CV Profile No.37440

I am currently the Head of Laboratory and responsible for all projects’ materials. My duties and responsibilities involve sourcing of suitable construction materials as well as investigating borrow pits for their potential use as sustainable building materials. I do the planning and supervision of all Geotechnical Investigations conducted under the auspices of the company leading to my generation of the relevant Technical Reports. I execute all construction material designs and facilitate appropriate testing and experimenting to produce the required materials suited to project specifications. My capabilities also cover setting up civil laboratories , worksheets designs, supervision of sampling & testing of materials, project feasibility studies, Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs), Quality Control and Quality Assurance. The above attributes were demonstrated on Harare Bypass which was commissioned initially for feasibility studies and then subsequently for design and construction under Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) system. The feasibility studies have so far been achieved and the geotechnical work has been partially completed due to some limitations and challenges imposed by the initially unexpected covid-19 pandemic. The geotechnical work achieved in part dealt with the establishment of suitable foundation levels, bearing capacity and foundation types for the various infrastructures intended for design and construction on Harare Bypass.

I was Head of the sub-contractor's team which acted as consultant to the main contractor responsible for building Saudi Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In addition to providing expert consultancy service to the main contractor my team provided technical guidance and supervision to the project independent laboratory. The subcontractor's team conducted structural concrete and steel inspections leading to the issuance of detailed Request for Inspection (RFI) for final inspection by the Project Management Consultant (PMC). I also achieved the design of normal and specialized concrete mixtures (SCC) used on the project including control of production, transportation and placement of concrete for 1000m high Saudi Kingdom Tower valued at $US1.5 billion. I prepared all concrete operations method statements including inspection and test plans (ITPs) for quality processes in accordance with project specifications. I provided the necessary expertise required for data statistical analysis and interpretation including all structural forensic investigations and repairs methodologies. I managed the contract by monitoring compliance of test data and construction tolerances against project specifications. Similar duties and responsibilities were carried out in Doha, Qatar on the following projects: - Qatar Steel Dormitory, Hamad New Port & Customs Building, New Orbital Highway, Al Baker Towers Hotel, Mall of Qatar and Qatar Water Mega Reservoirs

I was Head of laboratory and responsible for all materials testing and control including refresher training of lab personnel. I produced quality control plans and manuals for all field surveys and lab testing. My responsibility also covered the production of weekly technical results reports and monthly as-built reports. The quality control plans produced included equipment calibrations against reference standards to enable the obtention of accurate results and traceability to National Standards. Quality Assurance was achieved through drawing and implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for consistency and reliability of quality work. The project was a road infrastructure 200km long. Internal Laboratory Audits were conducted every 6 months as a regular confidence check for functionality and effectiveness of laboratory systems and equipments. The laboratory management system was augmented by quarterly interlaboratory studies participation to check repeatability and reproducibility of testing on similar materials. The interlaboratory study exercise was a good measure of the individual lab's capabilities against counterpart labs in different locations but using similar equipments and methods of tests.

During the above period I was trainee on geotechnical work covering field surveys, laboratory methods of testing, equipment handling and maintenance. The geotechnical work training covered holistically horizontal and vertical structures (roads, bridges and buildings)