Senior Materials Specialist
Consolidated Contractors Company - United Arab Emirates
Total years of experience :33 years, 10 Months
Responsibility in CCC’s Construction Support Office cover a company-wide role across the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa with support provided throughout processes related to Site Investigations, Tender Estimation, Early Mobilization, Works Execution, Optimization and Defect Mitigation concerning all Material Engineering aspects associated with Asphalt, Surfacing, Concrete, Pavements, Earthworks, Stabilization, Soil Improvement, Deep Foundations, Quarried Aggregates, Borrow Pits and Wider Field of Applied Construction Materials.
Accomplishments revolve around dedicated input provided towards the award and profitable completion of numerous international projects with regards to challenging technical support provided during the formulation and pricing of tenders, throughout the execution and completion of the works.
Senior Materials Engineer / Laboratory Manager: Somanga - Ndundu Road Upgrading Project for Tanzania Roads Authority, 56km. Project value 58 million dollar US :
- Manage on site analytical laboratory responsible for daily quality control of all related construction activities, including:
- bulk earth works
- stabilization
- road base
- surfacing
- pre-cast concrete works
- bulk bridge concrete works
- pre-stressed beams
- cast insitu bridge piles
- crusher operations at quarry locations including production of concrete, drainage, surfacing aggregates as well as crushed road base materials.
- Formulation of material designs for stabilized layers, concrete and bitumen applications.
- Quarry qualification and process control on all crushed aggregate products
- Qualification and value engineering of site won materials in optimization of the Project Cost & Design.
- Liaison between Resident Engineer, Design Engineer, Employer and Contractor Management.
Senior Materials Engineer / Laboratory Manager: Mbwemkuru - Mingoyo Design and Build Road Project for the Tanzanian Ministry of Works 95km. Project value 55 million dollar US :
- Manage on site analytical laboratory responsible for daily quality control of all related construction activities, including:
- bulk earth works
- stabilization
- road base
- surfacing
- pre-cast concrete works
- bulk bridge concrete works
- pre-stressed beams
- cast insitu bridge piles
- quarry source qualification and quality assurance on all crushed aggregate products for concrete, drainage, surfacing aggregates as well as crushed road base materials.
- Formulation of material designs for stabilized layers, concrete and bitumen applications.
- Qualification and optimised value engineering of all site won materials in optimization of the Project Design and Cost.
- Liaison between Resident Engineer, Design Engineer, Employer and Contractor Management.
- Site Agent managing an innovative and dynamic construction team in the insitu reclamation and rehabilitation of deteriorated pavements in South Africa utilizing Rotovatory Reclaimer Technology applied in the insitu mechanical rehabilitation and chemical stabilization with the addition of either lime or cement in conjunction with either emulsion or foamed bitumen.
- Responsible for site establishment, material and equipment procurement, daily costing, contract liaison including, client, engineer, sub-contractors and suppliers, daily work scheduling and supervision with monthly formulation of payment certificates.
- Materials Engineer Technician applied in a commercial civils laboratory serving a host of Contractors and Consultants in numerous mid and high level projects accross the Lowveld and PWV area.
Responsibilities included:
- General management and supervision of laboratory operations and personnel.
- Management, implementation and supervision of all laboratory quality assurance systems.
-Reporting and formulation of test results.
- Fieldwork, testing and sampling of all construction materials.
- General consulting regarding soils-investigation scope.
- Client relations and reporting.
- Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
- Quotations and costing.
- Site establishment of satellite laboratories.
Technician implemented in commercial civil laboratories located in Pretoria, as well as East London.
Responsabilities included:
Fieldwork:
-Sampling of all construction materials according to TMH5 methods.
- Centerline and quarry profiling surveys utilizing Jenning Classification of materials.
- Coring of in place asphalt and concrete.
- Compaction evaluation by method of Nuclear and Sandreplacement.
- Sampling of undesturbed samples for Triaxle and Consolidation tests.
- Sand patch and ball penetration tests for bitumen application designs.
- Concrete production sampling including check for workability.
- Sampling of chemicaly stabilized materials.
Laboratory
- Test Methods Tesing methods for Highways - TMH1. Methods A1 - A17, B1 - B18, C1 - C7, D1 - D4 & E1 - E5
- Calculation and reporting of results.
- Maintenance of Quality Assuance.
- Maintenance of apparatus and equipment.
- Logging and distribution of external test samples.
- Quotations.
- Supervision of laboratory personnel.
Subjects: - Communication T1 - Civil Engineering Construction T1 - Drawing: Civil and Survey T1 - Applied Mechanics: Civil T1 - Surveying T1 - Mathematics T1 - Concrete Technology W2 & W3 - Bitumen Technology W2 & W3 - Soil Mechanics W2 & W3 - Geology W2 & W3 - Computer Applications W2 & W3 - Material Testing W3 - Quality Control W3 Distinctions achieved: Geology W2 & W3 Concrete Technology W2 - Communication T1
Subjects: - Afrikaans - English - Mathematics - Biology - Science - History
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