louis berger fellowship presentation

Kribi Deep-Water Port Project

Paris, France and Kribi, Cameroon

David Koch

2012 Louis Berger Fellowship

Une semaine à Paris

• One week at LB SAS headquarters

• Met and worked with staff in Paris

• Gathered information about project

• Discussed their experience and my role

Paris

Yaounde

YaoundeKribi

Douala

La ville de Kribi

The Office in Kribi

• 2 permanent staff

• Experts come and go throughout the project

• On the outskirts of Kribi, on the beach

The Construction Site

• Site 30 km south of Kribi

• About an hour’s bumpy drive• Huge construction site, a few things

being built

Under Construction

Breakwater Land reclamation

DewateringOffice and housing

The Planning Process

Phase 1 port

The Planning ProcessPhase 3 port

New town

Industrial zone

Road and rail

Nature of LB’s work

My Role on the Project

• Site visits and meetings

• Primary author on monthly and other reports

• Communication with other Berger offices

How did it go?

• Cameroonian and Chinese culture

• Working together across several languages

• Each organization has their own working culture

Travels Around Cameroon

What did I learn?

• A construction project up close and personal

• Planning and preparation necessary for later stages

• How communication was or wasn’t effected

• An outside perspective on developments

Thank you!

Merci!

谢谢！