M I L A D
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E L - H E L O U
Civil Engineer Consulting Engineer Construction Engineer
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Personal Profile
Table of Contents Table of Content
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Personal Profile
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Part I :
MAR CONTRACTING SARL PROJECTS
Introduction
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Sidon Marine Fortress
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Harbor Construction
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Marina Construction
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Break Water
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Protection Walls
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Part II :
TRIACTA NIG. LTD PROJECTS
Introduction
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Road work: Babaldu Project
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Bush Clearing
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Demolition
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Borrow Pit
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Sub Grade
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Culverts and Drains
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Laterite Sub base and Base Course
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Stone Base Course
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Surfacing
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Quarry
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Machine Transfer
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Table of Contents Bridgework: 3No. Bridges Katsina—Daura Road Setting out
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Pre-cast Concrete Yard
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Foundation– Pilling
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Foundation— Pile Caps
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Piers and Cross Beams
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Abutment
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Super Structure
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Parapets & Approach Slabs
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2No. Bridges Kano—Katsina Road Foundation and Launching of Precast Beams
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Top Slab and Parapets
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Triacta Managing Director’s Villa Blinding, Shuttering and Casting Of Retaining Walls and Top Slab
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An Overview of the Swimming Pool Area and other landscaping activities
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Reinforcement for Roof
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Table of Contents Underpass Work: Kabuga Underpass Kano State Proposed Design and 3D Image
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Earth Works and Form Works
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Stone-base and Retaining wall dressing
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Reinforcement and Top Slab
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Finishing Touches
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Panshekara Underpass Kano State Proposed Design and 3D Image
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Excavation, Raft, Abutment & Piers
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Precast beams, Form work for Clover & an overview of the Construction
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Filter & Sub-base
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Site Visitation by Dignitaries
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Asphalt works
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Commissioning the Project
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Interchange at Bukavu Barracks Junction Kano State Proposed Design and 3D Image
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Excavation, Raft and Top Slab
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Site Visitation by Dignitaries
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Retaining walls
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Dead Rock Blasting
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Raft and Launching Precast Beams (PHASE II)
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Retaining Walls & Water Proofing
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Summary of Some Major Projects Executed
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Comments
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MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Milad M. EL-HELOU Civil Engineer Consulting Engineer Construction Engineer
Personal Profile Milad Maurice EL-HELOU is my full name. I began my school career in Lebanon. I graduated from the Lebanese University-Second Branch, Roumieh, in the year 2000 with a degree in Civil
Engineering (Public Works Specialization).
I have assumed a dual responsibility of taking care of school and supporting my family. This has opened the door for me to struggle in various aspects of life. I had obtained several temporary jobs at various levels in the hope of sustaining my academic and social life. I devoted my vigilance to undertake labor works in many companies and construction sites as a wheel barrow service man, concrete mixer operator, carpentry, reinforcement fixing and various kinds of outdoor duties. Although the work pays little, it was sufficient to overcome my financial predicaments.
In 1998 – 1999 While at the university, I joined Mouawad Edde & Co. on a professional training program. I had to my advantage, an industrial training scheme and a temporary job as a Site Engineer. I participated fully in all technical and practical aspects of all the projects at hand. Beside this program, I personally run the task of taking-up jobs in design and construction work supervision at Free Lance Engineering and contracting, for boosting my experience.
My passion for water earned me a qualification in Scuba diving as a certified professional diver with the PADI during my studies at the University. I sought for an admission to study Marine Engineering in Japan in 2000. I received an acknowledgement for the application, and was admitted for the course. But, unfortunately I could not raise enough funds to sponsor the program.
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If I were to have the good fortune to secure a scholarship, I would go to Japan. I would stay there for a number of years in order to study Marine Engineering. I imagine myself becoming a professional with a PhD in this field, choosing the practical part of it. Indeed I succeeded with an alternative plan. I decided to employ my skills in everything concerning the sea side. In the year 2000, I started my career in Marine Engineering with Mar Contracting SARL (www.marcontracting.com), a Beirut based
leading company in excavation and marine works.
Around this time the civil crises was at its peak in Lebanon. There was no hope that it would end within defined limits of time. The system was degenerating, the economy crumbling and the atmosphere was tense for any engineering practice.
Working at Mar was an explosive experience. My initial proficiency in a basic Marine Engineering prerequisite, coupled with an ability to improve on techniques in uncharted territories, earned me a constant progress in the occupation. I was spontaneously promoted from one cadre to another until I reached the top. My professional service could no longer tally with the company’s disposition. My annual income was far from being sufficient to cater for my growing needs. The company could not afford to pay more. It was obviously because of the economic crises of the country caused by the war. A popular Lebanese proverb puts it that , “...Good words or Names cannot feed.” I have to resign Mar’s employment for another opportunity.
I have achieved in credit a list of accomplishments included in the summary below:
1998 – 1999 Mouawad Edde & Co. Down Town Beirut, Lebanon. Site Engineer & a Professional Trainee Duties & Responsibilities: Infrastructure Designer Construction work Supervision Work Classification: Urban Road Construction Projects: Reconstructing of Old Beirut Banks Area Roads Reconstructing of Beirut, Riad El Solh Area Roads Reconstructing of Beirut, Phoenicia Intercont., & St. George Area Roads
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MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999 – 2005 Free Lance Engineering & Contracting Site Engineer involved in the Design & Construction of several projects: Duties and Responsibilities: Design Construction work Supervision
Work Classification: Building Construction Projects: Commercial building in Jdeideh, Beirut Lebanon Villa in Btaddine, Lebanon Villa in Ghobatieh Jezzine, Lebanon... 2000 – 2005 MAR Contracting SARL – Beirut Leading Co in Excavation and Marine Works Project Manager & Site Engineer Supervising Marine Works, Duties and Responsibilities: Management Services Site Engineering Work Classification: Marina construction (Breakwater and jetty construction) Marine maintenance (Shoreline protection, Barge and Tug Boat service) Crane line and lifting, Capital and Maintenance dredging Harbor construction Bridges and wall protection construction Projects: Port of Dbayeh (2004,...) – Project Manager Port of Amchit (2003 – 2004) – Site Manager Sidon Marine Fortress (2003 – 2004) – Maintenance Officer Port of Byblos (2003 – 2004) – Maintenance Officer San Stefano touristic project (2002 – 2003) – Maintenance Officer Port of Bouar (2001– 2003) – Site Manager Port of Ain el Mreisseh (2000 – 2001) – Site Engineer
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Projects
Port of Dbayeh Port of Amchit Port of Byblos Port of Bouar Port of Ain el Mreisseh Sidon Marine Fortress
Work Classification
Marina construction: Breakwater and jetty construction. Marine maintenance: Shoreline protection, Barge and Tug Boat service. Crane line and lifting, Capital and Maintenance dredging. Harbor construction. Bridges and wall protection construction.
San Stefano touristic project.
Responsibilities Project Management Design and Evaluation Construction Engineering
MAR CONTRACTING SARL Main Street Chikhan Aamchit
LEBANON Phone: 961-3-614 680 , 9-790 674 Fax: 961-9-790 866 Website: www.marcontracting.com
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SIDON MARINE FORTRESS. ...“Indeed I succeeded with an alternative plan. I decided to employ my skills in everything concerning the sea side. In the year 2000, I started my career in Marine Engineering with Mar Contracting SARL.
PORTS & HARBOURS
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Harbour Construction
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Top Left: Construction of Harbour protection walls. Top Right: Setting the wall structure of rocks and stones with a rock picking equipment.. Bottom: The use of an excavator in the construction of Harbour structures.
PORTS & HARBOURS
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Marina Construction
Page 11 Top Left: Setting form work and fixing reinforcement for docking platform. Top Right: Mechanized mass concrete work with mobile and static concrete placer. Bottom: Pumpable concrete for under-water foundation structure.
PORTS & HARBOURS
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Marina Construction
Page 12 Top Left: Pouring concrete to a haulage ramp platform. Top Right: Setting pre-cast prestresed capping beams on pilings to form a floating dock section. Bottom: Construction of a surface floor to an anchorage area.
SHORELINE PROTECTION
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Breakwater
Page 13 Top Left: Making pre-cast concrete Accropodes. Top Right: Taking cylinder samples of Accropode concrete mixes for strength test. Bottom: Stocking Accropode and Rock for Harbor construction.
SHORELINE PROTECTION
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Breakwater
Page 14 Top Left: Accropode Stockpile. Top Right: Setting Accropodes (16 m3) at core edge with a 160 TON Land crane. Bottom: A 250 TON Barge crane is used to upload and set Accropodes.
SHORELINE PROTECTION
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Breakwater
Page 15 Top Left: Setting Accropodes (18m3) with a 160 TON Land crane. Top Right: Setting Accropode (18m3) with a 250 TON Barge crane. Bottom: A 160 TON Land crane setting Accropodes(18m3) to breakwater head at harbour mouth..
SHORELINE PROTECTION
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Protection Walls
Page 16 Top Left: Setting formwork for casting breakwater pillars. Top Right: Formwork set for pouring concrete under water. Bottom: Pouring concrete to a wall structure at a Marina entry.
SHORELINE PROTECTION
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Protection Walls
Page 17 Top Left: Reinforcement bending schedule and fixing before concreting. Top Right: Fixing of wall reinforcement at a deep water edge. Bottom: Erecting walls at a deep water edge.
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Projects
Work Classification
Rehabilitation of Katsina-Daura-Zango Road
Underpass at Kofar Kabuga– Gwarzo Road Junction Kano State.
Construction of Underpass at Junction connecting Shiekh Jaafar Road/Sharada Road/Panshekara Road
Construction of Interchange at Bukavu Barracks Junction CH 1 + 700 (Aminu Kano Way- Katsina Road Junction)
Construction of Hantsu-Miga-Dangyatum Road Bununu-Burga Road Babaldu-Bugi-Sara Highway Lanzai-Jalam-Dambam Highway Azare , Dambam, Gyade, Sakawa, Chinade, Pindiga, Tumu & Kashere Township works.
Earthwork : Bush clearing, Sub Grade fill & cut. Roadwork : Sub Base, Base Course, Prime Coat, AsphaltBinder & Wearing Course. Drainage Structures: (Bridge Construction, Culverts-Box & Pipe, Drain Construction. Bridges: Piers and Pier caps, launching beams, Slabs and Parapet, stone pitching, Asphalt works. Underpasses: Excavation, Raft, Abutment, Beams and Piers, Top Slabs and parapets, Drainages, Retaining walls, Earth and Road works.
Responsibilities Project Management Design and Evaluation Construction Engineering
TRIACTA (NIG.) LTD Engineering & Construction company
KM 8, HADEJIA ROAD, TOKARAWA P.O.Box 5405 KANO STATE NIGERIA Phone: 064-631832, 647672 Fax: 064-647672
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Around February 2005, I moved to Nigeria. I started working with Triacta Nigeria, an Engineering and Construction Company that specialized on Roads and Highways. I took up responsibility as a Project Manager, supervising a virgin road, then several other projects.
The Bununu-Burga Road was my first project. It was a 19 Kilometer village access highway with a relatively high subgrade filling and many drainage structures along the road. The site was handed over to me. I had to adjust to several situations: firstly, a tropical African climate far different from my native home. Secondly, company personnel, poles apart from my expectations and above all technical specifications and parameters dependent on environmental conditions and quality control standards. Technical codes of practice employed were either British or West African specifications.
Triacta has been properly managed by an intelligent Managing Director. Elie Abou Farhat, an
Engineer, is the chief executive of the company. He runs the organization in a rather centralized manner. He has vested the main trust and confidence in his Project Managers such that, no excuse can cover their failure to deliver. My relationship with the MD transformed from distant friendly to intimately cordial. Triacta is growing bigger and bigger, day by day.
Upon assuming duties at the Babaldu site, yet another area entirely under my jurisdiction, I discovered that a construction site is a world of its own especially when it is in the middle of nowhere. Babaldu-Buji-Sara project was a 35 Kilometer rural highway construction on a gently sloping and swampy topography. The work had just begun and I was left with the sole responsibility of reorganizing the site completely. It was a different site and different people with different thinking.
In Triacta, a project manager retains the administration of the project site assigned to him and any other functional unit falling within his project area. The quarry and asphalt plant of Dutse were assigned to me in this regard. These functional units fall within the catchment area of the Babaldu project. It is often the case that a project manager like an area manager, deals with more than one construction site.
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The Township work is a mode of an urban development program introduced by the State government. In Bauchi State Township works were categorized into phases: The project embarked upon the construction of 29 Kilometers roads in fourteen Local Government Areas on phase I; and 40 Kilometers in Twenty Local Government Areas on phase II. Contemporary to the township works, is the Lanzai-Jalam-Dambam Highway. Its was also a 35 Kilometer rural highway.
I simultaneously handled the township works and the highway projects. These are related fields, but , have dissimilar principles and methods of construction, with variable managerial supervision. The challenges were greater because, I was compelled to merge in one development, project plan and schedule for two differing circumstances. While actually involved in the direct execution of a given work at one section of a particular site, my attention would urgently be needed to solve a financial or technical problem at another section of a different site. It was interesting. I worked without retreat.
Nigeria is endowed with much potential that can support economic growth. However, deeply rooted socio-political problems have hindered the development of many parts of the country. The absence of visionary leadership further compounded the problem. While most of the rural settlements have no access roads, the conditions of the existing ones are pretty bad. Therefore, there is an urgent need for rehabilitation and construction of new roads to provide for a means of communication which is necessary to expose remote rural settlements to development. For these reasons, road development was given a special attention by the state governments especially.
TRIACTA was getting more contracts than anticipated. Two reasons were responsible for this .First, there is an urgent need for road in most parts of Nigeria, and secondly, the company has developed the experience and system above its competitors to mobilize within short period of time, technical staff, management personnel and labor to organize them into fully integrated project teams specialized in consistently high quality works.
The contracts for the rehabilitation of the federal roads were negotiated along with two major state roads, namely: the Busuri-Yayu and Darazo-Basirka Roads. Busuri-Yayu was a 13km virgin road
which incorporated design and construction of the road with a low cost surfacing and some township layouts in Yayu town with asphaltic concrete surfacing.
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Projects are unique in nature. There are no two projects that are similar. The presence of repetitive elements does not change the fundamental uniqueness of the project work. All the projects were road works, but each individual facility is unique- different client different design, different location and above all different teams.
I move to Gombe and joined other teams already working on a number of projects. It was a difficult time for me. Living accommodation was provided at the company's senior staff residence along with less friendly companions, until my deployment to Kashere where my team started the township works of Kashere and Pindiga. The township works were completed without delay. The works on Kashere Bridge followed. It was a 3-span high rise bridge of about 6 meters height, located at a poorly drained area. Land topography in the Kashere region is mountainous, with very steep land forms and hills. I had the responsibility of jointly supervising the bridge works and
wholly, managing the township works.
My transfer to Jigawa state came a little later than the township project completion where I suffered idle redundancy for the first time as a project manager since my employment.
Hantsu-Miga road lie on an area with unsuitable soil. The soil has a varying thickness of unsuitable Vegetative matter throughout the area. The earthwork comprise of bush clearing, removal of 10cm top soil and removal of unsuitable material up to a depth of 70cm in many sections. The water table
is very shallow, excavation of borrow pits hardly exceed 2m depth. The most critical sections of the road exist between CH14+000 - CH17+000. The basic characteristic of this area is riverine. Swamps and ponds of water are permanent in this location.
Towards the completion of the Hantsu-Miga project, the Rehabilitation of Kano-Kazaure-Daura-MaiAdua & Katsina -Daura-Zango-Road Project was awarded to the company pending mobilization. I was assigned to mobilize my team and take over management with immediate effect when the date of commencement of project work has elapsed by three month. The scope of works involve asphalt overlay on Katsina-Daura-Zango Road and crack sealing on Kano -Kazaure-Daura-Mai' Adua
Road. It also covers scarification of failed pavement sections, patching of potholes, and reconstruction of eroded shoulders with single coat surface dressing. There exist three sub-standard bridges on Daura-Katsina Road which must be demolished and replaced with 135m, and two 45m bridges of 15m span respectively.
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The global economic meltdown was at its peak and there is a significant decline in the economic activity of the country. Rapid increase in the level of unemployment and a fall in the level of investment were also observed but the rate of demand for goods and services in the construction industry especially was not seriously affected.
At the start of the project the odds are in three dimensions: mobilization to establish base stations for concrete works; demolition of existing bridge, setting out & preparation of site for pile foundation operation and the commencement of road works. The three dimensional program was to take effect and cover time loss of three month. In the first two month of work we were able to achieve 34.2% complete progress against 27.8% of elapsed time: that implies progress ahead of schedule. Project activities were looped with a multiple start-to-start relationships with minimum time lag in between. With this method employed most of the project activities were started almost at the same
time.
Preparation of the bridgework started with the establishment of the concrete yard. The yard was designed and organized to provide for a platform for making all precast elements- namely: the bridge main beams, false slabs, parapets and reinforcement bending. The residential accommodation for the project is located adjacent to the base yard.
Diversion work for the third bridge proceeded along with the yard progress while the survey unit were working assessment on the old bridges and setting out details for pile foundation works. Much was done to locate the new bridge across the old one avoiding all existing pile points. Demolition of the 135m bridge was soon accomplished by the use of heavy-duty jack hammer mounted on an excavator.
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My functional detail and project summary are follows: 2005 – Up to date TRIACTA Nigeria Limited (Road construction) Project Manager Supervising a virgin road construction & township works, Duties and Responsibilities: Management Services Design and Evaluation Construction works Supervision Work Classification: Earthwork (Bush clearing, Sub Grade fill & Sub Base) Roadwork (Base Course, Prime Coat, Asphalt-Binder & Wearing Course) Drainage Structures (Bridge Construction, Culverts-Box & Pipe, Drain Construction)
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BABALDU PROJECT “Upon assuming duties at the Babaldu site, yet another area entirely under my jurisdiction, I discovered that a construction site is a world of its own especially when it is in the middle of nowhere. Babaldu-Bugi-Sara project was a 35 Kilometer rural highway construction on a gently sloping and swampy area topography. The work had just begun and I was left with the sole responsibility of reorganizing the site completely. It was a different site and different people with different thinking.�
SITE CLEARANCE
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Bush Clearing
Page 25 Top Left: A D9 Dozer on a tree cutting operation. Top Right: Reading ground levels after clearing Bottom: This is one of the largest trees encountered on the right of way. The girth measures 16m.
SITE CLEARANCE
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Demolition
Page 26 Top Left: Relocating outdoor electrical installations with a machine excavator on a township road. Top Right: Demolition of a building block falling on the right of way. Bottom: Demolition of existing failed drains and culverts.
EARTHWORK
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Borrow Pit
Page 27 Top Left: Preparing the site of a Borrow Pit. Hauling of suitable material to the road. Top Right: Piling laterite at a Borrow Pit location. Bottom: Cut-to-spoil with a Scrapper & a Scrapper-Dozer combination A Borrow Pit is a site from where suitable naturally occurring earthmaterial is imported to the right of way for use as fill material.
EARTHWORK
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Subgrade
Page 28 Top Left: Spraying the Subgrade fill with water by a Water Tanker. Top Right: Cut-to-fill with a Scrapper-Dozer combination Bottom: Blinding the Subgrade with initial fill material. This operation involves spreading and grading the material, watering, vibrating and compacting to maximum dry density.
DRAINAGE STRUCTURES
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Culvert and Drain
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Top Left: Formwork to side wall of a Box culvert. Top Right: Casting of top slab to a triple cell Box culvert. Bottom: Reinforcement fixing for base slab and side walls of a Box culvert.
ROADWORK
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Laterite Sub base and Base Course
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Top Left: Preparing the final level of the sub base for stone base construction . Top Right: Excavation for side drain Bottom: Performing field density test on prepared Laterite Base course.
ROADWORK
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Stone Base Course
Page 31 Top Left: Mixing aggregates of various sizes to form Stone-base course material. The mixture is sprayed with water and piled into a homogeneous Top Right: A stockpile of Stone Base material to be watered before placing on the pavement. Bottom: A Finisher placing the material to a specified depth and width.
ROADWORK
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Surfacing
Page 32 Top Left: Hot mix Binder Course of Asphalt Concrete spread from a finisher. Top Right: First layer Surface Dressing. Moistened aggregates are spread uniformly from a dump truck fitted with a spreading device. Bottom: Asphalt Plant; a truck loaded with hot-mix asphalt concrete from the mechanical mixer.
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PLANTS & EQUIPMENTS
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Quarry
Top Left: Stone blasting field. Top Right: Loading boulders into the Crushing Mill. Bottom: The Quarry: Stone Crushing apparatus.
PLANTS & EQUIPMENTS
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Machine Transfer
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Top Left: A water tank on a transfer process. Top Right: A Scrapper being loaded on a flat bed trailer for transfer. Bottom: Bull Dozer D-9 transfer.
BRIDGE WORK
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Setting out
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Top Left: Dismantling beams of super structure. Top Right: Demolition of existing bridge– breaking concrete with Jack Hammer mounted on Excavator. Bottom: Demolition of bridge deck.
BRIDGE WORK
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Precast Concrete Yard
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Top Left: Fixing Reinforcement to precast beams. Top Right: Fixing formwork and pouring concrete to precast beams. Bottom: Curing Precast Concrete Beams & assembling units to be transported to site.
BRIDGE WORK
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Foundation: Pilling
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Top Left: Boring for pile foundation with Bauer drill augur. Top Right: Pouring concrete into steel casing at pile point. Bottom: Arial view of the piling site.
BRIDGE WORK
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Foundation: Pilling
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Top Left: Mixing Bentonite for pile drilling operation. Top Right: Placing reinforcement cage into steel casing at pile point. Bottom: Drilling for disintegrating underlying rock mass.
BRIDGE WORK
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Foundation: Pile Caps
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Top Left: Excavation to pile cut-off level. Top Right: Fixing reinforcement to pile abutment pile cap. Bottom: Setting out level for pile cap blinding.
BRIDGE WORK
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Piers & Cross Beams
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Top Left: Fixing reinforcement to pier cross beam. Top Right: Pouring concrete to pier cross beam. Bottom: A section of completed Bridge Piers.
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BRIDGE WORK
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Abutment
Top Left: Fixing reinforcement to Bridge Abutment . Top Right: Pouring concrete to Bridge Abutment. Bottom: Completed section of Bridge Abutment.
BRIDGE WORK
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Abutment
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Top Left: Setting formwork to Abutment wall Extension.. Top Right: Placing and compacting granular material behind Bridge Abutment. Bottom: Finished layers of granular material behind Bridge Abutment
BRIDGE WORK
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Super Structure
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Top Left: Assembly of precast slabs for Bridge Deck. Top Right: Placing pre cast concrete beams. Bottom: Setting Precast concrete beams & false slabs for bridge deck construction.
BRIDGE WORK
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Super Structure
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Top Left: Fixing reinforcement on deck slab.. Top Right: Pouring concrete to Bridge Deck. Bottom: Vibrating and grading concrete for surface finishing on Bridge Deck .
BRIDGE WORK
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Parapets & Approach Slabs
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Top Left: Setting formwork for casting approach slab.. Top Right: Placing Parapet on Bridge Deck. Bottom: Completed section of Bridge Parapet wall
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In September, 2010, I had no choice but to give up my responsibility working with TRIACTA NIG. LTD and return home to Lebanon due to the pressing need to stand by my wife as she was with the 3rd child at the time and needed my presence and all the support to help her through the pregnancy period. It was a hard decision but one I must take with a tear in the eye because TRIACTA was gradually becoming my second family. On returning to Lebanon, I received a good offer from a road construction company handling turnkey projects in the country which I managed for a year because my mind was still with my second family (TRIACTA). It was satisfying at first but as the year runs out, I needed a more challenging tasks that will make me work my brain and boost my experience in the construction industry. The Managing Director TRIACTA NIG. LTD in 2011 as a result of his trust in my capability insisted that I construct his Villa in Broumana Village, Lebanon which consist of a huge 4 storey building with a basement, pent floor, swimming pool and a large landscaping area with supportive retaining walls &
infrastructure. After completion in 2012, the M.D requested that I return to Triacta Nig. Ltd and assume the post of Area Manager in multiple states which I accepted. My first duty as an Area manager was to oversee Katsina state activities that consists of construction of two (2) bridges (2 & 3 spans respectively) along Kano road, another 5km bypass road connecting Katsina town to Kano road, and multiple township roads in addition, in a duration of 2 years. At that time, Kano State Government with the aim of fulfilling its campaign promise on easing the burden of traffic on commuters, carried out a survey in the state and concluded on starting with Kofar Kabuga. Hence, they consulted TRIACTA NIG. LTD for possible solutions on what needs to be done to make the roads network at Kofar Kabuga free of the frequent grid lock experienced in the area. As an Area Manager, I was charged with the duty of supervising projects in different states of the country which falls within my jurisdiction. As such, I was fully involved in the Kofar Kabuga Proposal as requested by the client (Kano State Government). After a series of research and soil investigation, I came up with an underpass design proposal. It was very challenging at first introducing a new kind of design in such a state before as most people see it as impossible to have such a project in the region but after further persistence, the design was adopted by the client.
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The Kofar Kabuga project designed to convey commuters in Eight (8) directions consist of an Underpass tunnel, four link roads and an overpass. Construction started at the site in mid 2014 and was successfully completed in 2015 after which the newly elected Governor of the state decided to contract to us another interesting underpass project
(Panshekara Underpass). I needed to make the Panshekara project have a free flow of traffic in all directions and also incorporate a landscaped area for pedestrians and aesthetics. Hence, I adopted an Underpass with four clovers-leaf interchange so I could attain the initial idea. We were mobilised to site in August 2015, as usual, the area records a high amount of traffic at peak periods so therefore, the need to start with a diversion plan to channel commuters away from the construction site. The Construction started with excavation to a depth of approximately 7 meters followed by the Underpass main drain channelling all water to a discharge point at nearby river side. Due to the nature of the soil and the high water table of the area, Cyclopean techniques had to be used to enhance the bearing capacity of the foundation and ensure the quality of the construction. Amidst the challenges faced at the site such as the delay in disconnecting and relocation of the water pipes from the water board company, the project was completed within the stipulated period of a year and a half. In August 2016, Interchanges were much appreciated in the state due to its success in curbing traffic problems and the client was satisfied with the quality and speed of my construction thereby, implored me to come up with another challenging design to be constructed at Bukavu Barracks Junction. My Proposal for the Bukavu Barracks Junction was a modification of a Trumpet interchange consisting of 3no Underpass tunnels, a clover, a ramp, 3no Slip roads and 2no overpasses and an uncovered underground passage way at a distance of approximately 1km conveying motorist in 12 directions and avoiding any kind of traffic signals to minimise delay on traffic flow. Construction started in earnest around November 2016 with Excavation of the Phase I Tunnel followed by the raft and then the abutment walls. The Main drain expected to convey all the waste emanating from the project and its surrounding was then constructed.
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As expected, Granite rock was met while excavating for the approaches, it was too tough for the excavator, jack hammer and drill wagon that we had to invite experts on detonative devices. Three blast were carried out in order to get the desired depth of excavation. Construction continued after the blast at the Kofar Ruwa Interchange and will be completed hopefully, in the fourth quarter of 2018.
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2NO. BRIDGES KANO - KATSINA ROAD, KATSINA STATE.
BRIDGE WORK
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2no BRIDGES ALONG KANO ROAD
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Top Left: Pile Foundation and Starter Bars for Pile Caps Top Right: Launching Precast Beams Bottom: Launching Precast Beams
BRIDGE WORK
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2no BRIDGES ALONG KANO ROAD
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Top Left: Precast Beams awaiting Reinforcement for Top Slab Top Right: Parapets Being put in Place Bottom: Casting top slab
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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TRIACTA MANAGING DIRECTOR’S VILLA BROUMANA, LEBANON
RESIDENTIAL
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
M.D TRIACTAs’ Villa Broumana
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Top Left: Blinding for Foundation Top Right: Retaining Walls Shuttering and Casting Bottom: Casting top slab
RESIDENTIAL
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
M.D TRIACTAs’ Villa Broumana
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Top Left: A view of the Villa Under Construction Top Right: Casting of Retaining Walls at Walk-ways and Steps Bottom: An Overview Showing the Swimming Pool Area and Other Landscaping Activities
RESIDENTIAL
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
M.D TRIACTAs’ Villa Broumana
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Top Left: The Villa Gradually Taking Shape Top Right: Placing Reinforcement at the Roof Bottom: Neatly Securing all Service Lines and Plumbing Works
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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KABUGA UNDERPASS KANO STATE
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KABUGA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: 3D view of the Proposed Kabuga Underpass Top Right: 3D view of the Proposed Kabuga Underpass Bottom: Design of the Proposed Kabuga Underpass
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KABUGA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: Scaffolds in place to Support the Cross-Beam while it is left to Set Top Right: Shuttering for Retaining walls at the approaches Bottom: Laying sub-base course at the approaches
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UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KABUGA UNDERPASS
Top Left: Placing formwork for retaining walls Top Right: A View from the Underpass Tunnel Bottom: Laying Stone-Base Course
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KABUGA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: Reinforcement for Top Slab Top Right: Laying stone-base course at the approaches Bottom: Casting top slab via a concrete pump machine
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KABUGA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: The Kabuga Underpass Open to Commuters for a Test Run Top Right: Placing Binder Course at the Over-pass Bottom: Night View of the Kabuga Underpass
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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PANSHEKARA UNDERPASS KANO STATE
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PANSHEKARA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: 3D view of the Proposed Panshekara Underpass Top Right: 3D view of the Proposed Panshekara Underpass Bottom: Design of the Proposed Panshekara Underpass
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PANSHEKARA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: Excavation Started at the Site Top Right: Reinforcement Coupling for Raft and Starter Bars for Piers and Abutment Walls Bottom: Launching of Precast Beams
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PANSHEKARA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: Launching of Precast Beams Top Right: Reinforcement and Shuttering for Clover Retaining Walls Bottom: Overview of the Clover-leaf Underpass at an Initials Stage
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PANSHEKARA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: Sub-base & Filter at the Approaches Top Right: Myself, keeping tabs on the construction as it progress Bottom: Overview of the Clover-leaf underpass showing the Construction stage.
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PANSHEKARA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: Site Visit by the Honorable Minister Of Agriculture & Productivity Top Right: Site Visit by His Excellency, the Governor of Kano State Bottom: Site Visit by the His Excellency, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PANSHEKARA UNDERPASS
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Top Left: Mosaic Tiles applied on the Piers and Abutment Walls Top Right: Asphalt Laying at the Approaches Bottom: Asphalt Laying at the Approaches
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UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PANSHEKARA UNDERPASS
Top Left: Commissioning Photos Top Right: Bottom:
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INTERCHANGE AT BUKAVU BARRACKS JUNCTION KANO STATE
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BUKAVU BARRACKS JUNCTION INTERCHANGE
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Top Left: 3D view of the Proposed Kofar Ruwa Interchange Top Right: 3D view of the Proposed Kofar Ruwa Interchange Bottom: Design of the Proposed Kofar Ruwa Interchange
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BUKAVU BARRACKS JUNCTION INTERCHANGE
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Top Left: Excavation for the Underpass Raft Foundation Top Right: Casting the Underpass Raft Bottom: Casting the Top Slab
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BUKAVU BARRACKS JUNCTION INTERCHANGE
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Top Left: Site Visit by the Honorable Minister Of State, Budget & National Planning Mrs. Zainab Ahmad Top Right: Site Visit by His Excellency, the Governor of Kano State Bottom: Site Visit by His Excellency, the Governor of Kano State
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BUKAVU BARRACKS JUNCTION INTERCHANGE
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Top Left: Excavating the Base for Retaining wall with Jack Hammer due to the Dead Rock encountered Top Right: Retaining Wall Foundation. Bottom: Casting Retaining Wall Via Concrete Pump
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BUKAVU BARRACKS JUNCTION INTERCHANGE
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Top Left: Drilling Holes for Explosives to Penetrate the Granite Rock Encountered Top Right: Clearing the area for Blasting Bottom: Immediately after the Blast
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BUKAVU BARRACKS JUNCTION INTERCHANGE
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Top Left: Casting raft foundation for PHASE II tunnel 1 Top Right: Launching of precast beams & Abutment Water Proofing Bottom: Launching of precast beams
UNDERPASS
MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BUKAVU BARRACKS JUNCTION INTERCHANGE
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Top Left: Water Proofing the Abutment Walls Top Right: Reinforcement for Retaining Walls Bottom: Imprinting Nigerian and Kano State Maps on the Retaining Walls
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MILAD M. EL-HELOU, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY OF SOME MAJOR PROJECTS EXECUTED S/N
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
CONTRACT VALUE (₦)
Exchange Rate Naira - US dollar
CONTRACT Value ($)
PROJECT STARTED
PROJECT COMPLETED
1
Construction of Underpass at Bukavu Barracks Junction CH 1 + 700 (Aminu Kano Way- Katsina Road Junction)
3,591,542,371.69
319.12
11,254,519.84
Aug-16
ON-GOING
2
Construction of Underpass at Junction connecting Shiekh Jaafar Road/Sharada Road/Panshekara Road
1,327,939,647.75
199.25
6,664,690.83
Aug-15
Feb-17
3
Construction of Underpass at Kofar Kabuga– Gwarzo Road Junction
867,498,405.28
162.40
5,341,738.95
Jun-14
Jul-15
2,362,051,500.28
157.31
15,015,266.04
Nov-12
Apr-14
Construction of Two (2) Bridges along Kano—Katsina 4 Road, Katsina Township (3Km) & Katsina By-pass (5km Dual) 5
Reconstruction of Kano-Kazaure-Daura-Mai Adua Road in Kastina State, Contract No. 5997
2,319,910,477.50
151.86
15,276,931.55
May-09
May-10
6
Asphalt Overlay of Kiyawa-Jahun-Gujungu Road. (ASPHALT OVERLAY)
2,270,682,880.93
149.59
15,179,808.05
May-08
May-09
1,871,298,771.88
151.86
12,322,761.39
May-08
Dec-09
8 Rehabilitation of Kari - Yobe State Border Road.
419,607,847.89
119.22
3,519,589.41
Jan-08
Apr-08
9 Construction of Tumu - Pindiga Township Roads.
407,262,684.15
133.45
3,051,855.77
Apr-08
Dec-08
7 Construction of Hantsu-Miga-Dangyatun Road
10
Limited Rehabilitation of Kwanar - Huguma - Dutse - Kiyawa - Bauchi State Border Road in Jigawa State.
349,940,988.31
133.16
2,627,935.10
May-06
Jul-06
11
Design and Construction of Busuri - Yayu Road in Bauchi State.
529,472,306.48
133.19
3,975,414.72
Sep-06
Jan-07
12
Rehabilitation / Asphalt Overlay of Darazo - Basirka Road in Bauchi State.
405,843,112.50
131.75
3,080,372.57
Sep-06
Mar-08
649,567,600.35
136.48
4,759,507.53
Jan-05
Nov-05
793,628,583.30
132.89
5,971,935.30
Sep-05
Mar-07
4,397,215,252.50
132.75
33,124,657.39
Dec-05
May-07
16 Rehabilitation of JAHUN TOWNSHIP ROAD
180,464,090.63
131.09
1,376,614.13
Dec-04
Jun-05
17 Rehabilitation of BUNUNU - BURGA ROAD
511,376,874.00
134.63
3,798,383.07
Jun-03
May-04
18 Rehabilitation of BUJI - SARA ROAD
952,890,750.00
133.45
7,140,520.68
Jan-03
Oct-05
13 Construction of Azare Township Roads in Bauchi State 14
Design and construction of 34km Lanzai - Jalam - Dambam Road
15
Construction of 69km Township Roads in 20 Local Govt. HEADQUARTERS in Bauchi State.
TOTAL VALUE OF CONTRACTS EXECUTED
24,208,194,145.42
153,482,502.32
Comments My Aim in life is to reach the Peak of Management. That, in a way, makes me a risky engineer. As a matter of fact if you are risk-free I may be optional in your territories.
Milad Maurice ELHELOU, Engr. Wadi, Jezzine LEBANON Phone Lebanon: +961-70-23307, +961-4-919219 Nigeria: +234-80-34006345, +234-81-66601666 email: md.elhelou@gmail.com md.elhelou@hotmail.com
To Helen Najem & Nancy El Khoury for your ever continuing encouragement and support. —Milad El-Helou