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CURRICULUM VITAE
PROFESSION Civil Engineer
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
B.E. (Civil), 1986. University of Roorkee, India, UGC Recognized (www.rurkie.ernet.in)
M.TECH (Civil)-Transportation, RVD University, Rajasthan, Distance Education. 1st Semester completed. UGC Recognized (www.rvduniversity.com)
COMPUTER SKILL Excel, Word, AutoCAD, Arc View GIS 3.1
DATE OF BIRTH 10 July, 1961
SEX Male
MARITAL STATUS Married, w/kid
NATIONALITY Nepalese
DRIVING SKILL Light Vehicle, Motorcycle
LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Nepali, Bengali
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, EXPATSDIRECT, UK
Member, Expatnetwork, UK
Member, Indian Roads Congress
Life Member, Nepal Engineers¡¦ Association
COUNTRIES OF WORK
India (UP, West Bengal, Mizoram, Tamilnadu),
Mongolia, Qatar, Nepal
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Administration and management of road projects under FIDIC conditions of contract, interpretation of technical specifications and contract documents, scrutinize the contractor's detailed work program, method statements and suggest modifications (if any). Check and approve working and detailed drawings. Design review of road geometrics, pavement crust etc., Review and approve source of materials required for the works, evolve and implement a system for quality assurance, provide independent check of work on each road for quality and quantity assurance on a sample basic and certify quality adherence to technical specification, provide technical audit of work to detect financial irregularities and ensure financial discipline and minimize large scale changes during execution. Check and certify contractor's interim payment certificates, as built drawings etc., Assist client in contractual obligations.
Detailed Inspection and Test Plan preparation. Carryout mix designs and prepare Job Mix Formulas (JMF) for Asphalt works, Concrete works and Road Bases. Check calibration, accuracy and operation of Testing Equipments, Concrete Batching Plants, Hot Mix Asphalt Plants, Bitumen distributors, Surface Dressing Chips Spreader etc. Construction supervision, quality control and testing of road construction materials and ensure compliance with technical specification laid down in the contract. Monitoring quarry sites, aggregate production facilities, Batching/mixing Plants, Modern Hot Mix Asphalt Plants and entire process control. Supervision of activities related to pre-stressing of voided bridge slab decks, concreting works for well foundations, pile foundations and bridge girders. Carryout load tests on piles viz., static vertical load tests, dynamic vertical load tests and lateral load tests. Carryout Standard Penetration Tests (SPT). Use of RMC (Ready Mix Concrete). Prepare slump retention profile for Pump Concrete. Use of fly-ash/sand as an alternative fill/sub-grade material. Sub-grade strength evaluation and pavement designs. Quality control surveillance and identification of potential non-conformance. Prepare reports on statistical analysis for quality control and quality system documentation (ISO 9001).
CAREER HISTORY AND EXPERIENCES:
March 2004-Date
LEA International Ltd. (www.LEA.ca)
Transportation and Management Consultants
Ontario, CANADA
TAMILNADU ROAD SECTOR PROJECT, 395.1 km
Upgrading and Strengthening of Tamilnadu Road Sector Project, India
Contract No.: TNRSP - 01
Main Roads: 326.6 km
Arcot-Arani-Polur-Tiruvannamalai--Tirukkovilur-Ulunderpettai, 126.5 km
Vriddhachalam-JK Cholapuram-Kumbakonam-Thiruvar, 105.4 km
Polur-Chengam, 45.1 km, JK Cholapuram-Ariyalur, 49.6 km
Bypass: 68.5 km
Arani, Polur, Turuvannamalai, Tirukkovilur, Vriddhachalam, Tiuruvar, Ariyalur, Chidambaram, Sirkazhi, World Bank Funded, FIDIC Conditions of Contract, Project Cost: US$ 300 million
Quality and Materials Engineer, Responsibilities briefly included but not limited to the following:
* Standardization of quality control procedures
* Monitor contractor's site establishment and
* Monitor contractor's operations.
May 2002-Feb 2004
LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd. (www.LEA.ca)
Consulting Engineers & Planners
New Delhi, India
Jan 2004-Feb 2004
MIZORAM STATE ROAD PROJECT, 220 Km
Rehabilitation and Major Maintenance of Road Works - Phase I
M1 Road: Kawlkulh-Ngopa-Tuivai Road, 96 Km
M4 Road: Chekkawn-N. Vanlaiphai Road, 19 Km
M5 Road: Lungsen-Chawngte Road, 47 Km
M9 Road: Khawzawl-Biate Road, 58 Km
World Bank Funded, FIDIC Conditions of Contract, Project Cost: US$ 300 million
Acting Team Leader / Contracts Specialist, for technical Advisory Consultancy Services for Quality Assurance, Contract Management, Independent Checking and Technical Audit of major maintenance road works. The responsibility included administration and management of the project under FIDIC conditions of contract, interpretation of the technical specification and contract document, scrutinize the contractor's detailed work program and suggest modifications (if any). Check and approve working and detailed drawings. Review and approve source of materials required for the works, evolve and implement a system for quality assurance, provide minimum 20% independent check of work on each road for quality and quantity assurance on a sample basic and certify quality adherence to technical specification, provide technical audit of work to detect financial irregularities and ensure financial discipline and minimize large scale changes during execution. Provide advisory services to MPWD on quality assurance and contract management which should not diminish the primary supervision and quality control responsibility of the MPWD but place more emphasis on factors contributing to performance shortfalls.
May 2002-Dec 2003
DURGAPUR EXPRESSWAY, 60 km (BOT/Annuity Project)
4/6 Laning of Palsit to Dankuni section of NH2, West Bengal, India an undertaken of Supervising Consultant- Lea Associates South Asia, EPC Contractor -GAMUDA of Malaysia, Concessionaire-EMAS Expressway, Independent Engineer-Dorsch Consult, GmbH, Germany, Client-NHAI Project Cost: US$ 100 million
Consultant (Materials Engineering/Quality Control), for a project, comprising, 65 Km of Asphalt/Flexible Pavement, 2 nos. Toll Plaza, 1 Km Rigid Pavement, 6 nos. Flyovers, 2 nos. Major Bridges, 19 nos. Minor Bridges, 1 no. ROB (Railway Over Bridge), 10 nos. Underpass, 3 nos. Interchanges, and 117 nos. Culverts. Development, Establishment and Follow-up of Quality Control/Assurance system in the project. Review, check and verify the mix designs and job mix formulas for Concrete, Asphalt and Road Bases works. Inspection, sampling, testing and approval of borrow areas and quarries, for embankment fill, sub-grade, granular sub-base and crushed stone road bases. Use of fly-ash/sand as an alternative fill material for embankment and sub-grades. Visit quarry site and aggregate production facilities. Check calibration, accuracy and operation of Concrete Batching Plants, Hot Mix Asphalt Plants and Wet Mix Units. Supervision of pile boring, washing, cage lowering and concreting works, RCC solid slab with monolithic sub-structure for flyovers and pre-stressed pre-cast girders for ROB. Carry out Dynamic and Lateral load tests on Pile, Standard Penetration Tests (SPT). Use of Ready Mix Concrete. Prepare slump retention profile for Pump Concrete. Quality control surveillance and identification of potential non-conformance. Quality System Documentation (ISO 9001).
March 2000-April 2002
Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats (ICT) Pvt. Ltd.
Consulting Engineers, (www.ictonline.com)
New Delhi, India
Jan 2002-April 2002
GRAND TRUNK ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (GTRIP), 57 km
4/6 Laning of Agra-Bhognipur Road Section of NH2,
Package 1B, from Km 250+500 to Km 307+500, UP, India
World Bank Funded, FIDIC conditions of contract, Project Cost: US$ 120 million
Highway-cum-Pavement Engineer, Construction supervision and quality control of the works. Pavement conditions survey and recommendations. Review of pavement geometric and revised pavement designs where required. Preparation of General Arrangement Drawing (GAD) in built-up areas; re-location of utilities, road furniture, drains etc and finalization of revised pavement section in consultation with Project Implementation Unit (PIU). Monitoring of survey and setting-out activities; identification and re-confirmation of horizontal and vertical control points (GPS, BM, TBM etc.), marking of road center line and toe lines. Calculation of detailed super-elevation and widening data. Preparation of detailed drainage plan and calculation of invert levels for cross-drainage structures. Assist Resident Engineer in the preparation of construction supervision manual. Quality system documentation.
Nov 2001-Dec 2001
Pre-feasibility study of the Millenium Road, 2600 Km, Mongolia
Sumber-Ondorkhan-Ulaanbaatar-Lun-Ikhtamir-Ider-Zavkhanmandal-Khovd-Olgii-Ulaanbaishint (Study Package Funded by ICT, Client: Dept. of Roads, Mongolia)
Pavement-cum-Materials Engineer, Determination of existing pavement thickness and sub-soil strata, physical and engineering properties of sub-grade/embankment soil and road construction materials. Sub-grade strength assessment and establishment of pavement-sub-grade profile. Conversion of traffic forecasts into Equivalent Single Axles (ESL) and determination of cumulative ESL for design life. Pavement designs based upon the various design standards such as TRRL, AASHTO, ARRB, ONTARIO manual and their comparative study for applicability. Statistical judgement for the selection of technically viable pavement types such as Asphalt Concrete, Double/Single Bituminous Surface Dressing Pavement, Gravel Road etc. based upon the available funding resources.
Sept 2001-Oct 2001
Detailed Engineering Designs for the Construction of
Erdenet-Bulgan Road, 56 Km, Mongolia
Funded by Kuwait fund for Arab Economic Development, Client: DOR Mongolia
Pavement-cum-Materials Engineer, Soil and materials investigations along the proposed road alignment stretches, viz., making test pits below the existing earth surface, visual identification of soils obtained from the test pits, determination of in-situ CBR, bulk density and moisture content. Identification of borrow areas for selected fill and sub-base in the near vicinity of the road alignment and check their suitability. Carryout necessary lab tests of the samples collected from test pits and borrow areas viz., classification tests, moisture-density relations, laboratory CBR, specific gravity, water absorption, soundness, crushing strengths etc.
March 2000-Sept 2001
NORTH-SOUTH & EAST-WEST CORRIDORS PROJECT, 16 km
Four Laning of Agra-Gwalior Road Section of NH-3
from Km 8+000 to 24+000, Package NS-4, UP, India
Funded by NHAI, Project Cost: US$ 10 million
Materials and Quality Control Engineer, Preparation of detailed inspection and test plan. Check, audit and recommend for approval the mix designs and job mix formulas (JMF) for Asphalt and Concrete works. Check details of all trial mixes. Monitoring activities related to both field and lab testing of construction materials and borrow area soils and ensure compliance with technical specification. Monitoring quarry sites, aggregate production facilities, Mixing Plants, Concrete Batching Plants, Hot Mix Asphalt Plants and entire process control. Supervise daily bitumen extraction and marshal stability tests. Inspection of activities related to pre-stressing of voided bridge slab decks and concreting works. Preparation of detailed drainage plan. Quality control surveillance and stage approval of various constructions phases. Prepare reports on statistical analysis for quality control and quality system documentation (ISO 9001). Answering direct to the Team Leader. Attend official correspondence and act as Team Leader in his absence.
Sept 1998-Feb 2000
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co. Ltd., Hampshire, England (www.scottwilson.com)
in association with STEG. Kathmandu, Nepal
Consulting Engineers
THIRD ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (TRIP), 65 km
Road Rehabilitation Component, Nepal
Package RRHC-01, Duhabi-Inaruwa Road, Km 0+000~13+940
Package RRHC-04, Birtamod-Bhadrapur Road, Km 0+000~15+230
Package RRHC-05, Choharwa-Siraha Road, Km 0+000~18+140
Package RRHC-06, Bhardaha-Rajbiraj Road, Km 0+000~17+860
ADB funded, FIDIC conditions of contract, Project cost: US$ 12 million
Materials and Quality Control Engineer, Preparation of detailed inspection and test plan, establish a site laboratory; check calibration, accuracy and operation of testing equipment. Carryout revised site specific designs for surface dressing chips and binder application rates. Carryout necessary lab tests and field trials for the verification of surface dressing chips and binder application rates. Calibration of bitumen distributor and chips spreader. Check, audit and recommend for approval the job-mix formula for asphalt and concrete mixes. Check details of all trial mixes. Monitor quarry sites, aggregate production facilities and concrete casting yards. Supervise confirmatory tests related to strength evaluation of sub-grade and existing black topped road viz., in-situ and laboratory CBR tests, Benkelman beam tests and revised pavement designs. Assistance in estimation of the works due to revised pavement designs, check as-built pavement crust drawings. Prepare reports on statistical analysis for quality control and quality system documentation (ISO 9001). Responsible to the Resident Engineer.
May 1997-Aug 1998
Silt Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Kathmandu, Nepal (www.silt.com.np)
Consulting Engineers
ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECT, 30 km
Resealing Training Contract, Package-4, Nepal
Rupani-Rajbiraj Road 10 Km
Kadmaha-Gaighat Road, 20 Km
Funded by DFID, UK, Project Cost: US$ 1 million
Road Materials Specialist, Supervise sampling and testing carried out on site and lab viz., tray tests for determining binder and chips application rates for surface dressing works, field density tests by sand replacement method etc. Monitoring crusher plant, chips abstraction yard and concrete casting yard. Carryout mix designs for concrete and hot-mix carpet for pre-treatment works. Carryout revised site specific design of chips and binder application rates for surface dressing works. Preparation of detailed quality control/assurance plan and quality system documentation. Responsible to the Team Leader.
March 1996-April 1997
ATLAS The Arabian Architectural & Construction Co., Doha, Qatar
RasLaffan Liquefied Natural Gas (www.rasgas.com)
Onshore Facility Project, Qatar
Funded by QGPC-Qatar and Mobil-USA Joint Venture, Project Cost: US$ 2 billion
QA/QC Engineer, Detailed Inspection and Test Plan preparation. Carryout necessary lab and field tests for the preparation of onshore LNG facilities and Project Access Roads and Inner Roads. Design of job-mix formula for asphalt and concrete mixes. Monitor daily bitumen extraction and marshal stability tests. Monitor field control tests pertaining to earthworks-excavation/filling, road base works and asphalt paving works viz., determination of field densities by nuclear gauge method, determination of primer/tack coat application rates, asphalt laying control tests etc. Quality control surveillance and identification of potential non-conformance. Check, audit and maintain qa/qc documents (ISO 9001).
Nov 1992-Nov 1995
Roughton International, Southampton-England (www.roughton.com)
in association with East & Geoce Consultants, Kathmandu, Nepal
Consulting Engineers
SECOND ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (SRIP), 66 km
Hetauda-Birgunj Road, SRIP I.1, Nepal
ADB funded, FIDIC conditions of contract, Project Cost: US$ 15 million
Quality Control Engineer / Asst. Resident Engineer, Construction supervision and quality control of pavement and geo-technical works viz., sub-grade, granular sub-base, crushed stone base, hot-mix asphalt base, bituminous wearing course, gabion and masonry retaining walls, culverts, out-fall structures etc. Monitoring quarry sites, aggregate production facilities, concrete batching plants, hot-mix asphalt plants and process control. Inspection of field control tests for various pavement and bituminous courses viz., determining field moisture content for compaction control, routine field density tests, laying, rolling and quality control check of asphalt works. Check setting-out and survey data computations. Revised horizontal road geometry and vertical profile designs in new alignment. Calculation of invert levels of the cross drainage structures and issue shop drawings to the contractor. Identification of potential non-conformance and issue site instructions. Quality system documentation. Responsible to the Resident Engineer.
June 1991-Sept 1992
SAMBU Construction Co. Ltd. Seoul, Korea (www.sambu.co.kr)
Doti Road Improvement Project, 76 km
Contract No. 4, Bhatkada-Shyaoule-Silgadhi, Nepal
ADB funded, FIDIC conditions of contract, Project cost: US$ 18 million
Design Engineer, Revised horizontal road geometry and vertical profile designs. Calculation of super-elevation and widening data. Preparation of shop drawings, calculate invert level data of cross drainage structures. Check setting out and survey data computations. Detailed quantity calculations of the works and preparation of monthly interim payment certificates.
Sept 1986-June 1991
CEMAT Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Kathmandu, Nepal (www.yomari.net/cemat)
in association with
* ITECO/Nepal
* Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation (SMEC), Australia
* Nippon Koei Co. Ltd. Japan in JV with Hyundai Eng. Corp. Korea
* Feasibility Study and Detailed Engineering Designs of
Road Flood Rehabilitation Project, Nepal
Thankot-Naubise Road, 30 Km
(World Bank funded, Project Cost: US$ 5 million)
* Greater Kathmandu Drainage Master Plan Studies
* Sunsari Morang Irrigation Project
* Second Rural Water Supply Sector Project
* Water Resources Inventory Studies
Funded by ADB, DWSS, DOI, WECS, Total projects cost: US$ 40 million
Design Engineer, Feasibility Studies and Detailed Engineering Designs. Traffic/population survey and forecasting. Computer programming for design of earth retaining structures. Design of detailed drainage plan and storm sewer appurtenances viz., manhole, street inlets, culverts and out-fall structures. Source identification for availability of road construction materials and check their suitability. Assist geo-technical engineer in soil and materials investigation works. Horizontal road geometry and vertical profile designs in new alignment. Rate analysis, cost estimate and report writing.
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