A Selection Of Project Successes

Structural Engineering

  • New Residence Building (3 Storey Reinforced Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Frame), Nasib Holding Limited, Raisara Road, Suva
  • Proposed Extension to Existing Building (2 Storey Reinforced Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Frame), Mr Subhag Chand, Samabula North, Suva
  • Proposed New Residence (3 Storey Reinforced Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Frame), Mr Roneesh Shoma Singh Devan and Mr Sarvesh Sopala Devan, Lot 35, Off Delainavesi Road, Lami
  • Proposed New Residence (Single Storey Reinforced Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Frame), Mr Raj Deo, Rakirakilevu, Sigatoka
  • New Entertainment Bure (Steel Frame), Indian High Commission, Princess Road, Suva
  • Emergency Rooftop Light Frame Signage and Main Directory Signage, Ba Hospital
  • Proposed Building (Single Storey Reinforced Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Frame), Ms Savitri Devi, Nabilo, Taveuni
  • Refurbishment and Upgrading Works (2 Storey Reinforced Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Frame), Lautoka Office, Fiji Development Bank
  • Kiosk Design (Reinforced Concrete Frame), Suva Cemetery, Reservoir Road, Suva
  • Kiosk Design (Reinforced Concrete Frame), Nasinu Cemetery, Adi Davila Ganilau Road, Nasinu
  • Proposed New Extension to Existing (Single Storey Steel Frame), Mr Mike Lixin, Kavika Place, Suva
  • Proposed Staff Quarters Building
  • Proposed New Extension to Existing (Two Storey Timber Frame), Treasure Island Resort
  • Workshop Extension (Steel Frame),Treasure Island Resort
  • Urban Footpaths, Kasanji Street and Fletcher Road, Suva_ 2km [Design Review and Sign- off]

Civil & Geotechnical Engineering

  • Lead Consultancy Services for Upgrading of Institutional Roads, Fiji Corrections Service, Naboro Prison Complex_ 0.5km
  • FRA 17/46 Matokana Village Access Road_ 14km
  • FRA 17/50 Savusavu Crossing_ 75m
  • FRA 17/52 Burelevu Crossing_ 60m
  • FRA 17/64 Nausori Crossing_ 80m
  • FRA 17/59 Namata Village Access Road_ 1.3km
  • FRA 17/59 Namata Village Crossing_ 20m
  • FRA 17/60 Nakorosule- Nawaisomo Village Access Road
  • Emuri Village Crossing
  • Paipai Village Crossing
  • Drabuta Village Access Road
  • Labasa Access Road and Crossing
  • Proposed Upgrading Works, Suva Cemetery, Reservoir Road, Suva
  • FRA 17/59 Namata Village Crossing_ 20m
  • FRA 17/60 Nakorosule- Nawaisomo Village Access Road_ 13km with 3 crossings, 16m, 18m and 20m
  • Emuri Village Crossing_ 27m
  • Paipai Village Crossing_ 27
  • Drabuta Village Access Road_ Slope Stability Analysis and Pavement Investigation_ 2.5km
  • Labasa Access Road and Crossing_ 4km road and 3 crossings, 20m each
  • Proposed Upgrading Works, Suva Cemetery, Reservoir Road, Suva_ 5km of Road Upgrade and Civil Works
  • Proposed Upgrading Works, Nasinu Cemetery, Adi Davila Ganilau Road, Nasinu _ 6km
  • Mobil Service Station, Suva and Nausori (Geotechnical On Site Monitoring)
  • Proposed Extension to Existing Building (2 Storey Reinforced Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Frame), Mr Subhag Chand, Samabula North, Suva
  • FRA 17/86 Site 1: Vuda Point Road_ 1.1km, Site 2: Clopcott Street and Lakeba Circle_ 1km and Site 3: Field 28 Road_ 2km
  • Engineer to Contract: Rural Access Road and Associated Infrastructure- Koronubu and Drasa Sector_ 8 packages over 100km of gravel access roads

Project Management

  • Urban Footpaths, Kasanji Street and Fletcher Road, Suva_ 2km
  • Proposed Apartments, Mr Selwanadan & Ms Roshni Lata, Lot 2, DP 36884, Huon Street, Toorak
  • Proposed Storey Commercial & 4 Storey Concrete Building Apartment Volume 2, Dr. Deasa, Lot 8, Ratu Sukuna Road, DP 226, Nasese, Suva
  • Construction of Four Flats Apartment, Mal Street, Suva $1.5 million

Pola Designs

Consulting Engineer

Sub – Division – Lead Consultant

  • Volivoli Rakiraki – 60 Lots
  • Saweni Lautoka – 90 + lots – B. Prasad
  • Verata Nausori – 20 + Lots
  • Wainandoi Lami – 10 Lots
  • Dayals – Ba – 8 Arce

Mwh Global Nz Fiji Branch  Engineer (2014 -August 2016)

Package 1  140million

  • Review And Assessed Variation Report Of 26million Dollars

 Package 2 5km $15.5 Million

  • Pavement Auditing
  • Scoping For Field Test Investigation
  • Trial Pit Supervision
  • Lab Supervision
  • Reporting
  • Contract Administration- Fidic
  • Project Management
  • Inspection Of Completed Project And Preparation Of Defects Report
  • Attending To Respective Notices For Contractor
  • Preparing Monthly Reports

Package 3 4km $35.6 Million

  • Pavement Construction Supervision
  • Earthworks Construction Supervision
  • Contract Administration- Fidic – Red
  • Project Management
  • Attending To Respective Notices For Contractor
  • Preparing Monthly Reports On Progress, Financial, Achievement, Goals And Risk
  • Preparing Accruals And Cash Flow
  • Preparing Interim Payment Certificates
  • Weekly Staff/Monthly Project Meetings
  • On Site Field And Lab Test Supervision

Kramer Ausenco  Fiji Branch – Senior Civil Engineer

Team Leader (August 2016 – To Date)

  • Wyndham Silk Road Ark Hotel – $500 Million Phase -1 – Project Manager
  • New Ba Hospital –  35 Million – Engineers Representative
  • Land Transport Authority – 38 Projects – 3.2 Million – Project Manger
  • Land Transport Authority – New Technical Building and Office – 3.2 Million- Project Manager
  • Brew House Fire Pump – Paradise Beverages Fiji – Structural Engineer
    • Savusavu Airport Apron – geotechnical investigation and supervision.
    • London Avenue – Airport road – 1.2km – Redesign of Road and car park.
    • London Avenue – New car park
  • Geotechnical investigation, design and documentation, cost estimate and preparation of board paper.
  • Absorption Trench Design – Septic tanks issue due to non-function of absorption trench, percolation test supervision, design and documentation, specification, tendering, supervision, contract and project management.
  • Rotuma Airstrip – Inspection and costing for upgrade, preparation and presentation of board paper.
  • Yearly budget/ (OPEX/CAPEX) and Maintenance plan preparation.

Airports Fiji Limited – Acting Manager Building & Civil Works

(February 2013- December 2013)

  • .Labasa Runway Resurfacing Supervision – 1.5million Dollars
  • Runway inspection and report on pavement condition –Various airports airstrip and aprons
  • Apron and Runway pavement – maintenance supervision
  • Internal road inspection, report, remedial work scope,    tendering, supervision, contract administration,     project management, construction supervision.
  • Runway End Safety Area (RESA) –Feasibility study and geotechnical investigation supervision.
  • Fire Garage –Extension design, documentation, tendering, contract administration, construction supervision, project management.
  • Several Earth retaining structure design, documentation.
  • Yearly budget/Maintenance plan preparation

Airports Fiji Limited – Manager Building & Civil

(December 2013- To Date)

Managed the Building and Civil Works department which has over 60 staff, looked after the 15 airports and over 265 building worth over 170million dollars.

Project Highlights

  • Runway End Safety Area (RESA) – Geotechnical investigation, design/documentation, Tendering, assessment and preparation of board paper.
  • Nadi Airport – 2.5km fence/retaining wall project – Site feasibility, surveying, geotechnical, design and documentation, specification, tendering, assessment preparation of board paper.
  • 0m High Gabion Wall- 110m long design – Site feasibility, surveying, geotechnical, design and documentation, specification, tendering and assessment.
  • Airstrip inspection and reporting.
  • Outer-Island airport (15) – Infrastructure inspection and reporting on current status, making recommendation on remedial action, preparing scope, budget, tendering, contract administration, supervision and project management.
  • Cost estimates and reporting
  • Preparing project specification
  • Reviewing drawings

Vodafone Fiji Limited – (2007- TO 2011)

Developed More Than 210 Greenfield Site

  • Assess site for feasibility, with development and financial aspect. Planning and budgeting for all development and maintained work.
  • Determine provisional and contingency sum for Projects. Provide Project Management Services for Multiple Projects.
  • Forecast budgets for the financial year.
  • Monitor capital budget as project progress, prepare report and monitor activities.
  • Asset Management – Assess and provide report, where appropriate engage consultants and advise business.
  • Engage and manage land acquisition agents, Civil, Structural, geotechnical engineers, Architects, and Land Surveyors.
  • Prepare Technical specification, Terms of reference for the respective consultants
  • Prepare tender for respective capital projects , send tender invitation , assess and award tender , manage the consultants and contractors throughout the project cycle and ensure that project are completed within the time and budget requirement.
  • Liaise with relevant stakeholder with the organization and to meet the requirement on the towers and equipment’s. Review, assess and prepare technical requirements, Send request for quotes to suppliers, assess and award tender.
  • Carry out negotiation with relevant vendors.
  • Review and maintain vendors.
  • Review all design, specification and drawings.
  • Liaise with relevant statutory authorities and government agencies for development permit and approval.
  • Prepare Tender assessment procedure, Assess Tender and Award Tender as well as other necessary tender paper work. Review Work programs and negotiate on deliverable.

Establish process for vendors to ensure the projects requirements are adhered to, quality is maintained, the project is within the budget

Airports Fiji Limited – Project Engineer

(May 2012- To February 2013)

  • Runway Surface re-texturing – Project management, contractor administration and supervision.
  • Asbestos removal project supervision at Nadi Airport- preparing scope, budget, tendering, estimates, contract administration, construction supervision and project management.
  • Pavement Maintenance – Roads and Runway- maintenance supervision.
    • Infrastructure Maintenance – estimate, supervision, inspection and reporting.
  • Establish process to ensure that project issue are escalated to the respective stakeholder and all issue are adhered to in a professional and timely manner, to avoid delays and variation.
  • Prepare report on variation notes. Assess claims and make appropriate decision.
  • Prepare progress reports, daily, weekly and monthly. Prepare project closer reports, identify project learning’s and advise the relevant stakeholders.
  • Prepare report on variation notes. Assess claims and make appropriate decision.
  • Prepare progress reports, daily, weekly and monthly. Prepare project closer reports, identify project learning’s and advise the relevant stakeholders.
  • Risk Management, Prepare risk management plan, ensure the likelihood of the risk is assed in terms of progress and financially and relevant stakeholders are advised. Follow up on the risk register and manage the project throughout its cycle. Prepare progress payment certificates.
  • Carry out routine inspection to ensure that work program is followed and project is on phase.
  • Coordinate with relevant stakeholders.
  • Prepare reports for the management.
  • Prepare maintenance schedule and devise procedure and specification. Monitor OHS and continuously develop procedure and specification for improvements
  • Devise quality control procedure and procedure to minimise cost on infrastructure development.
  • Manage the administrative section.
  • Manage the Land Acquisition department, ensure that negotiation procedures are followed; Land requirements are met i.e. NLTB and Freehold etc. Land rentals are paid and legal documents are in place.

Internal Auditing

  • Review departmental procedure, work instruction and forms.
  • Ensure all documents are uploaded on the intranet.
  • Conduct internal Audits, prepare audit reports and follow up on audit findings to ensure competency.
  • Perform special audit – relating to special project assigned.
  • Perform other quality related duties

Key Responsibilities

GEOTECHNICAL DEPARTMENT

  • Manage the asset of the Lab
  • Devise a departmental procedure
  • Devise procurement procedure
  • Manage Staff and resources
  • Ensure test and experiments are done correctly and report are submitted
  • Manage the funds and individual project budget.
  • Manage the day to day operations of the Lab.
  • Arrange export permits
  • Ensure timely calibration of equipments10.
  • Carry out quality audits

Laboratory Testing

SOILS: Water content, liquid limit, plastic limit, plasticity index, linear shrinkage, particle size distribution, compaction methods to determine optimum dry density/water content relationship, bulk and dry density. UCS, Tri-axial New Zealand

Field Testing

SOILS: Carrying out the following field tests and preparing laboratory and field testing report. Also preparing detailed geotechnical reports for structures up to three storey and small subdivisions.

  • Dynamic Cone Penetrometer Test
  • Hand Auger Boreholes
  • Clegg Hammer
  • Nuclear Densometer
  • Shear Vane
  • Trial Pits
  • Carrying out field percolation tests, doing design calculations for Septic Tanks, absorption trench and preparing reports.

Concrete

  • Schmidt hammer non-destructive testing

Drilling Rig Supervision

  • Supervision, sampling and logging core on drilling rigs, SPT testing.

Surveying

  • Using dumpy Level; taking spot levels, contouring and preparing drawings for Engineers.

Engineered Designs – Manger [Geo-Tech / Engineering]

(2003 – 2007)

Managing the Geotechnical Laboratory of Engineered Designs and the Engineering section effectively and efficiently to achieve strategic objectives. Liaising with the Principal Engineer of Engineered Designs to provide a reliable laboratory and field testing services and engineering (Civil and structural) service. Working directly with Clients and providing the same level of services.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Department

  • Site Inspections
  • Prepare Engineering Reports
  • Site Inspection
  • Cost estimation
  • Fire Report
  • Cyclone inspection
  • Feasibility Report
  • Tender Report
  • Technical Specification
  • Upgrading/Remedial Work Report
  • Progress payments Certification
  • Work Program – Planning, implementation and monitoring and reporting
  • Review engineering drawings and plans

Contract Management

  • Prepare tender documents
  • Technical Specification
  • Technical Drawings
  • Evaluate tender
  • Award tender
  • Manage Project, Liaising with client, contractor, attend to site issue, meetings, minutes of meeting, addressing variation issue and reporting.
  • Monitoring project scope and quality.

Others

  • Liaise with relevant statutory authorities and government agencies
  • For development permit and approval.
  • Prepare bid for tender, write fee proposals. Manage the accounts and payments for the department.

Project History – Tonkin & Taylor Auckland New Zealand:

  • Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited – Multi Million dollars’ worth project with a development area of 17 hectares. Fijian Resort, Lot 22 Denarau, and Wormald Fire Tank Base at Denarau
  • MH Towers (MH Complex Renwick Road)
  • Natadola Resort
  • Natadola Golf Course
  • Nausori Airport
  • Rewa Bridge
  • Unit Trust of Fiji Limited
  • RRB McFarlane Road
  • PRB Raiwaqa, Suva
  • PRB Namaka
  • Nadi Rup Investments
  • Ganilau House
  • Lady Narian Place

Vodafone Fiji Limited:

36No – 27m High Self- Support Towers – situated around various locations in the Fiji Islands.

Responsibilities

  • Geotechnical investigation
  • Topographical Survey
  • Design layout plan(Hut, Foundation, Fence and Road)
  • Statutory Approval for building permit
  • Meeting with Client
  • Specification
  • Tender and Evaluation
  • Construction supervision
  • Payment Certification
  • Project management
  • Defects reports and supervision
  • Issue Take over certification and completion certificate

Engineered Designs Fiji Limited – Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu

(International Project)

  • Power House – Single Storey building with four units , out genet and Water tank
  • Surveying
  • Geotechnical Testing and Reporting
  • Structural Design and Documentation

Double Storey Buildings And Warehouses, Sheds And Ground Slabs

  • Airport Inn
  • Lot 11 Denarau
  • Jacks Handicraft, Denarau
  • Lot 23 Denarau
  • Lot 6a, Waidroka
  • Western Builders Warehouse at Omkar Road
  • BA Market
  • Carlton Brewery Fiji limited
  • Lautoka Teachers College,
  • Nausori Chicken Shed,
  • Tailevu Provincial Holding,
  • Fiji Industries Limited

Mobil Oil Australia Pty

As the Project Manger my responsibilities on these projects were to carry out detail geotechnical inspection and reporting, construction supervision, submit progress reports to Mobil Fiji Limited. These tanks were Tank Number 7, 9, 11 Vuda Terminal; Tank number 3, Suva Terminal and 2 tanks in Malau, Labasa.

Sub-Division Projects:

Matata Sub-Division

  • Geotechnical Investigation
  • Reporting
  • Sub-division assisted Engineer in Design

Roads and lots

  • Design of retaining structures
  • Drainage design , water and Sewerage
  • Constructing Monitoring
  • On site Testing and reporting
  • Project managements

Navutu Subdivision

  • Geotechnical Investigation
  • Reporting
  • Sub-division assisted Engineer in Design

Roads and lots

  • Design of retaining structures
  • Drainage design , Water and Sewerage
  • Constructing Monitoring
  • On site Testing and reporting
  • Project managements

Telecom Fiji Limited:

7No – 27m High Self- Support Towers – situated around various locations in the Fiji Islands.

Responsibilities

  • Geotechnical investigation
  • Topographical Survey
  • Design layout plan(Hut, Foundation, Fence and Road)
  • Statutory Approval for building permit
  • Meeting with Client
  • Specification
  • Tender and Evaluation
  • Construction supervision
  • Payment Certification
  • Project management
  • Defects reports and supervision
  • Issue Take over certification and completion certificate

Lagan Holdings Limited (Ireland) And Robt. Stone (New Zealand) – WATER AND SEWERAGE UPGRADE

  • The contractors were from Ireland and New Zealand respectively. Responsibilities on these projects were, providing various field and laboratory test services, carrying out site inspections, geotechnical inspections and steel inspections. Also providing concrete testing services and project management. Assist in Structural design for anchor blocks, design reviews and coordination.

Nirvana Gardens, Suresh Patel, Ananth Reddy, Donelle Wylie, Vinod – Patel Ba And Nadi, Dolphin Island Resort

These projects involved structures ranging from double to seven storeys.  The project value ranged from quarter million to over two million dollars.

Responsibilities

  • Geotechnical investigation
  • Reporting
  • Construction Monitoring as and when instructed by Engineer
  • Defects reports preparation