Expert urban planning and environmental engineering design by PRCS under ADB TA-8551-BHU for sustainable urban environmental infrastructure in Bhutan.
Name of the Client:
Asian Development Bank
Project Description:
The proposed project supports the government’s vision of a balanced and environmentally sustainable urban development. In keeping with the thrust of balanced regional growth and environmentally sustainable development, the project offers an opportunity to improve the approach to human settlement and urban development in Bhutan.
The proposed project will engage mixed-development approaches that integrate the natural terrain and resources in urban planning, design, and construction.
Approaches that will be employed on the project include:
- Valley planning, which integrates planning and development of an urban center and its hinterland and supports shared use of resources and infrastructure services, and
- Integrated urban water management (IUWM) principles and water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) for integrated planning, design, and construction of urban infrastructure around the water cycle of urban catchment/watershed to sustainably manage the water environment.
Scope of work:
- An international urban infrastructure engineer and team leader with experience of 10 years in designing, constructing, and operating, preferably small-scale, water supply and sanitation, drainage, and urban road projects in developing countries.
The team leader, who will possess a master’s or equivalent in civil engineering, will manage and coordinate the PPTA team and inputs from all team members. Oversee the preparation and delivery of all outputs under this TA, ensuring high quality of all components.
Identify infrastructure needs, leading the preparation of the sector development plan and project scoping and technical feasibility. Undertake system rapid modeling with suitable computer-based design tools, if and where necessary and assist in advance contracting actions of preparing TOR and RFP for PDA consultants and assist the government in the recruitment of PDA consultants.
- A National Water Engineer and Deputy Team Leader will provide technical inputs in analyzing infrastructure plans for water, sanitation, and stormwater/flood management to assist in identifying subproject towns and determining project scope in accordance with principles of IUWM and/or valley planning.
Will supervise collection/commissioning of technical surveys (e.g., water quality yields, etc.) and review quality and consistency of results, if and where necessary.
Screen all technical options, using appropriate IT-based packages where necessary (e.g., CAD), model networks, treatment units, and/or systems, and analyze results and prepare the relevant technical specifications for PDA consultants and assist the team leader in sector development plan preparation.
- A social development and poverty specialist will review national and state poverty reduction agendas, poverty per capita data, access to basic services by the poor, and employment literacy data.
In coordination with economic and financial, technical, and safeguards specialists, prepare a detailed poverty and social analysis for project areas and conduct a full socioeconomic survey of project beneficiaries by gender and income group.
Conduct social and gender analysis of the nine target towns to identify the social and gender issues therein that the project can address.
This will include specifically collecting basic demographic data that are sex-disaggregated, both at the household and community levels; the number of households disaggregated by size, headship, poverty level, house income and expenses, access to basic municipal services such as water, sanitation, and transportation, ability to pay for services, gender division of roles at both the household and community levels, and extent of women’s participation in community decision-making.
Prepare a gender action plan based on the above analysis that is directly related to the project and assist with the consultative process during project preparation.
- A procurement specialist will conduct the services in advance of contract actions of recruiting the Project Design Advance (PDS) consultants for the ensuing project and prepare bidding documents for recruitment of PDA consultants using ADB Consulting and Procurement Guidelines; especially supervise and lead the preparation of the following documents in collaboration with the team leader:
a) Terms of Reference (TOR) at the Expression of Interest (EOI) stage.
b) Documentation at the Request for Proposal (RFP) stage.
Supervise and spearhead bid process management together with the team leader and deputy team. Assist the government in contract preparation.
Draft a rapid procurement capacity assessment of the executing and/or implementing agencies that will be responsible for procurement under the project.
Determine briefly the level of capacity building and training required for government procurement policies, procedures, and required permits/clearances in relation to PDA and other TA outcomes.
Need expertise in Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) or stormwater modeling?
Protect urban catchments and improve utility networks with water-sensitive urban design (WSUD), computer-based hydraulic modeling, and technical feasibility studies.
Partner with PRCS for Urban Planning Services →
Learn More About PRCS Environmental & Development Services →
Discuss Your Project with PRCS →