Diplom Ingenieur, MSc.

11/2008 – 6/2009

Quality control and assurance for the test slab for the first RCC dam to be built in Panama. My responsibility included:
Testing of materials and RCC
Approval of formwork, embedded parts and instrumentation placement.
Supervision of casting of test slab.
Writing of procedures for RCC quality control
Management of the logistics for materials supply at high rates, etc.
Writing of monthly progress and material report.
Contract finished after casting test slab.
Total Cost for Civil Works: $US 289 million

4/2008 – 11/2008

Construction management and supervision of water supply projects for the cities of Lushnja, Berat and Kucova in Albania:
Drilling 6 60 m deep drinking water wells,
Installation of 15,800 m water pipes lines of different diameters, construction of three water reservoirs and maintenance work on three other reservoirs,
Installation of valves and water meters
Checking contractors monthly certificates. Writing quarterly reports. Evaluation of contractors claims and preparation of variation orders.
This was a short term assignment to solve administration and technical problems to the end of the project
The contract was finished with a of 6 weeks delay but within budget.
The project was managed according to ISO 9000 and FIDIC

9/2007 – 4/2008

Management, monitoring and construction supervision of the Gurara Water Transfer Project, which consists of:
3.0 km long, 55.0 high Gurara rock fill dam, a 307 m long spillway weir with bridge; 270 m wide, 1500 m long pool having nine (9) steps, two (2) 52 m high intake towers and bottom outlet, culverts and 1.3 km tunnel line with concrete lining. Construction of 31 km water main from the intakes to the water treatment plant near Abuja. Construction of these structures were finished at the end of my contract
The Construction of a power house having three (3) power generating units with a total capacity of 30 MW, and the 20.000 m3/hr Lower Usuma Water Treatment Plant where still under construction at the end of my contract
The project was managed according to ISO 9000 y FIDIC

6/2006 – 9/2007

Management, monitoring and construction supervision of:
A 332m long, 43 m high rockfill dam CFRD with bottom outlet,
14 km long, diameter 4,80 m, tunnel using a TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine), construction of 4 different tunnels total length 3.2 km using Austrian Tunneling Method,
Slope stabilization, quality control of materials, concrete and shotcrete.
Construction of 5640 m long diameter 36 oil pipeline.
Report writing and approval of contractors monthly certificates and concrete and soil quality reports.
I was sent to Nigeria for trouble shoot problems and replace CRE. When I left only the 14 km tunnel and slope stability work was not finished
The project was managed according to ISO 9000
Construction Cost: $us 255 Million

4/2006 – 4/2006

Site visit of Hastings Airfield and Logistical Depot of ECOWAS in Freetown to prepare proposals for
extension or relocation of Depot (Short Term Assignment)
Making cost estimates and writing report

3/2006 – 7/2006

Inspection and testing of valves for the Narrows Colgate Projects in Northern California, USA (Short Term Assignment)
Writing of inspection and test report

2/2005 – 12/2005

Construction management and supervision of all Civil Works for the 1.200 Million Euro Merowe Rockfill Dam across the river Nile.
Construction of power house accommodating ten (10) power generating units with a total capacity of 1.250
MW with spillway and spillway bridge,
65m high 300 m long power intake structure
River diversion 800 m long earth core rockfill dam up to 45 m high, and 8000 m long concrete faced rockfill dam were in progress.
General supervision of contractors concrete and soil laboratory and approval monthly concrete and soil quality reports. In 2005 465 000 m3 concrete were placed
Checking contractors monthly reports and invoices.
The project was managed according to ISO 9000.
I was sent by Lahmeyer to this project to try to bring it back on track and trouble shoot other problems and temporary replace the CRE. I had a short term contract to September 2005, which I extended until December 2005.
FIDIC Project Cost of Civil Works: EURO 560 Million

9/2003 – 9/2004

Evaluation of bids. Assisting Engineer in contract negotiations. Prepared job descriptions and work procedures. Supervision of construction of an administration building and installation of water meters. Writing quarterly reports, checking contractors invoices, evaluating contractors claims and checking as-built-drawings. The project was managed according to ISO 9000.
Due to lack of financing the construction of the water supply and sewerage system for the town of Pogradec project was cancelled.
FIDIC Project Cost of Project: Euro 6.6 Million

3/2002 – 5/2003

Assisted the Engineer in final design, construction cost estimates and tender document revisions as well as contract negotiation with the lowest bidder.
Supervision the rehabilitation of bridges and culverts including prestressed concrete beams and pile foundations.
Wrote monthly reports.
The project was managed according to ISO 9000.
I left the project because of security problems in Guyana
LUMP SUM Project Cost of Project: Euro 45.0 Million

3/2001 – 1/2002

Construction management and supervision of the first RCC dam in Bolivia, having a length of 155 m and a height of 52 m
Approval of materials, formwork, placing of embedded parts and instrumentation. Supervision of casting of test slab, core sample drilling and their testing in the laboratory.
Supervision of drilling and grouting of curtain walls for the dam.
Control of concrete and aggregates production plants, management of the logistics for materials supply at high rates. Concrete, material and RCC quality control.
Construction supervision of the high-paste RCC concept mix using natural pozzolan as cementitious material,
Inspection of placement procedures of grout-enriched RCC against forms and abutments
Construction supervision of intake towers, spillway bridge, weirs and channels for two irrigation systems having a length of approx. 230 km.
Writing quarterly reports and checking contractors monthly certificates. Prepared variation orders.
The project was managed according to ISO 9000.
Contract was finished within the budged and construction time
FIDIC Project Costs of Project: Euro 27.3 Million

8/1998 – 2/2001

Construction supervision of all concrete structures, such as:
Power house accommodating five (5) power generating units with a total capacity of 6.25 MW, intake, tailrace, tail regulator, sills, outlets, bridges, 220 m drainage gallery including safety measurements, switchyard, 15 prestressed concrete bridges across channel and over spillway, and other concrete structures for the Ghazi Barotha Hydroelectric Project in Pakistan.
Concrete quantity approx. 1,000,000 m3.
Supervision of precast concrete production and prestressing of beams.
Concrete and shotcrete quality control.
The project was managed according to ISO 9000. FIDIC Project Cost of Project: $us 2.200 Million
I did not extend my contract.

8/1996 – 7/1998

Construction supervision and quality control for a 68 km long section of the EGNATIA Highway (Igouminitsa- Thessaloniki in Greece.
Responsible for the construction of four tunnels, total length approx. 3.0 km, including tunnel portals and safety measurements,
Five bridges up to 55 meter length,
Embankments, subbase and base, drainage structures and asphalt surfacing.
I did not extend my contract.
FICIC Project Cost of Section of Project: Euro 138 Million

Note: Due to geological problems part of the EGNATIA Highway section was only finished 2009