08, and Section 09, and LOOP-3 were also monitored, but PIL for these sections has not been finalized yet. Several matters require attention, including the carriageway width problem at Km 21+300, cost allocation, project steering committee, role of FATA and NHA, accelerated construction, process of engineer estimate approval, and complexity in maintaining traffic on diversions/detours. The certified items pending works include the completion of remaining works at Bhigyari check post, which remains pending till this date. The project is implemented by FATA Secretariat as a project proponent through Frontier Works Organization (FWO) as EPC (Engineer, Procure, and Construct) Contractor. NESPAK is providing design and quality control services to FWO, while AGES Consultants has been entrusted with the Construction Monitoring and Evaluation Services, including Quality Assurance and Environmental Monitoring of the project on behalf of the USAID Pakistan Mission. The initially agreed completion date of December 31, 2014, as per Article 4 of the Activity Agreement No AID-015-DOD has now been extended to 31 December 2015. The project is funded by USAID's Food Security Program, with an allocated amount of $67,000,000. The project is expected to be completed by June 2015, with a revised completion time of 31 December 2015.