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Tralee FRS - GI Contract - Tralee Flood Relief Scheme - Ground Investigation Contract

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Tralee has a long history of flooding and has been identified as an area at significant risk from fluvial and tidal flooding under the National Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme.  Following the completion of the Shannon CFRAM Flood Risk Assessment Management Plan in 2018, Kerry County Council in partnership with the OPW are currently progressing  a flood relief scheme for Tralee. 

RPS Consulting Engineers were appointed as Engineering & Environmental Consultant on behalf of Kerry County Council in August 2021.  The scheme will be implemented in five different stages and is currently in the early phase of Stage 1.

  • Stage 1 Identification and Development of a Preferred Scheme (2021-2024)
  • Stage 2  Planning/Development Consent Processes (2024-2026)
  • Stage 3  Work Packages and Tenders for Contracts (2026-2027)
  • Stage 4  Construction (2027-2030)
  • Stage 5  Handover of Works (2030-2031)

Additional background information is available on the scheme website  www.floodinfo.ie/traleefrs (http://www.floodinfo.ie/traleefrs).

The works in this contract will involve ground investigation (GI) cable percussion boreholes, rotary core holes, Cone Penetrometer Testing (CPT), hand-held window sampling, trial pitting and geophysical surveying along the length of the existing embankments. Ground investigation positions have also been scheduled in areas where it is likely that new flood defences will be constructed in the future. The purpose of the ground investigation is to assess the condition of the existing embankments, determine the suitability of the existing embankments to withstand a future major flood event and to assess the ground conditions in areas where future defences are likely to be constructed.