PROFILE

J.B. NarteyBSc(Civil Eng), MSc(Project Management)*

 

03/08/13

 

FAMILY NAME: NARTEY

 FIRST NAMES : BERNARD JOSCELYN

 DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: 23rd September 1967, Accra, Ghana

 NATIONALITY: Ghanaian

 MARITAL STATUS: Married with two (2) dependent children

 WORK PERMITS: SA Permanent Resident Permit Number; OL152/2012   PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 2 the boulders,1 sunningdale avenue,sunnyridge,east london   OFFICE ADDRESS: WSU, Private Bag x3182. Butterworth   CONTACT NO: 0027-73-7369034/0027-82-7278736

EMAIL: bernardnartey13@yahoo.com   LINGUISTIC ABILITY; Excellent or fluent English (Spoken, read & written)   OTHER SKILLS; Holder of an SA driver’s license, writing and publishing of articles on

a wide range of civil engineering issues and lecturing on a broad range of subjects.  

Bio Data

My professional career runs over 21 years in rendering technical support/Project management services to over nine(9)development organizations in three(3) different African countries; Ghana, Sierra Leone and South Africa.

Development organizations served include the ff; UNDP/UNCDF,UNEP,DANIDA,USAID,IFAD,ADB,AMALBANK,DBSA,BCMM,CHDM,ORTAMBO DM and WSU.

I am currently a lecturer/Exam Moderator at the Civil Engineering Department of the Walter Sisulu University(WSU),Butterworth and East London Campus in the Eastern Cape

I was the program coordinator for the Expanded Public Works(EPWP) and the KSD PIP programs for the OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape.

I am also the municipal project management resource person for the Intelligence Transfer Centre, Midrand, Joburg.

I am also a co-owner of Zaathi Trading(Pty) Limited. An engineering consulting company

Professional Experience Summary

University of Pretoria,SA,2012/15 M.Sc.-PM-Final year Student

Construction SETA,SA,2011 Labor Intensive Construction management-NQF LEVEL 5 &

7,

K.N.U.S.T. ,Kumasi, Ghana, 1993 BSc-Hons (Civil Eng)-Transportation/Highway, geotechnical,

environmental quality engineering & project management

Tertiary Education

LIC Workshop- 28th Sept,2011, ECDC Building,Mthatha,SA Contract Admin & Management(GCC 2010)- 14-15th June 2011.

ORTDM,Umtata,South Africa, Labor Intensive construction management- NQF Level 5 & 7- 1-3

June,2011,Mthatha NYS and Training co-ordination workshop-26th May,2011,East London Project Portfolio Office-PMIS ,DBSA ,Midrand, S.A.,15th-16th April,2010 AUTOCAD 2010 , Autodesk authorized training centre,S.A., 16th to 21st Oct. 2009 Management Development, National Banking College,Accra,Ghana-4th-8th August 2008 Accounting & Finance for Project Managers, Engineers centre, Accra,Ghana,13-14th

April. 2005 Communication & Negotiation skills for young professionals, Engineer’s centre,

Accra,Ghana,3 - 4th June 2003 Project planning & management using Microsoft project., PMC Training center,

Accra,Ghana,12-23 Nov.2001. Basic Computer Training , ADB training School, Accra - April 19th-May 7th 2001

Project Management, Controller & Accountant general training school, Accra, Ghana, April 1998

Contract Administration & Management,(FIDIC 2010) Ghana Institution of Engineers, Accra, Ghana, Nov.1997

Labor Based road construction technology (An ILO Sponsored program), Labor based training school, Koforidua, Ghana, April 1994

Short Courses/Workshops Attended

International/local Conferences Attended

Theme Location Date

1st Legal & Financial compliance forContract Management in Government & SOE’S-Presentation of paper; Good contract Management practices-A municipal perspective

CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria

21 & 22 May 2013

3rd EPWP Municipal Summit St.Georges Hotel, Centurion, Gauteng, SA 26-28th November 2012

Planning, programming and budgeting of MIG Infrastructure Projects Garden Court, Umtata, South Africa 6-8th August 2012

2nd Annual Dam Management & Rehabilitation In Africa – Presentation of paper- Dam rehabilitation and management-The role of municipalities -Case Study

Intelligence Transfer Centre, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Joburg. SA

24-25 July 2012

Water and Waste water treatment IWEE, Dept of Civil Eng, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

13-15 Feb.2012

EPWP Summit ,Johannesburg, SA 2-4th Nov.2011

LIC Workshop ECDC Building, Mthatha, South Africa 28th Sept,2011

Contract Administration & Management(GCC 2010) ORTDM, Umtata, South Africa 14-15th June 2011

Labor Intensive construction management NQF Level 5 & 7 ORTDM, Umtata, South Africa 1-3 June,2011

 Geographic Information Systems Seminar,I nternational Accra, Ghana July 1999

SEAM IV International Conference (Int. conference of civil/structural Engineers),

Accra, Ghana Sept 1997

PMS, DIMS version EPWP_MIS, MIG_MIS 2.03/2.04 Project Portfolio Office(a PMIS), Civil Designer 6.5, EPANET 2.0 WATERCAD v8i Civil Designer 2011 conversion AUTOCAD Civil 3D, 2011/12 version AUTOCAD 2D Version 2008/2010, Microsoft Project 2010 Internet(Microsoft Explorer), Microsoft Office suite(Word, Excel, power point, Visio etc), Computer Programming in Turbo Pascal (5.0) and Fortran-77

ICT Skills Proficiency

Project Management South Africa(PMSA), 2013

Project Management Institute(PMI), USA & SA- 2012, No.2357148

Engineering Council South Africa (ECSA) -2011, No.201150958

Institute of Municipal Engineering South Africa (IMESA)-2011,N3559

South African council for the project and construction management professions(SACPCMP)-2010, No: B/903/2010

South African Institution of civil engineers(SAICE)-2010,No.2010382

African Network of Professionals (ANOP)-2009

Devex-Professional member-2010

Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers (SLIE)-2008

Ghana Institution of Engineers (Ghie)-1997, No:02870AM

Professional Institution Membership

Lecturer, WSU, EL & Butterworth Campus

EPWP Program ,OR Tambo DM, R15 million

Ntabankulu ward 9 sanitation project, OR Tambo DM,R6.7million,MIG

Flagstaff regional water supply scheme, OR Tambo DM, R150 million

Blue/Green drop certification program, OR Tambo DM    Quarry and bitumen premix plant near Qumbu, public-private partnership    Siyenza Manje Program/DBSA, R4.5 million

- 2010 Legacy projects-BCM, R50 million

-Seplan Interim water supply scheme, ,CHDM,R2.5 million-MIG

-North East Interim water supply scheme, CHDM,R5.0 million-MIG

 Kwanobushle water and sewer upgrade, NMBM,R24million

Mthatha cluster 10 schools, R32million, DRPW. OR Tambo and KSD district/local municipalities

New Ntafufu Clinic, OR Tambo and KSD district/local municipalities,DRPW,R7million

Pr.Civil Eng./PM Experience-South Africa 2009 to date

Rehabilitation of Kabala water supply system,$5million, BADEA

Upgrading of city, provincial and district headquarter township roads(10km),$5.4 million, AfDB

Kenema District Economic Recovery Programme (KDERP) $6,920,000 UNCDF/UNDP

Rehabilitation of kenema township drainage system, $1 million -

UNCDF/UNDP

Technical support to UNDP/UNCDF

Procurement and Technical audits of IDA funded projects implemented under IRCBP-PCU and Local government development grants (LGDG) funded projects under the local councils in Sierra Leone.,World Bank

Pr.Civil Eng./PM Experience- Sierra Leone 2008-2009

National feeder roads rehabilitation and maintenance program,

$6 million, DANIDA/USAID/IFAD

African rural energy enterprise devt Program ,$1million,UNEP

Small Scale Irrigation development program(SSIDP) ,$5million ,AfDB

Construction of a 3 No. Petroleum storage and distribution depots for the Tema Oil refinery, over $5million, OPEC Fund

Development of an EPZ near the Tema harbour, Ghana, IDA/World Bank,$15million

Construction credit portfolio management & business Development, Amalbank, Over $5 million

Pr.Civil Eng./PM Experience-Ghana 1993- 2008

Good Contract Management Practices- Municipal perspective ; Intelligence Transfer Centre,Midrand,Joburg,South Africa- 21-21st May 2013.

 Dam Rehabilitation And Management: The Role Of Municipalities; Intelligence Transfer Centre,Midrand,Joburg,South Africa- 24-25th July 2012.

‘Build relationships not bid packages’, SAICE Journal,July 2011 edition, South Africa  Construction Marketing- 2009,The Engineer, Sierra Leone ”The role of the Bank (ADB) in the DANIDA/ILO developed and sponsored labor

based construction program” ILO News- 2005 ’’Agricultural tractors in feeder road construction’’ 31st Oct., 2002-Ghanaian Times

pg.6  ’’The Civil Engineer in Development Banking’’ 21st Oct., 2002 -Ghanaian Times pg.

112 16th May, 2002- Construction today “The Impact of interest rate and foreign exchange fluctuations on

construction projects” Ghana Engineer- 2002  ‘’Feasibility studies: The need to be realistic’’ Construction today-June, 2002  ’’The Consulting Engineer in the society’’, Construction today-June, 2002  ’’Operating Risk Management for construction projects’’ Feb. 2002  “A cash collateral security build-up through payment certificate deductions-a

technical view” Jan.2002 “Driver understanding of and response to traffic signs and road markings on

urban and rural roads” July-Aug., 1993, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana DFR/School of Engineering, KNUST/ILO Research report on labor based road

construction technology-phase II, March 1994, koforidua, Ghana

Papers & Publications

 1.Mr.Elvis Makhubo, Regional Manager, DBSA, South Africa. Tel: 082-9416512

2. Mr.Roginold Musonda, Project manager, Johannesburg Water. South Africa. Tel: 079-1977630

3.Mr.Roy Young, Project Manager,2010 office, BCM,P.O.BOX 134,East London, South Africa, 5200,

Tel: 083-6602221

4.Mr. Ebenezer Appiah, Project manager, WSSA, Queenstown, South Africa. Tel:072-1166405

References

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