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Cement Technology Center

2nd East Africa Cement,

Concrete & Energy

Summit

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS

19th & 20th April 2017

United Nations Conference Center

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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UNECA Conference Center

April 19th & 20th, 2017

2ND ANNUAL EAST AFRICA CEMENT,

CONCRETE & ENERGY SUMMIT

… cementing the gaps …


Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA

April 19th - 20th, 2017

OFFICIALLY ENDORSED BY

Ministry of Water, Irrigation &

Electricity

Ministry of Mines, Petroleum &

Natural Gas

Ministry of Industry

Ministry of Urban

Development & Housing

Ministry of Construction

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MAIN THEME

“INVESTING IN EAST AFRICA’S FUTURE: Exploring Cement, Concrete and

Energy Potentials in Ethiopia”

… cementing the gaps …

CONFERENCE SUB-THEMES:

Training Workshop

Exhibition

Conference

Panel Discussion

1. Ready-mix concrete market

2. Fates of vertical shaft kiln

3. Human Capital Development

4. Collaborative local coal

development

5. Production and supply of municipal

waste and biomass

6. Sustainability of carbon black

7. Vertical roller mill

8. Performance evaluation of Ethiopian

cements

9. Cement & concrete standards and

regulatory frameworks and

challenges of enforcement

10. Sustainable mining and land

management

11. High strength concrete [Advanced

Concrete]

12. Concrete ad-mixtures

13. Fiber reinforcement concrete

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This SECOND Summit is Made Possible with Generous Sponsorship

and Financial Support from

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ABOUT THE SUMMIT

We are very much pleased to organize

this Annual East Africa Cement, Concrete

and Energy Summit (Annual EA-CCES) as

the 2nd event. EA-CCES is essentially an

annual knowledge sharing platform

designed to facilitate and support the

development of cement, concrete and

energy industries in the region. The 1st

Annual EA-CCES was successfully

organized last year from March 17th – 20th,

2016 in Addis Ababa at the African Union

Conference Center under the main theme

of “Strategic Cooperation among Cement,

Concrete, and Energy Industries: Agendas

for Action.”

On the 1st event last year, delegates from

more than six countries took part on the

Summit as exhibitors and conference

participants. It is our strong belief that the

1st Annual EA-CCES was such a successful

platform where business leaders, policy

makers, technology suppliers, scholars,

researchers, consultants and many more

came together and deliberated on key

issues of cement, concrete and energy

sectors.

This 2nd Annual EA-CCES intends to

capitalize of the gains and lessons from

the first Summit. The main theme for April

2017 is “Investing in East Africa’s Future:

Exploring Cement, Concrete and Energy

Potentials.”

Like the previous one, the main purpose of

this Annual EA-CCES is also to provide a

convenient platform for key players of the

industries’ development where they all

come together to network and address

critical issues as well as set-out strategic

directions shaping the future of the three

sectors.

In East Africa, there is a significant

opportunity to invest on these sectors of

the economy. Countries in this region are

among those quickly growing while

cement, concrete and alternative energy

industries are yet taking off from a lower

base.

This 2nd Summit is a brand event of The i-

Capital Africa Institute and is being

organized with Cement Technology

Center of Adama Science and Technology

University (CTC-ASTU) with strategic

partnerships from Chemical and

Construction Input Industries

Development Institute (CCIIDI), Ethiopian

Construction Projects Management

Institute (ECPMI) and Ethiopian Cement

Producers Association (ECPA).

Furthermore, this Summit is also officially

endorsed by Ministry of Industry; Ministry

of Construction; Ministry of Science and

Technology; Ministry of Mines, Petroleum

& Natural Gas; Ministry of Urban

Development & Housing and Ministry of

Water, Irrigation & Electricity.

Finally, we have full confidence that this

Summit will benefit from last year’s

experience and address the critical issues

identified as sub-themes. There will also

be take-home lessons to document for

improvement of practices and policies.

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GUESTS

H.E. Eng. AISHA MOHAMMED Minister, Ministry of Construction

H.E. DR. GETAHUN MEKURIA Minister, Ministry of Science & Technology

H.E. DR. ALEMU SIME State Minister, Ministry of Industry

H.E. PROF. AFEWORK KASSU State Minister, Ministry of Science & Technology

MR. ADAMOU LABARA Country Manager

International Finance Corporation

(World Bank Group)

MR. HAILE ASSEGIDE

President of Ethiopia Cement Producers

Association

CEO, Derba MIDROC Cement

H.E. MR. TESHOME LEMMA

State Minister

Ministry of Education

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CONFERENCE

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PROGRAM DETAILS – CONFERENCE 19th April 2017, Wednesday DAY ONE -

MEGA SESSION – KEY ADDRESSES

TIME ITINERARY PERFORMED BY

7:30-8:25am Registration and Networking SUMMIT ORGANIZERS

8:26-8:30am Program Announcement TIGIST TESFAYE & ADUGNA HIRPA

Master of Ceremony (MC)

8:31-8:35am

Welcoming Speech

DR. GEMECHU WAKTOLA

CEO, The i-Capital Africa Institute & Assistant Professor, AAU

Chairperson of Summit Coordination Committee

8:36-8:45am Introductory Remark DR. LEMI GUTA

President of Adama Science & Technology University

8:46-8:55am Keynote Address - 1 MR. HAILE ASSEGIDE

President Ethiopia Cement producers Ass. & CEO, Derba MIDROC Cement

8:56-9:05am Keynote Address - 2 MR. ADAMOU LABARA

Country Manager – Ethiopia, International Finance Corporation–WB Group

(Ethiopia, Djibouti, DRC, Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia)

9:06-9:15am Guest of Honor

Opening Remark-1

H.E. DR. ALEMU SIME

State Minister, Ministry of Industry


Opening Remark-2

H.E. ENG. AYISHA MOHAMMED

Minister, Ministry of Construction


Opening Remark-3

H.E. DR. GETAHUN MEKURIA

Minister, Ministry of Science & Technology

9:36-9:40am Opening of Exhibition & Visit By All Guests of Honor

9:41-10:30am Refreshment & Matchmaking All

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19th April 2017, Wednesday

MEGA SESSION - DAY ONE

MORNING PRESENTATIONS

TIME ITINERARY CHAIRPERSON

10:31-11:00am

“Recent Development in Corporate Governance (CG): Challenges and

Opportunities for Cement & Construction Companies and Overview of IFC

CG Program in Ethiopia and the Region”

MR. STEFANUS S. HANDOYO

Lead, CG Officer, East Africa CG Program, International Finance

Corporation (IFC), NAIROBI, KENYA

MRS. TSION ADMASSU BEYENE

Consultant, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Corporate

Governance Program for Ethiopia, ETHIOPIA

Mr. Yohannes Neda

Deputy CEO, the i-Capital

Africa Institute

Lecturer & Coordinator of

Graduate Programs,

College of Business &

Economics, AAU

11:01-11:20am

“Human Capital Deficit & Self Sufficiency Approach for Ethiopian Cement

Industry & Lessons for the Construction Industry”

DR. GEMECHU WAKTOLA

CEO, The i-Capital Africa Institute & Assistant Professor, AAU, ETHIOPIA

11:21am-12:30pm

DISCUSSION

12:31 – 2:00pm Refreshment, Networking Lunch and Exhibition Tour

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19th April 2017, Wednesday

MEGA SESSION - DAY ONE

AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS


2:01-2:15pm

Role of Policy, Governance, and Skill Training in Construction Project

Management

DR. DEREJE TESSEMA

PMP, PMI-ACP, CEA, CSM, CSP President & CEO, Maryland Global University, USA

Dr. Argaw Asha

Executive Director,

Ethiopian Construction

Project Management Institute, ETHIOPIA

2:16-2:30pm

“Growth Potential and Challenges of Ready-Mix Concrete Market- the Addis

Scenario”

DR. KASSAHUN ADMASSU

Managing Director, Materials Research & Testing Centre (MRTC) EiABC, Addis Ababa University, ETHIOPIA

2:31-3:15pm DISCUSSION

3:16-3:45pm Refreshment, Matchmaking and Exhibition Tour

3:46-4:00pm “Physicochemical properties of Ethiopian Cements”

DR. ESAYAS G.YOUHANNES Associate Prof. of Concrete Materials & Structures

Executive Director, AAU-AAiT with the rank of V/President for AAU

Head of Construction Materials Lab AAU, AAiT, ETHIOPIA

Eng. Basso Assefa

Managing Director- BYH

Engineering and

Management plc, ETHIOPIA

4:01-4:15pm

“Sustainable Mining and Land Management for Cement Industry”

MR. FAYEZ GRESS

Chairman and Managing Director, ASEC Company for Mining ASCOM – Geology & Mining, EGYPT

4:16-5:00pm DISCUSSION

END OF THE DAY

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20th April 2017, Thursday

DAY TWO SESSION: CEMENT & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TRACK


7:30-8:30am Matchmaking and Exhibition Tour

8:31-8:45am

“Challenges and Prospects of Collaborative Local Coal Development”

MR. TEBABAL WUDINEH

Deputy Director General, Corporate R&D, Ethiopian Chemical Industry Corporation (CIC), ETHIOPIA

Dr. Shiferaw

Feyisa

VP for Research &

Technology Transfer,

Adama Science &

Technology

University

8:46-9:00am

“Production and Supply of Municipal Waste and Other Biomass as Source of

Sustainable Alternative Energy + Sustainability of Carbon Black for Cement Energy”

MR. AXUMAWI EBUY CEO, East African Mining Corporation PLC, ETHIOPIA

9:01-9:45am DISCUSSION

9:46-10:15am Refreshment, Networking and Exhibition Tour

10:16-10:30am

“Fates of Vertical Shaft Kiln Cement Plants in Ethiopia”

ENG. BASSO ASSEFA Managing Director- BYH Engineering and Management plc, ETHIOPIA

Dr. Kalid Ahmed

Head, Department of

Materials Science &

Engineering,

Adama Science &

Technology

University

10:31-10:45am

“Vertical Roller Mills – the efficient grinding technology”

MR. ROLALD MARTINI Area Sales Manager, Gebr. Pfeiffer, GERMANY

10:46-11:30am

DISCUSSION

11:31am-12:00noon RAPPORTEURS SUMMARY

12:01-1:30pm Refreshment, Networking Lunch and Exhibition Tour

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DAY TWO

SESSION: CONCRETE TRACK


7:30-8:30am Matchmaking and Exhibition Tour

8:31-8:45am

“High strength concrete production in Ethiopia: Prospects and challenges”

PROF. (DR.-ING.) ABEBE DINKU

VP for Institutional Development of AAU

Chair holder of the Construction Materials and Management, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering at AAiT, AAU, ETHIOPIA

Dr. Medhanye

Biedebrhan

Assistant Professor of

Structural Engineering

Ethiopian Institute of

Technology, Mekele

University

8:46-9:00am

“ Trends on utilization of Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC) ”

DR. YOSEPH BIRRU Assistant Professor, ETHIOPIA


9:46-10:15am Refreshment, Networking and Exhibition Tour

10:16-10:30am

“Standards and regulatory frameworks for cement & concrete

production and enforcement challenges”

MR. YONAS AYALEW (Eng.)

Bureau Head, Addis Ababa City Construction Bureau ETHIOPIA

DR. YOSEPH BIRRU

Assistant Professor, ETHIOPIA

10:31-10:45am

“Was Rigid Pavement Appropriate for Addis Ababa – Adama Toll

Motorway Project”

MR. ADONAY KEBEDE

General Manager, Bethelhem: Adonay General Building Construction Partnership, ETHIOPIA


11:31am-12:00noon RAPPORTEURS SUMMARY

12:01-1:30pm Matchmaking Lunch and Exhibition Tour

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BRIEF PROFILES OF SPEAKERS

Brief Profile

Stefan is currently the Program Lead for the IFC East Africa Corporate Governance Program

based in Nairobi, covering five countries – Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia.

Stefan has more than 15 years of experience in the field of corporate governance, including

three years with the IFC East Asia and Pacific Corporate Governance Program. He first

joined IFC Investment Services in 1998 as Investment Analyst. He set up the initial program

of IFC Indonesia on corporate governance during the 1998 Asian financial crisis by helping

establish the Indonesian Institute for Corporate Directorship in 2000.

Stefan left IFC in 2002 and moved to the Philippines, where he joined the Philippine Institute

of Directors and helped develop modules for its various course programs on directorship.

He was part of the group of initiators of the Institute of Directors in East Asia network

(IDEA.net). He re-joined IFC Indonesia in May 2012 as Operations Officer.

Stefan was a member of the Indonesian government’s task force in the drafting of the

Indonesian Corporate Governance Roadmap and Manual. Recently, he was part of the joint

WB-IMF team of Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) in Indonesia. He was also

involved in developing and launching the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard in

Indonesia and the Philippines and has done corporate governance assessments for a

number of IFC investment clients, mainly in East & South Africa and the East Asia & Pacific

region. He is a certified CG trainer and graduated from the Global Directorship Program of

the School of Management of Yale University, USA. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics

Engineering from Indonesia, a Master of Science in Industrial Economics from the

Philippines and an Advanced Management Program certificate from IESE Business School,

Spain. He is the recipient of the 2013 Global Deloitte Scholarship Program of the

International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) and is a member of the Asian

Corporate Governance Association (ACGA).

“Recent Development in Corporate Governance (CG): Challenges and Opportunities for

Cement & Construction Companies and Overview of IFC CG Program in Ethiopia and the Region”

MR. STEFANUS S. HANDOYO

Lead, CG Officer, East Africa CG Program, International Finance

Corporation (IFC), NAIROBI, KENYA

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Brief Profile

Tsion Admassu Beyene is a Consultant for the Ethiopia Corporate Governance Program at

IFC and has previously worked in governmental, non-governmental and private companies

for more than 18 years where she held various positions. She has rich experience in

Customs and Investment Law and Change Management and Implementation.

Tsion is an expert in Corporate Governance improvement plan and training. She has

worked as a Manager of the Ethiopian Institute of Corporate Governance, institutionalizing

and creating Corporate Governance awareness among the Ethiopian business community.

She has remarkably worked in business development roles with government institutions for

more than 18 years of concrete experience in various progressive departments

implementing a reform and modernization programs.

Tsion holds an Executive MBA from the International Business School, Hanze University of

Applied Sciences and a BA in Economics from Addis Ababa University.

Abstract

Importance of Corporate Governance and Effective Boards

Corporate governance is a set of global principles to guide the Board of Directors in

directing and governing the affairs of the company with a view towards to maximize its long-

term value for the benefit of shareholders and of all other stakeholder as well. In the

observance of the fundamental principles of fairness, transparency, and accountability, the

Board of Directors set the tone at the top, ensuring that a culture of ethics, compliance and

social responsibility pervade all levels and aspects of corporate.

The principles of corporate governance are universal. They hold in all economies and

societies. However, in applying these global principles, each economy and society would

need to adapt them into their local circumstances, taking into account their culture, history,

and the prevailing business and economic regime. Due to the greater interconnection

between economies and particularly in the global financial market, there is also increasing

convergence towards a set of “best practices” in those economies that aim to attract foreign

investments into their markets.

MRS. TSION ADMASSU BEYENE

Consultant, Ethiopia Corporate Governance Program, ETHIOPIA

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Corporate governance in today’s world seeks to empower the Board of Directors in actual

practice since this is what the law mandates. In addition, this would help address several

issues that have arisen due to the problem of management having concentrated powers of

decision-making with few operative checks and balances.

The orientation that the Board of Directors should have in directing the affairs of the

corporation must be long-term. In a market economy, that orientation should therefore be

towards the long-term market value of the corporation. And this should be for the benefit of

all shareholders, holding the same class of shares, and with special attention given to

minority shareholders so they do not end up being discriminated against.

Numerous studies conclude that well-governed companies worldwide perform better in

commercial terms. For example, good corporate governance: (i) improves access to

external financing, (ii) lowers the cost of capital, (iii) improves operational performance, (iv)

increases firm valuation, (v) improves share performance, and (vi) reduces the risk of

corporate crises and scandals.

Good governance starts with a well-functioning board of directors. It is at the heart of a

company’s corporate governance framework and is crucial to ensuring all other governance

components (i.e., the company’s control environment, shareholder practices, disclosure and

transparency policies, etc) are working effectively. Broadly, boards exist to provide

stewardship and oversight to a company in various manners. Yet, based on IFC’s

experience, there are many common problems that inhibit a board’s ability to perform these

functions effectively. These are issues that will be discussed in this session. For example:

Board roles and responsibilities are unclear and/or overlap with management

functions;

Directors do not fully understand or embrace their duties as board members;

The Board is composed inadequately with a lack of proper skills, experiences, or

objectivity;

Proper board committees do not exist or do not function effectively; and

Board procedures are poorly designed, inhibiting board efficiency and

effectiveness.

Corporate Governance is a system of structures and processes to direct and control

companies. OECD-Principles of CG defines CG as “The corporate governance framework

should promote transparent and efficient markets, be consistent with the rule of law and

clearly articulate the division of responsibilities among different supervisory, regulatory

and enforcement authorities.”

IFC CG Program in Ethiopia and in the region helps companies become recognized as a

market leader and gain competitive advantage through good corporate governance.

The Program consists of:

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i. Workshop on corporate governance leading practices;

ii. Brief diagnostic leading to a concise, practical Action Plan

iii. Tool for ongoing board/CG evaluations

The aim of the program is to explore leading governance practices and how they might

practically apply to your company.

The IFC CG Methodology has specific tools for each major type of IFC client- Listed

companies, family (or founder) owned unlisted companies, financial institutions, transition

economy companies and SOEs.

The Program will explore leading governance practices in the areas of board excellence,

control environment and processes, Shareholder practices and disclosure, transparency,

conflicts/conducts.

The IFC CG Methodology is internationally recognized, having been adopted by more than

30 other DFIs and other private investment firms globally.

IFC brings a unique perspective stemming both from our private sector investment activity

and our macro level advisory work to promote good CG standards, regulations, and

practices across entire markets. A key part of this includes working with companies to

implement good governance practices as a demonstration effect for the market. We utilize

internationally recognized tools and methods, combined with professionals who possess

deep governance experience across all types of companies.

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Brief Profile

Dr. Gemechu is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Development at the College of

Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University and CEO of The i-Capital Africa Institute

www.icapitalafrica.net which focuses on strategic development of industries via building

intellectual capital, knowledge sharing and technology transfer capacity. He has his BA in

Business Management from Jimma University, Ethiopia; MBA in Marketing Management and

International Business from Andhra University, India respectively. In 2012, he received his

Ph.D. in Human Resource Development from a collaborative program between Adama

University, Ethiopia and University of Illinois, USA. Dr. Gemechu has also been two times

visiting research scholar to the Ohio State University and University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign at different times.

Dr. Gemechu has more than 14 years of experience in university teaching, training for

industries and business consulting. He has been offering Human Resource Development and

other graduate courses at Adama Science and Technology University and currently at Addis

Ababa University. His major teaching areas focus on strategic and operational human

resource development, strategic business management, and organizational behavior and

more.

In addition to his academic credentials, Dr. Gemechu is a certified Management Consultant.

He is also Ohio State University, USA certified DACUM (Developing A Curriculum) facilitator

and University of Illinois certified S-OJT (Structured On-the-Job Training) facilitator.

Apart from teaching and advising on graduate programs, he is also actively engaged on

various consulting works with both public and private enterprises. In the past, he has

worked with various organizations such as UNIDO, US Embassy, KOICA, freight and public

transport companies, industry zone developer and operator, Universities, construction

companies such as Gemshu Beyene Construction, etc. His training and consultancy focus

include designing training system, training-of-trainers, curriculum development,

performance management, workplace learning improvement, etc.

Internationally, Dr. Gemechu has traveled numerous times to different countries to

participate and contribute on conferences, workshops and seminars. Some of these

countries include Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ghana, USA, Germany, China, Korea and

Malaysia

“Human Capital Deficit & Self Sufficiency Approach for Ethiopian

Cement Industry and Lessons for Construction Sector”

DR. GEMECHU WAKTOLA

CEO, The i-Capital Africa Institute & Assistant Professor, AAU

http://www.icapitalafrica.net/

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Abstract

As it stands right now, the Ethiopian Cement Industry has multiple challenges ranging from

operational inefficiency, insufficient demand leading to under capacity utilization, lack of

innovation and strategic thinking, weak cooperation, dependence on expensive source of

energy and above all human capital deficiency.

Even though there were few players and many other challenges the industry had to endure,

at least in terms of human capital, it was once a self-sufficient industry in the history of

cement industry development of the country.

Currently, the industry is significantly dependent on foreign sourced skills not only for plant

building but also for operation and maintenance as well. In a country where annually more

than 300,000 and 100,000 trainees and students graduate from TVET and higher education

programs respectively as well as where unemployment is considerably large, this reality is

really troubling.

Furthermore, the predominant reality in this business era of talent economy is that no

business can survive and sustain through the stiff competition without obtaining, developing

and retaining talent of its own.

Therefore, there are adequate societal, industry and firm level reasons why such human

capital deficit should be systematically addressed through a collaborative effort at all levels.

This presentation intends to address historical reasons for existing human capital deficits

within the Ethiopian Cement Industry, shows current human capital status, and proposes a

systematic approach for collaborative skills developing in order to sustainably meet future

human capital needs of the Industry.

Keywords: human capital deficit, talent development, Ethiopian cement industry,

systematic approach, collaboration

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Brief Profile

Dr. Dereje Tessema is the CEO and president of Maryland Global University Inc., a global

educational provider for the Project Management Institute (PMI) and Scrum Alliance, global

partner with the American Academy of Project Management (AAPM), and member of the

Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). With over 20 years of

experience in managing U.S federal government and private sector projects and programs

and several years of teaching project management courses, he provides experience based

consulting services to clients in several disciplines. Dr. Tessema teaches project and

program management graduate level courses at various US universities. He is also a visiting

scholar at the Addis Ababa University supervising doctoral students. Dr. Tessema is a co-

founder and co-chair of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research Studies

(www.icirsconferences.com)

Dr. Tessema has a PhD in Management, two Masters Degrees (in Engineering and

Information Systems), a Master Certificate in Project Management and Enterprise

Architecture, and several industry certifications including Project Management

Professionals (PMP), Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP),

Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and Certified Scrum Professional (CSP). Dr. Tessema has

published three books in leadership and management and several research papers in the

field. Dr. Tessema can be reached via email at [email protected].

Abstract

Globally, both in public and private sectors,a large number of construction projects and

programs fail to be completed on time, within budget, and with good quality. The 2016 State

of Project Management annual survey of 686 professionals from 317 organizations in UK and

Europe revealed that 32% of their projects are never completed on time, 31% never

delivered full benefits, 31% never completed on budget, and 46% never have a track

record of success. A 2016 Project Management Institute (PMI) global survey of 2,428 project

management practitioners, 192 senior executives and 292 PMO directors responded that US

$122 million is wasted for every US $1 billion invested on projects and programs. The

International Project Leadership Academy outlined 101 common causes of project failure

and categorized them under lack of goal and vision, leadership and governance,

stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering, lack of planning and estimation, risk

“The Role of Policy, Governance, and Skill Training in

Construction Project Management”

DR. DEREJE TESSEMA

PMP, PMI-ACP, CEA, CSM, CSP

President & CEO, Maryland Global University

USA

http://www.icirsconferences.com/

mailto:[email protected]

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management, quality, configuration and information management, performance tracking

and measurement. The majority of these causes are not related to the technical skills of

engineers, architects, and construction professionals, but rather to lack of proper project

and program management methodologies, practices and principles, and overall lack of

integration (PMI, 2016, Standish Group Chaos Report, 2015, State of Project Management,

2016). Research also showed that projects are 2.5 times more successful when proven

project management practices are used (PMI, 2016). The purpose of this conference paper

is to analyze issues related to the failure of construction projects and recommend solutions

based on tools and techniques developed from industry best practices and lessons learned.

Keyword: Construction project Management, Project failure, Project Management

Methodologies, best practice, lessons learned

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Brief Profile

Kassahun Admassu Abegaz is a civil engineer by profession and has served over diversified

capacities in the engineering industry for the last 37 years. He holds a BS.C. degree from the

Addis Ababa University of the then Faculty of Technology, MS.C and PhD in structural

engineering from the Warsaw University of Science and Technology, Poland. Currently he is

a staff at EiABC/AAU as a Managing Director of the Materials Research and Testing Centre

(MRTC) and is also the V/President of the Ethiopian Association of Civil Engineers (EACE).

His interest area of research is in construction materials and is engaged in “Low Cost and

Low Energy Green Binder”; which is at a pilot project stage at the moment. In the

academics, he is supervising and advising post-graduate candidates in the field of civil

engineering.

Abstract

Ready-mix concrete is at the top notch of the concrete manufacturing technology for the time

being. This is attributed to the fully automated and controlled method of input ingredients to

ensure the product quality. Such well controlled means of getting fresh concrete is

considered immune of human errors.

As the concrete technology stands now, ready-mix concrete is leading the infrastructure

development the world over. That being the case, the paper at hand has tried to assess the

level of popularity, relevance and acceptance for application within the local context;

specifically in the Nation’s Capital, Addis Ababa. The effort as a whole is directly focused in

examining the growth potential and challenges of ready-mix concrete’s market in the

ambitious and yet need driven housing and infrastructure developments.

The October 2011 survey of the City indicated that, a total of 578,547 households for the then

predicted population was required. Out of those in service then, only 6.6% were of modern

materials. Considering the high engagement of the City Government in vertical settlement

development programs of condominiums and apartments, concrete is a major input to bring

the effort to fruition. For this, RMC is the perfect choice to tackle the intricate situation of the

inner City development.

Key Words: Ready-mix concrete, Growth potential, Households, Infrastructure, Inner city.

“Growth Potential and Challenges of Ready-Mix Concrete Market-

the Addis Scenario”

DR. KASSAHUN ADMASSU

Managing Director, Materials Research & Testing Centre (MRTC)

EiABC, Addis Ababa University, ETHIOPIA

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Brief Profile

Associate Professor Esayas is a faculty member in the school of Civil and Environmental

Engineering, Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology, since 2001. He obtained his

MSc. and PhD degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan. His interests relate to nonlinear

analysis of reinforced concrete, constitutive modeling, Shrinkages and Creep, performance

assessment, supplementary cementitious materials, and corrosion of reinforcing bars in

concrete. Dr. Esayas has published 25 papers on concrete mechanics. He received the ACT

outstanding paper Award in 2008 and 2012, and received best researcher award in AAU in

2013. He is a founding member of the Ethiopian young Academy of Sciences. He is currently

serving as an Executive Director of the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology and a member

of the Concrete materials and structure chair.

Abstract

Use of high strength concrete is growing in the concrete industry in order to reduce the area

occupied by concrete sections. This in turn leads to application of low water to cement ratio

for concrete mix design. One major effect of using low water to cement ratio is the

introduction of autogenous shrinkage (self-desiccation) within concrete structures,

especially during early age of concrete placement. This effect is mainly dependent on the

type and behavior of cement used for concrete work. Hence this research was carried out

with the aim of determining autogenous shrinkage behavior of different cement types

produced in Ethiopia and consequent evaluation of crack risk potential for use in the high

strength concrete mix design.

Laboratory tests as well as prediction models were used to investigate behaviors of different

OPC, PPC and PLC cements. Linear and volumetric shrinkage tests were carried out with

sealed paste specimens using strain gauges and membranes respectively. Water to cement

ratio of 0.3 were taken in order to achieve autogenous condition. Fineness using wet sieve

and air permeability(Blaine) apparatus, setting time, chemical analysis, heat of hydration,

compressive and flexural strength tests were also conducted to see existing correlations

following international standard codes. The CEB-FIP 90 and the JSCE shrinkage prediction

models were also used to supplement the laboratory results.

“Performance Evaluation of Ethiopian Cements: physical,

chemical, thermodynamic and mechanical aspects”

DR. ESAYAS G.YOUHANNES

Associate Prof. of Concrete Materials & Structures

Executive Director, AAU-AAiT with the Rank of V/President for AAU

Head of Construction Materials Lab AAU, AAiT, ETHIOPIA

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Crack risk assessment were carried out with the help of two parameters, average stress rate

and stress ratio. While the former is based on analysis of the slope of the graph formed

between measured shrinkage strain and square root of elapsed time the latter uses ratio of

induced shrinkage stress and tensile strength and it is a well-known and widely used

method for determining crack risk potential of cementitious materials.

The laboratory investigations revealed that there are strong correlations between

autogenous shrinkage and other cement properties. Cement s having relatively finer

particles, high silica and alumina content have shown larger shrinkage strain. This was

mainly due to difference in the source of ingredient materials, especially that of Pozzolana

used, and the working procedures. Cracking potential assessment has also shown that even

if crack occurs mainly due to estrained shrinkage, high flexural strength could overcome

this challenge and leads to increased cracking resistance.

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Brief Profile

Fayez Gress is the Chairman and Managing Director of ASEC Company for Mining, or

ASCOM. A trained geologist, Fayez gained his BSc in Geology from the Ain Shams

University Cairo in 1978. From university, Fayez began straight as a field geologist for the

Arab Swiss Engineering Co. (ASEC), later moving partly into an office role alongside the

field work. Between 1995 and 2001, Fayez worked his way up to geology department

manager and then technical manager, before assuming the role of managing director in

2001. As MD, Fayez has been in charge of significant growth of the company and a new

strategy of growth into the wider MENA region.

Abstract

Sustainable mining and land management for cement industry according to ASCOM’s vision

which supported with over 40 years of exceptional track record in the Egyptian market and

its operations covering North& East Africa, the Gulf and Levant regions in offering

geological investigations & total quarry management, quarry design, raw material

evaluation & quality control as well as drilling and blasting to the cement industry in Egypt,

United Arab of Emirates, Syria, Sudan, Algeria and Ethiopia as well as teams in many other

countries in the region.

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“Sustainable Mining and Land Management for Cement Industry”

MR. FAYEZ GRESS

Chairman and Managing Director,

ASEC Company for Mining ASCOM-Geology & Mining, EGYPT

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Brief Profile

Educational Background

Chemical Engineering (BSC): Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Technology

Master of Business Leadership (MBL): University of South Africa (UNISA)

Job Related Experience

Responsibility: Worked as Process Engineer, Production Manager, and Deputy General

Manager at Mugher Cement Factory for 23 years. And as Deputy Director General,

Corporate Research & Development Sector at CIC since 2016.

Currently responsible for supervising and follow up of projects under CIC – HFO to Coal

Conversion project(now commissioned), Yayo Urea Fertilizer Complex Factory, and Natural

Rubber Plantation & Processing.

Negotiation: Had been part of management group for many times in dealing with contract

agreements and approval of engineering documents of cement and coal-firing projects at

home and abroad.

Training: Had prepared material and given training at Mugher Cement Technology Centre,

and Djibouti Ali-Sabeh Cement.

Benchmarking: Had visited and benchmarked cement plants and refractory manufacturing

facilities in China, India, Turkey, South Africa and Germany.

Had also visited and benchmarked Fertilizer production plant facilities in Morocco

Abstract

In today’s globalized world, business organizations are expected not only to survive fierce

competition but also have to make sure their operations is sustainable enough throughout

the dynamism. The cost of energy for manufacturing industries is so high due to several

factors. One such factor is the fact that the input materials to run the plants come from

outside source as an import. Coal as a source of energy was an important stimulus to

industrialization and it currently contributes around 30% of the world’s primary energy

“Challenges and Prospects of Collaborative Local Coal Development”

MR. TEBABAL WUDINEH

Deputy Director General, Corporate R & D

Ethiopian Chemical Industry Corporation (CIC), ETHIOPIA

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usage. A little greater than half of the coal produced is used for power generations; the

remainder is used for the production of steel, cement and certain chemical processing and

for domestic use. In Ethiopia the cement plants use coal for clinker burning process. During

the process coal is usually burnt in the form of powder. Around 130kg of coal is consumed to

produce a tone of clinker. The five major cement producing plants alone when working at

full capacity require close to one million tons of coal per annum, and to import that much

quantity, Ethiopia need to spend on average about 80 million USD. At least 40 to 60 % of the

coal could be substituted if local production is well developed. According to a study by

Ethiopian Institute of Geological Survey, currently there are five relatively studied coal

deposits whose exploration stage have reached the preliminary resource evaluations stage.

There is a total of about 600 x 106 tons of lignite to sub bituminous coal resource in these

deposits the quality of which are suitable for cement production, power generation, and

fertilizer making. As the cement industry is said to be an energy intensive industry together

with steel, paper and petro chemical industries, reduction of energy cost means lowering of

the manufacturing cost which results in increasing the companies’ profits. Currently almost

all coal input is imported from South Africa even though one or two cement plants have been

trying to utilize domestic coal at a very low proportion. In addition to cost issue, to be very

much dependent on imported coal has a potential risk on the supply chain, and hence

developing and use of local coal would be necessary. Indeed, the contribution of different

stakeholders (cement companies, different government institutions) is required to overcome

challenges and only through such collaborative work would it be possible to realize

domestic resource utilization such as the coal under discussion. The presentation will ignite

point of discussions which includes the country’s energy sector policy as well as some other

technical, technological and financial constraints

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Brief Profile

Mr. Axumawi Ebuy has B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Addis Ababa University and

M.Sc in Sustainable Energy Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

For about eight years, he worked at Messebo Cement Factory as a Shift/Process Engineer

with responsibility to supervise smooth operation & safety of all plant (from crusher to

packing plant) by optimizing production, fuel, power and raw materials; Cement mill and

Packing Division Manager with responsibility to manage the whole operation and process

control activities in the area; as well as Biomass Firing Plant Project Manager with

responsibility to conduct feasibility study of alternative fuels utilization in Messebo Cement

and to prepare, float international tender and evaluate accordingly, manage the project

work starting from design to commissioning work.

In addition, he worked at Dejena Chemical Engineering PLC, PVC Project for about two

years as Chief Process Engineer with responsibility to prepare, float international tender

and evaluate accordingly, manage the project work starting from the design review to

commissioning stage and manage the process department after commencing operation.

Since 2014, Mr. Axumawi has been working as a Coordinator for National Cement

Alternative Fuel Project with responsibility to conduct feasibility study of alternative fuels

utilization in National Cement, prepare, float TOR and evaluate accordingly, manage the

project work starting from design to commissioning work. As of February 01, 2017 he is

working as CEO of East African Mining Corporation PLC in addition to coordinating the

Alternative Fuel Project.

Aside from the above responsibilities, Mr Axumawi has been the main contributor/Author of

a proposal representing Ethiopia (which was ranked 1st among different proposals

submitted by the industry sector) entitled by “Integrated Mitigation and adaptation action

by utilization of Prosopis Juliflora Biomass as an Alternative Fuel in Ethiopian Cement

Industries”, submitted to Green Climate Fund (GCF); the financial mechanism under the

UNFCCC.

“Production and supply of municipal waste and other biomass as

source of sustainable alternative energy + Sustainability of carbon

black for cement energy”

MR. AXUMAWI EBUY TEKA

CEO, East African Mining Corporation PLC, ETHIOPIA

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Abstract

Energy Cost takes the lion share of cement production (world average 30-40%) and its share

increases to around 60% in Ethiopian Cement Industries. The thermal energy requirement

of Ethiopian Cement Industries is mainly satisfied by imported South African Bituminous

Coal using the scarce foreign currency the country generates.

Nowadays fossil fuels like coal are being substituted by alternative fuels in order to reduce

carbon emission, reduce cost and avoid the dependency on imported fossil fuels throughout

the world. Ethiopia is endowed with different alternative fuels which can be used in the

cement industries(like sesame stalk, cotton stalk, coffee husk, rice husk, bamboo tree,

jatropha curcus oil/oil cake, prosopis juliflora and RDF from municipal solid waste and other

by products from industries).

Different types of biomasses which can be used as alternative fuels shall be highlighted;

However, this presentation shall focus on Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) from municipal solid

waste which comprises plastic, paper, clothes, leather, bones and etc which are the

combustible part of the solid waste; moreover it shall focus on Carbon black which is by

product of used tire pyrolysis process.

In this presentation, the potential and possibility of RDF and Carbon Black supply to

Ethiopian cement plants, the preparation, handling and burning technologies, their

environmental and socio-economic benefits of utilizing it; shall be evaluated and discussed.

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Brief Profile

Engineer BASSO ASSEFA SODERE is MBA holder form Open University, England and

Bachler degree from Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia, in Mechanical engineering.

He is one of the most known and respected senior cement experts in Ethiopia having more

than 28 years of work experiences in cement industry.

He worked in Muhger Cement Enterprise, which is one of the government owned and

biggest cement factory in Ethiopia, in different positions as erection engineer, maintenance

engineer, technical manager, and later as General Manager for total of about 19 years. In his

stay with Mugher cement, his contribution was significant as Technical manager and later as

General Manager in uplifting the performance of the whole factory from very low production

and profitability to sustainable full capacity utilization and high profitability.

In National cement Share Company, as General Manager and CEO of the company, he lead

from inception, project implementation and commissioning of 3000tpd clinker production

project with outstanding performance in cost cutting and timely accomplishment.

For the last two years he more concentrate on the potential utilization of Alternative fuel for

cement plants on the country level more specific on biomass fuel from indigenes plantation

in Ethiopia. He lead the Green Climate Fund Funding proposal (GCF) project preparation in

the case of Porsopis July Flora, an invading weed in Ethiopia, to be used as an alternative

fuel in cement plants.

At present he is leading his own company “BYH engineering and Management plc” as

Managing Director.

Abstract

There are two main types of kilns to produce cement: the Vertical Shaft Kiln and the Rotary

Kiln. The Vertical Shaft Kiln or VSK is probably the first type of kiln that was used and it can

be traced back to the 5th century A.C. in Greece, when they were used for limestone

calcining (Reiter, AC, 11/1997, p. 23). In the 20th century, they have been largely replaced

by rotary kilns, which were implemented for the first time in 1880. However, in several

“Fates of Vertical Shaft Kiln cement plants in Ethiopia”

Eng. BASSO ASSEFA

Managing Director- BYH engineering and Management plc,

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countries such as China and India, many of these kilns are still operating (4000 units in China

in 2005) and even, some companies still offer this technology for sale.

However, the Chinese government expects to close all mechanized shaft kilns by 2020 and

that only 10% of the optimized vertical kilns keep operating. (Karstensen, UNIDO, 2006, p.

13)

In Ethiopia there are seven VSK cement plant with total clinker production capacity of

6,200tpd from which only two plants with 2,600tpd are operational against 31,400tpd

preheater rotary kilns under full operation from eight plants.

Some of the advantages of preheater rotary kiln are High quality and uniform cement

production, Low production cost, Low heat consumption, Low percentage of free lime, and

Possibility of using alternative fuel while Vertical shaft kiln have the negatives or the

opposite of the above advantages.

With this the survival rate from these very strong computations for vertical shaft kilns against

preheater rotary kiln is very low and ultimately the fate of VSK shall be to closed up or

change their production line to other products like lime.

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Brief Profile

• 1995: Graduation from University of Applied Sciences in Aalen/Germany

• Since 1995 with Gebr. Pfeiffer SE

• Started as Commissioning Engineer

• Since 1998: Project Manager Order Execution and Sales

• Current position: Area Manager for several countries

Abstract

Different grinding technologies and systems have been developed for comminution of raw

materials, fuels, clinker and additives in the cement production process. Coming from the

ancient simple tube mills different suppliers have created different grinding technologies.

Among these grinding solutions, the vertical roller mills have been proven to be the most

efficient one. This starts already in the engineering and construction phase of a project.

Nowadays vertical mill easily achieve capacities that allow to install single mills for raw

material grinding and cement grinding even for kiln capacities of more than 10.000 tons per

day. The installation of huge single mills safes about 25% of total investment compared to

solutions with two or more smaller mills. Innovative modern MVR mills with MultiDrive®

solution also minimize the risk of production loss in case of failure or maintenance of one

component.

In terms of energy consumption the vertical mills system are the most efficient technology,

even more efficient than combined grinding systems. Operation data from different cement

plants in the world have proven this for various types of cement. Adding this with the other

features - such as the high drying capacity - the vertical roller mills are the perfect solution

for most applications in the cement production process.

Furthermore it has repeatedly been confirmed by different cement producers, that also the

maintenance for vertical roller mills is less expensive than for other grinding systems.

Gebr. Pfeiffer has supplied hundreds of vertical mills to clients all over the world. Among

them, you can find the largest mills for cement grinding. The MVR mill technology is the

“Vertical Roller Mills – the efficient grinding technology”

MR. ROLAND MARTINI

Area Sales Manager, Gebr. Pfeiffer SE Barbarossastr. Kaiserslautern, GERMANY

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proper answer to the rising energy prices and the demand for highly flexible and

maintenance friendly cement production machinery with highest availability.

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Brief Profile

Prof. Abebe Dinku obtained his BSc degree in Civil Engineering in July 1982 from Addis

Ababa University; MSc in Construction Engineering from University of Leeds, UK in 1987;

MPhil in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK in 1991 and Dr.-Ing. Degree in

Civil Engineering from the University of Stuttgart Germany in 1996. He was a senior

Fulbright Scholar at the University of Maryland, USA, 2005/06.

Prof. Abebe specializes in the areas of Construction Materials and Construction

Management and has taught many courses both in undergraduate and graduate classes at

Addis Ababa University and regional Universities in Ethiopia. He has supervised over 200

MSc thesis and is active in research and practical professional engagements. Prof Abebe has

widely published research articles in reputable journals, authored two text books and

prepared a laboratory manual which are being in use in all Universities in Ethiopia. He is a

member of numerous professional associations. Among others, he was a Founding President

of American Concrete Institute Ethiopia Chapter; is a Founding Member and Fellow of

Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, Fellow Ethiopian Civil Engineers Association and is serving

as an Editor in Chief of ZEDE Journal, Journal of Ethiopian Architects and Engineers.

In addition to his teaching and research, Prof. Abebe has served Addis Ababa University in

various administrative capacities that include: Assistant Dean School of Graduate Studies;

Associate Dean and later Dean of the Faculty of Technology; and Director for the AAU

Infrastructure Development Office. He is now Vice President for Institutional Development of

Addis Ababa University and Chair holder of the Construction Materials and Management in

the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at AAiT, AAU.

Abstract

Concrete is a versatile material made of binding agent, which is usually cement, fine and

coarse aggregates, water and additives. Since the aggregate’s component covers the major

share of concrete ingredients by volume, the short and long term behaviors of concrete are

substantially influenced by the size, amount, physical and chemical properties of the

aggregate. Though the percentage is small, cement is the most expensive concrete making

“High strength concrete production in Ethiopia: Prospects and

challenges”

PROF. (DR.-ING.) ABEBE DINKU

VP for Institutional Development of AAU

Chair holder of the Construction Materials and Management,

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at AAiT, AAU,

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material and its type, amount, physical properties and composition are crucial in

determining the quality and durability of concrete.

In this paper, the history of concrete specifications and production in Ethiopian construction

industry is briefly reviewed. The recent trends in concrete production in the sector in

general and high strength concrete application in particular are further analyzed.

Test results from experimental investigations done to produce high strength concrete using

locally produced cements are presented. Encouraging test results were obtained and

recommendations are forwarded so that concerned stakeholders should appreciate the

mandatory shift from normal strength to high strength concrete for high raised buildings and

other important infrastructure developments.

keywords: Aggregates, High strength concrete, Compressive strength, Ordinary Portland

cement, Portland Pozzolana cement

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Brief Profile

Dr. Yoseph has more than 19 years of experience in teaching at university, research and

working in the construction industry. He got his BSc Degree in Civil Engineering from AAU;

MSc in Building Science & Technology from University of Roorkee, India; and PhD in

Geotechnical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

In his last employment, he worked as head of construction industry development and

regulatory bureau at the federal Ministry of Urban Development and Construction of

Ethiopia based in Addis Ababa. In this job, he was involved in developing construction

industry policy document and drafting regulatory legislations as well as taking oversight

responsibilities to assure compliance of bye laws in the industry.

Earlier, right after his BSc graduation at Addis Ababa University in 1992, he worked at Arba

Minch University (AMU) as lecturer and taking additional duties related with planning and

supervising campus constructions. Concerning his further professional success, he was

appointed as head of engineering team where he was responsible for coordinating the

different engineering disciplines while preparing specifications for all facilities to be

purchased and checked for compliance to the requirements as well as approval of payment

certificates for ongoing projects, ordering variations and other related works.

After he completed his Ph.D. degree in Geotechnical Engineering, he went back to AMU

and served the University as Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs and later as a

President.

Finally, he has been appointed by the prime minister to play leadership role as Executive

Director in establishing the Ethiopian Construction Project Management Institute since 2013.

Abstract

The low tensile strength of concrete is being compensated for in several ways, and this has

been achieved by the use of reinforcing bars and also by applying prestressing methods.

Though these methods provide tensile strength to concrete, they do not increase the

inherent tensile strength of concrete itself and moreover installation of reinforcements is

time taking business. Researchers have demonstrated that conventionally reinforced

“Trends on utilization of Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC)”

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Assistant Professor, ETHIOPIA

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concrete is not a two-phase material in the true sense unless cracks are initiated and

cracked matrix is held by the reinforcing bars. Existence of one phase (i.e., steel or

concrete) does not improve the basic strength characteristics of the other phase and

consequently the overall performance of the traditional reinforced concrete composite is

dictated by the individual performance of the concrete and steel phase separately.

Fibres have been used since Biblical times to strengthen brittle matrices; for example straw

and horse-hair was mixed with mud to form walls and floors. In modern technology, steel

fibres were for the first time proposed as dispersed reinforcement for concrete by Romualdi

in his two papers in 1963 and 1964. Since that time, the concept of dispersed fibres in

cement-based materials has developed considerably for various applications demonstrating

significant improvement on flexural capacity of concrete elements. The first serious civil

engineering constructions with the application of FRC were carried out in the 1960s. The

most remarkable application was building of 18 runways of airports in USA between 1972

and 1980, which demonstrated excellent performance for about two decades towards crack

and local damages. Recently FRC technology is gaining more and more popularity among

constructors for shotcrete work in which steel fibers of various types and shapes were

introduced for the application of unstable slopes, landslides, tunnel lining, and road

embankments.

In this study, literature reviews have been presented exploring the state of the art of FRC

technology and also possible future perspectives have been discussed. Moreover, it is

intended to provide an overview of the types of commercially available FRCs and how they

work. The paper also discusses commonly applied terminology and models of mechanical

behavior that form a basis for understanding material performance without involving too

much of mathematical details.

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Brief Profile

Yonas got Civil Engineering Degree and Building Engineering Advanced Diploma from

Addis Ababa University and a Master’s Degree in Transformational leadership from

Greenwich University.

He is currently working as a Head of Addis Ababa City Construction Bureau for almost a

year and half. His previous work experiences mainly include the following:

Deputy Head at Addis Ababa City Construction and Housing Development Bureau (7

years & 11 months)

Head at Addis Ababa City Infrastructure and Construction Authority (8 months)

Design Head at Addis Ababa City Infrastructure and Construction Authority (2 years

6 months)

Construction Permit Inspection and Supervision department head and

Construction Inspection and Supervision Team leader at Addis Ababa City

Infrastructure and Construction Authority (2 years 2 months)

Higher Construction Engineer, Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome

Engineering Department (5years 10 months)

Construction Engineer at Addis Ababa Environmental Development Project Office

(1year 1 month)

Project Manager at Yilak construction P.L.C (2 years)

Yonas is a civil engineer with a strong commitment to a career in construction industry

development. Working with government constructions has given him a diverse set of skills

including: Excellent interpersonal skills and good verbal & written communication skills,

excellent construction management practice with design and construction integration skills.

Abstract

In this paper the Ethiopian construction industry development and its direct relation with

cement and cement products; the demand of cement and cement products and the

outmoded construction system that influence the cement products quality, time, cost and

public satisfaction is compared with a modern prefabricated cement product construction

materials system on same parameters. The regulatory issues such as construction permit,

certification of the production process on quality and its compatibility with Ethiopian

“Standards and regulatory frameworks for cement & concrete

production and enforcement challenger”


Head, Addis Ababa City Construction Bureau

ETHIOPIA

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construction standards and quality controlling laboratories and certification for

prefabricated construction elements is seen. Finally the policy framework set to be

implemented for the development of the construction industry and related legal documents

and practices that are derived from it will be discussed.

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Brief Profile

I am a 26 year old energetic young Civil Engineer from Ethiopia. After completing my

undergraduate program, I have been working as a founder and manager of a construction

firm and have been gaining enormous experience since then. I have developed the ability

to work on different types of projects and I have also been involved in different

extracurricular activities such as volunteering in a church construction project which have

provided me with great opportunities to learn and develop myself professionally. Through

working the past one year as a construction firm manager, I have developed my

communication and problem solving skills technically and how to deal with different

governmental authorities whom have direct contact with my construction company. My

vision is to research in the construction field especially in the field of Transport Planning and

Engineering. This summit has a demand for new ideas and is geared towards solving the

problems of developing countries like Ethiopia. I believe participating in this Summit will

add a great deal in my professional achievement by providing me with a solid experience

on the field. Through this summit, I am looking forward to exchange experience with people

around the globe who share the same professional values.

Abstract

In the context of Ethiopia’s geography, pattern of settlement and economic activity,

transport plays a vital role in facilitating economic development. In particular, road

transport provides the means for the movement of people and goods, utilization of land and

natural resources, access to social services and opportunities for sustainable growth. With

this regard, the roads and highways need to be constructed by taking account of the need of

future generations. In order to accomplish that, reviewing the state-of-the- practice in

methods used for pavement type selection is the critical responsibilities of Road Sector

Development Program. Flexible pavements have been the preferred choice because of low

initial cost as compared to the rigid pavements. In view of availability of cement in plenty

within the country and scarcity and raising prices of bitumen, it has become prudent to

consider rigid pavement, a far better alternative to flexible pavement. In connection to this,

the research plan primarily focuses on addressing a gap in the existing knowledge base,

contributing a new perspective and generating facts about a phenomenon that has not been

explored previously. The choice of the appropriate economically advantageous pavement

type, flexible or rigid, is made by carrying out Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis. Accordingly,

“Was Rigid Pavement Appropriate for Addis Ababa – Adama

Toll Motorway Project?”

MR. ADONAY KEBEDE

General Manager, Bethelhem: Adonay General Building

Construction Partnership

ETHIOPIA

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for this purpose, Addis Ababa – Adama Toll motorway, an alignment found in Ethiopia, has

been adopted for the assessment. Upon finalizing research results and entailing implicated

findings, expanding the use of rigid pavements in the development of infrastructure for high

volume roads is one aspect that provides sustainability for future generations. In addition to

the longer service lives exhibited by rigid pavements and lower life cycle cost, this

research shows the positive environmental, social, as well as, economic impact of rigid

pavement provides.

Keywords – Road Sector Development Program, Rigid Pavement, Flexible Pavement, Life

Cycle Cost

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PANEL DISCUSSION

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“Setting Agenda for Action”


DAY TWO – PANEL DISCUSSION

TIME ITINERARY Moderator

2:00 – 2:10pm Invitation and Introduction of Panelists

MR. YOHANNES NEDA

Deputy CEO, the i-Capital Africa

Institute

Lecturer & Coordinator

Graduate Programs

College of Business & Economics,

AAU

2:11- 2:30 pm Presentation of Key Issues

2:31 – 3:20pm Panelists Reflection on Key Issues

3:21 – 3:50pm Refreshment, Networking and Exhibition Tour

3:51 – 4:10pm Questions from Audience

4:11 – 5:00pm Reflection from Panelists

5:01 – 5:20pm Summarized Agendas for Action

5:21 – 5:30pm Closing Remark

5:21 – 5:30pm H.E. Prof. Afework Kassu

State Minister, Ministry of Science & Technology

7:00 – 9:00pm Dinner - Certificate of Recognition

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PANELISTS

DR. ARGAW ASHA

A. Executive Director

Ethiopia Construction Projects

Management Institute

H.E. Eng. AISHA MOHAMMED Minister

Ministry of Construction

H.E. DR. ALEMU SIME

State Minister

Ministry of Industry

DR. GEMECHU WAKTOLA

CEO, The i-Capital Africa Institute

Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University

MR. HAILE ASSEGIDE

President

Ethiopian Cement Producers Association

CEO

Derba MIDROC Cement

MR. KIBREAB TEKESTE

General Manager,

Messebo Cement Factory PLC

DR. LEMI GUTA

President,

Adama Science & Technology University

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MODERATOR

H.E. MR. TESHOME LEMMA

State Minister

Ministry of Education

MR. SAMUEL HALALA

Director General

Chemical and Construction Input

Industries Development Institute

MR. YOHANNES NEDA

Deputy CEO, the i-Capital Africa Institute

Lecturer & Coordinator of Graduate Programs

College of Business & Economics, AAU


Head, Addis Ababa City Construction Bureau

ETHIOPIA

DR. MEDHANYE BIEDEBRHAN

Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering

Ethiopian Institute of Technology

Mekele University

MR. WOLDAY BERHE

General Manager

Defense Construction Enterprise

ETHIOPIA

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TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Training Delivery Partners

Area-I: Scenarios in Wear and Spare Parts Management and Service Packages

Area-II: Structured On-the-Job Training [S-OJT] Approach for Developing Internal

Expertise

Area-III: Export Manager: Developing Internationalization Projects

Germany

RL JACOBS &

ASSOCIATES

Germany USA

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Area-I

Scenarios in Wear and Spare Parts Management and Service

Packages

Type Crash Course

No. of Days One

Schedule April 21, 2017

Provided by GEBR. PFEIFFER

Certificate Available

About the Training

A well-timed replacement of worn out or malfunctioned parts as well as a correct

maintenance and repair are the foundation for a high availability and a proper condition of

your machinery and equipment. If given, those things shall lead you to a proved

production with the required quality.

Against this background, these are the main topics of the training:

Spare parts recommendations

Wear analysis

Operating instructions

Maintenance

Repair

Tools

Service contracts

Trainer Profile

Christian Burkhart

Head of Spare Parts Service

GEBR. PFEIFFER

Christian is a Head of Spare Parts Service at the Gebr Pfeiffer,

Germany since 1997. He has been working with Gebr Pfeiffer since

1996 and started as Manager of modernization project of machining

workshop. In 1995, he graduated with Dip-Ing (FH) Industrial

Engineering from University of Applied Sciences at Kaiserslautern in

Germany.

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Area-II

STRUCTURED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING

[S-OJT] APPROACH FOR DEVELOPING INTERNAL EXPERTISE

Type Crash Course

No. of Days Three

Schedule May 3-5, 2017

Provided by The i-Capital Africa Institute in partnership with

USA based RL Jacobs & Associates

Certificate Available

About the Training

This training package is designed to help companies build capacity and systems that will

enable them continuously develop their own internal expertise through introducing

workplace skills development approaches. This workshop mainly focuses on providing your

company with the necessary tools and techniques to structure and deliver on-the-job

training programs using the popular Structured On-the-Job Training approach famously

known as S-OJT.

S-OJT was first introduced in the late 1980s to help organizations respond to new business

challenges. S-OJT is a systematically planned process for designing and carrying out

training. Learning takes place at the work site. Experienced workers serve as trainers and

provide specific feedback on task execution. There are detailed training plans. The entire

effort is integrated and orderly. It is a complete, unified system.

S-OJT occurs in the work setting and is delivered by experienced employees, often

supervisors. But unlike traditional forms of training on-the-job, S-OJT is planned and thus has

more reliable and predictable training outcomes. Some forms of S-OJT have now become

one of the most frequently used training approaches in successful companies in USA,

Europe and Asia.

From this training workshop, your company gets S-OJT that is adapted to a developing

nation environment in a way it can significantly improve, at low cost, the performance

capability of your workers. At the end of the training workshop, your company will have

competent S-OJT facilitators who will be your internal expert S-OJT designers, advisers on S-

OJT implementation, training manual developers, S-OJT implementation evaluators, and so

on.

http://www.icapitalafrica.net/preconference-training.html

http://www.icapitalafrica.net/preconference-training.html

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Trainers Profile

Ronald L. Jacobs, Ph.D.

Principal, RL Jacobs & Associates

Professor, University of Illinois, USA

Ronald L. Jacobs, Ph.D. http://education.illinois.edu/frp/j/rljacobs

is professor of human resource development, University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign, and principal of RL Jacobs & Associates, a

global consulting firm. Ron has written over 100 journal articles and

book chapters, and has authored or edited six books that address a

range of topics in human resource and workforce development. Ron

is an emeritus professor at The Ohio State University.

In 1994, Ron received the instructional technology research award from the American

Society for Training and Development. In 1995, the Academy of Human Resource

Development honored Ron for his scholarly contributions to the human resource

development field. From 1998-2001, Ron served as editor of Human Resource Development

Quarterly, the major scholarly research journal of the human resource development field

and is now the only SSCI listed journal in the HRD field. Ron served on the ASTD advisory

board of the Workplace Learning and Performance Certification Institute. Currently, Ron

serves as past president of the Academy of Human Resource Development. In November

2013, Ron was inducted in the International Adult and Continuing Education (IACE) Hall of

Fame for his contributions to workplace learning and performance.

Ron is particularly known for his research and consulting related to structured on-the-job

training (S-OJT). Ron first introduced this training approach to the HRD literature in 1987.

He is the author of Structured On-the-Job Training: Unleashing Employee Expertise in the

Workplace (Berrett-Koehler, 2nd edition), which has become the standard guide to help

organizations and nations implement this training approach.

The book has been translated into Chinese-Complex, Chinese-Simplified, Korean, and

Arabic. Much of Ron’s research on this topic has been on determining the ROI of using S-

OJT. This information has proven critical for making more informed training decisions.

Since 1980, Ron has been responsible for the graduate training of over 300 HRD

professionals. More than 30 of his Ph.D. graduates now teach HRD and HRM-related

subjects in universities globally. Ron has been an invited professor at numerous

international universities, including the University of Utrecht, National Taiwan Normal

University, he was the Shaw Distinguished Professor of Human Resource Management at

Nanyang University, Singapore, and a distinguished professor at Huazhong University in

Wuhan, China.

http://education.illinois.edu/frp/j/rljacobs

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Ron has extensive consulting experience in global organizations and government agencies,

including General Motors, KLM Airlines, Abbott Laboratories, Kenworth Trucks, Seagate,

Morton Salt, Rohm and Haas, Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Biomet, Honda, and

Huawei among others. Ron designed and helped implement an extensive development

system featuring the use of S-OJT for new-hire engineers for the Kuwait National Petroleum

Company. Ron’s work on S-OJT has influenced national policy makers in Singapore, which

in 1997 implemented the OJT 2000 initiative through its Productivity Standards Board and

Institute for Technical Education. Ron’s work has also influenced the policies of the Ministry

of Employment and Labor, Republic of South Korea and in the Doroob initiative in Saudi

Arabia.

Common across Ron’s consulting projects is developing workplace performance systems

that respond to changing demands on employee competence. Ron purposely integrates his

projects into his scholarship and teaching through partnership research.

Gemechu Waktola, Ph.D.

CEO, The i-Capital Africa Institute

Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University

Dr. Gemechu is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Development

at the College of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University and

CEO of The i-Capital Africa Institute www.icapitalafrica.net which

focuses on strategic development of industries via building intellectual

capital, knowledge sharing and technology transfer capacity.

Dr. Gemechu has more than 14 years of experience in university teaching, training for

industries and business consulting. He has been offering Human Resource Development and

other graduate courses at Adama Science and Technology University and currently at Addis

Ababa University. His major teaching areas focus on strategic and operational human

resource development, workplace learning, strategic business management, and

organizational behavior and more.

In addition to his academic credentials, Dr. Gemechu is a certified Management Consultant.

He is also Ohio State University, USA certified DACUM (Developing A Curriculum) facilitator

and University of Illinois certified S-OJT (Structured On-the-Job Training) facilitator.


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Area-III

Export Manager: Developing Internationalization Projects

Type Crash Course No. of Days Two Schedule May 15-16, 2017 Provided by The i-Capital Africa Institute in partnership with

Germany based SEPT Program of Leipzig University and

CONOSCOPE GmbH Certificate Available and issued by The i-Capital Africa Institute, Leipzig

University and CONOSCOPE GmbH

About the Training

The decision to export and make your way in another nation is very similar to starting a new

business, as almost all variables related to the market, business culture and customers are

new. Therefore, when an entrepreneur makes the decision to seize the opportunity to bring

his products to potential new markets, countless questions immediately arise.

How is my customer profile in the foreign market?

What is the ideal price for the launch of my products?

What adjustments do my products need to be accepted in a new market?

Who controls the distribution channels there?

How much should I spend on promotion activities and advertising?

The success of the project will depend on the ability of the entrepreneur or manager of the

business to properly answer most of these questions. This is precisely the objective of this

training: providing businessmen and women from different enterprises outstanding tools to

ensure their competitiveness and particularly their capacity for development in order to

deal with the challenges that every internationalization process involves. The training

course is for professionals in the private and public business sector and it is offered by the

Small Enterprise Promotion and Training Program (SEPT) of Leipzig University and the

specialized consultancy firm Conoscope GmbH, both from Germany.

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Trainers Profile

Gunnar Kassberg

Coordinator, FIT4export at the Interna5onal SEPT Program

Germany

Gunnar Kassberg is experienced in the management of international

projects and has worked for various institutions in Knowledge &

Technology Transfer, Business Development & Start-up Promotion. Since

2014 he is the Coordinator of FIT4export at the International SEPT

Program. His field of expertise is the internationalization of SME,

especially the planning of international market research, analyzing

cross-cultural marketing campaigns and the implementation of online-marketing tools.

Uwe Becher

Trainer & Coach

Germany

Uwe Becher is a trainer, coach and interim manager home and abroad.

His main focus is the development of new products and business models

as well as their financing and market development. He is an expert in

machine and plant construction, renewable & traditional energy and

medical technology. Uwe has been the trainer and founder coach for

over 100 start-ups. In Leipzig. His field of expertise is in export

management in SMEs.

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April 19th & 20th, 2017

Upcoming Events – 2017

In partnership with

Theme: “Employability & Skills Development: Building Systems at National

and Enterprise Levels”

30-31 August 2017

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Conference & Career Expo

2nd Annual East Africa Finance Summit

December 2017

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Some of Our Products and Services

The i-Capital Africa Institute is established to deliver

intellectual capital development and knowledge

sharing packages for enterprises in Africa.

www.icapitalafrica.net

… your African intellectual capital partner ….

OHA Lab is a data based approach

and is designed to help you improve your leadership and

organizational effectiveness. We use proven tools to

identify critical dimensions of your organizational health

that result in increased performance and productivity.

The results are measurable and help you to focus on

critical dimensions to improve your organization’s health.

Organizational

Health

Assessment

Lab

Depending on diagnostic result for your

company’s health at our OHA Lab, we provide you with

customized solutions in our impact clinic. Our Impact

Clinic provides you with solutions related with

organizational restructuring, HR bundle, system fix and

redesign, develop job profile chart, competency

framework, and many more.

Impact

Clinic

Some of Our Local and Global Partners, Clients, and Collaborators

FDRE Public Finance

Enterprises Agency

RL JACOBS &

ASSOCIATES

SAWBO

A Member of


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The Cement Technology Center (CTC) at Adama Science and

Technology University (ASTU) is inaugurated in June 2014 to

serve as hub for the technology transfer, research and development and manpower training

(HRD) for the Ethiopian cement industry. The center is believed to help the industry achieve

a comprehensive development so as to be competitive in the international market and

upsurge diversified and competitive products using indigenized/ localized technology and

domestic workforce and become a training hub for Ethiopian cement technology.

Key CTC starting up progress:

The CTC of ASTU in collaboration with the i-Capital Africa Institute organizes

annually the “East Africa Cement, Concrete and Energy Summit” which includes

short term training and Exhibition.

The CTC of ASTU in collaboration with Adama TVET is developing short & long term

training curriculum (draft MSC) to fill the HRD gap in the cement industry. The

training and M.Sc. programs are planned to be delivered in five specialization areas

in partnership with others Stakeholders.

The CTC is in the process of procuring the Cement Plant Simulator for training

purpose and the auction is already floated for Bidders on Addis Zemen Newspaper.

ASTU already have fully equipped state of the art interactive ICT center that can be

used for simulator assisted HR training.


Adama Science and Technology University

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www.icapitalafrica.net

Contact Address:

Elsi Building # 604, Arat-Kilo,

Arada-Sub City, Addis Ababa

E:mail: [email protected]

Mobile: +251911629011

Office: +251118120600

P. O. Box 80484

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

… your African intellectual capital partner ….

www.astu.edu.et

ASTU Cement Technology Center

Contact Address:


Adama Science & Technology University

Adama, Ethiopia

P. O. Box 1888

Mobile: +251912130094

Office: +251221110494

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