The project involved the construction of a money center for Bank of Uganda to regulate and control banks in the north of the country. This is a reinforced concrete frame with a vault in the basement and strong rooms at the first suspended slab.
Name of Project: Bank of Uganda Regional Money Centre Location:Gulu Country:Uganda Name of Client: Bank of Uganda Address of Client:P O Box 7120 , Kampala , Uganda Start Date: (January 2001) Completion Date: (November 2001) Specialised Staff provided: Structural & Civil Engineers Number of staff: 4 Number of man months: 18 Approximate value of services: US $70,000 Associated Consultants: None Man Months provided by other consultants: None Name of Senior Staff :
Nathaniel Matalanga – Team leader of the civil and structural engineering works.
Services Provided: Eng. Matalanga provided guidance during the design of the structure and surrounding infrastructure and carried out site inspections to ensure that the construction was in accordance with the drawings and specification. Eng. Paul Gichuhi carried out the civil engineering design of the infrastructure.
The project involved the extension and modernization of the existing high court buildings at Gulu and Mbale as part of the strengthening of the operation of the Judiciary system in Uganda.
Name of Project: Rehabilitation of Gulu and Mbale High Courts Location: Gulu & Mbale Country: Uganda Name of Client: Danida Address of Client: P O Box 7645 , Kampala , Uganda Start Date: (January 2000) Completion Date: (January 2001) Specialised Staff provided: Structural & Civil Engineers Number of staff: 3 Number of man months: 14 Approximate value of services: US $10,000 Associated Consultants: None Man Months provided by other consultants: None
Name of Senior Staff :
Nathaniel Matalanga – Team leader of the structural engineering refurbishment and extension works.
Services Provided:
Survey of existing condition of the building structure and civil works.
Preparation of the schedules of dilapidation.
Design of the refurbishment and the supervision of the construction.
The project involved the construction of an Industrial Centre to be used by a Pharmaceutical Company. This was a warehouse type building with onduline sheets on steel zed purlins on steel trusses on Universal steel beams on reinforced concrete pad footings.
Name of Project: Lion Industrial Centre Location: Nairobi Country: Kenya Name of Client: Lion Insurance Company of Kenya Address of Client: P O Box 30190 , Nairobi , Kenya Start Date: (July 2000) Completion Date: (March 2001) Specialised Staff provided: Structural & Civil Engineers Number of staff: 4 Number of man months: 6 Approximate value of services: US $12,000 Associated Consultants: None
Man Months provided by other consultant s: None
Name of Senior Staff :
Nathaniel Matalanga – Team leader of the civil and structural engineering works.
Services Provided: Eng. Matalanga provided guidance during the design of the structure and surrounding infrastructure and carried out site inspections to ensure that the construction was in accordance with the drawings and specification
Eng. Paul Gichuhi carried out the civil engineering design of the infrastructure.
This is a twenty seven storey building that is next to the former US Embassy building in Nairobi . It was heavily damaged by a terrorist bomb that also damaged the former US Embassy building that was next to it. The Client required the building to be inspected to determine if it could be rehabilitated or not. After the initial inspection of the structure for damages, my team was further retained by the bank to supervise the rehabilitation contractor to ensure that all damages to the structure were adequately repaired.
Name of Project: Cooperative Building Rehabilitation after bomb damage Location: Nairobi Country: Kenya Name of Client: Cooperative Bank of Kenya Address of Client: P O Box 48231 00100 NAIROBI Start Date: (January 2000) Completion Date: (December 2001) Specialised Staff provided: Structural Engineer Number of staff: 1 Number of man months: 2 Approximate value of services: US $20,000 Associated Consultants: Quality Inspectors Ltd Man Months provided by other consultants: 12 Name of Senior Staff:
Nathaniel Matalanga – Structural engineer.
Services Provided: Eng. Matalanga was the structural engineer in charge of structural inspection to identify the location of structural elements.
Determine the extend of structural damage on the member if any.
Recommend remedial action on the member.
Supervise the repair to ensure that it is done in accordance with the recommendations of the inspection report.
Name of Project: Cooperative Building Rehabilitation after bomb damage