Afsar Khan

Construction of residential, commercial buildings, design and construction of infrastructure

Responsible for construction of PPIB main office building, pre-qualification of consultants, technical and financial evaluation of bids, scrutiny of bidding documents, pre-qualification of constructors, award of contract to constructors, ensuring the quality, contract administration, verification of quantity of work and interim payment certificates keeping in view timeline and budget. Oversee overall performance of consultants and contractors. Preparation of progress reports, scrutiny of feasibilities, design of infrastructures. I am also responsible for interior design, maintenance, HSE of existing office building, preparation of Bid documents & specifications, management of PPIB warehouse.

Monitoring of construction of 500 houses in flood hit areas of Pakistan, sponsored by UNHCR. Inspect, check and monitor the design, BoQ and work schedule, progress of work, quality of work and keep liaison with the donors, stake holders. Preparation of progress reports.

Worked as Technical Advisor of USAID subsidiary International Relief and Development (IRD), constructed 5000 houses as permanent shelters, rehabilitated link roads, tube wells.We have restored 200 water supply and 400 sanitation schemes, water courses and minors, supported livelihood through cash for work (CFW) programme in the flood hit districts of Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pukhtoon Khwa.
Developed hygiene promotion mannual and delivered promotional messages, held meetings with communities for creation of awareness.

Team Leader at Sustainable Livelihoods in Barani Areas Project (SLBAP), Agency for Barani Areas Development (ABAD), Planning and Development Department, Government of Punjab, Murree Road, Rawalpindi-Pakistan.
SLBAP is an ADB funded project worth Rs. 4.0 Billions.

Provide engineering support to District Engineers / Officers of Tehsil Municipal Administration, District Government Line Agencies, District Engineers and Consultants Engineers of ABAD.
Check and make recommendations for approval, scrutiny of the PC-1 forms of medium scale infrastructure schemes(MSIs) prepared by the districts. The MSIs included construction of school buildings, dispensaries and basic health units, link roads, rural electrification, water supply and sanitation schemes, irrigation, mini dams, rain water harvesting structures, lining of water courses, rural electrification etc. Check the designs, drawings, rectify the designs and cost estimates. The recommended schemes are to be presented in the district development committee (DDC) headed by the District Coordination Officer.
Represent SLBAP-ABAD in DDC and at other forums as and when desired by the project.
Monitor quality of infrastructure schemes and generate reports, review the design of schemes and make recommendations for course correction.
Monitor progress and quality of work, provide feed back to Advisor (Community Development), Project Director and the District Project Managers, Government Line Agencies.
Prepare monthly, quarterly, six monthly and annual progress reports.
Provide regular guidance and support to project facilitators (PFs) in grass roots village organization work, project cycle management during implementation of schemes as well as compliance with environmental and social safeguards. Train the staff in monitoring of quality of MSIs.
Accomplishments: Implemented 612 MSI schemes, trained staff, achieved the project targets as mentioned in its progress reports available at www.slbap.org

Web site: www.srsp.org.pk

SRSP is engaged in rural development based on participatory approach through formation of community organizations at the grass root level.
As Programme Manager of Physical Infrastructure and Water & Environmental Sanitation (PI&WES) Section, performed the follwing jobs;

Preparation of strategy, planning, approval, desigining, management and supervision of PI&WES projects.
Preparation, analysis and scrutiny of project proposals, execution and monitoring of projects.
Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports.
Identification, selection of consultants and contractors and outsourcing, contracting and administration of the contracted works.
Provision of technical backstopping support to Regional Engineers as well as Field Engineers

The PI&WES projects included rural infrastructure schemes of different types like construction of school buildings, dispensaries, link roads, culverts, causeways, bridges, drinking water supply, sanitation, surface drains, sewerage system, solid waste disposal, irrigation channels, Drip Irrigation, Water harvesting structures, mini-dams, micro hydro power projects, bio gas plants, solar energy systems.
Generally the projects are executed by SRSP through COs / CBOs / Networks, however in case of comparatively bigger projects, consultants and contractors are also involved.
Assignments Undertaken:
Undertaken PPAF-World Bank, DFID, Care International, CIDA, SDC, World Vision, LFL, Khushal Pakistan Fund (KPF-Go-Pakistan) funded CPIs.
Reconstructed houses and rehabilitated physical infrastructure schemes and means of liveli hoods in the earthquake hit areas of NWFP-Pakistan (Districts Mansehra, Battagram, Shangla, Kohistam and Abbottabad).
Worked as a member of UN Mission on assessment of damages of infrastructure due to the October 8, 2005, earth quake, in the affected areas of NWFP- Pakistan. Established one water quality testing laboratory at SRSP.

Web: www.nrsp.org.pk
As a Regional Engineer, Physical Infrastructure and Technology Development section performed the follwing jobs;
Initiated more than one thousand infrastructure schemes of different types, like school buildings, link roads, drinking water supply, sanitation, Sewerage system, solid waste management, construction/rehabilitation and extension of irrigation channels, surface drains, lift irrigation schemes, , mini dams, arid zone irrigation works.
Surveying, designing, estimation, execution and monitoring, preparation of project proposals. Assisted community organizations (COs) in identification of sustainable and equitable infra structure schemes.
Developed terms of partnership between COs, financing agencies and NRSP.
Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports.
Identification of the training needs of field engineers of the region.
Supervision, guidance, monitoring and evaluation of field engineers of the region and infrastructure projects.
Represented NRSP at various forums. Motivation and guidance of the village communities to form COs for sustainable development.
Miscellaneous Assignments Undertaken as Short Term Consultant
Worked as consultant of UNDP at NJVCDP, Muzafarabad, AJK. (This was an integrated rural development programme), in 1997, prepared feasibilities of two irrigation projects in Jhelum valley.
Worked as Consultant of World Bank and MSU in the capacity of Team Leader, in 1998. Evaluated PHED Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation Schemes, for six months. Undertook identification, involvement of community, selection of site, selection and development of water source, sequence of physical phasing of execution, designs of different components, status of schemes, generation of revenues, generation of employment, impact of schemes on environment, provision of backup support by the line department, operation and maintenance.

As a Site Engineer, the following assignments were undertaken;
1)Construction of twenty two storied commercial building “Saudi Pak Tower“, in Blue area Islamabad.
2)Construction of Park Tower Luxury Apartments in F-10 Markaz, Islamabad.
Conducted overall supervision of construction of all civil, electrical, HVAC and plumbing works, besides checking and approval of BOQ, recommendation for release of monthly bills, preparation of weekly and monthly progress reports and day to day issue of work permits.
3)Conducted topographic survey of Pakistan Tennis Complex, Islamabad.