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MY CAREER THUS FAR...

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A photographic slideshow of my CV

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MY CAREER THUS FAR...

BUILDINGSMiddle East - Bahrain

I was on site on Marina West

project for 8months in Budiya,

Bahrain. It was the biggest

project at the time in Bahrain.

See my CV for more details on

my involvement.

BUILDINGSSaadiyat Island – Abu Dhabi. February 2010 to January 2011

Here again I was on site,

ensuring smooth flow of

construction works. My

relationship building skills also

helped greatly as I was able to

gain the respect of the Abu

Dhabi government inspector.

Before he would often reject

work, causing delays to the

works.

BRIDGESSibaya Interchange

Assisted the Senior Engineer

with the design of this 4 span,

post tensioned bridge over a

National highway in South

Africa, see details in my CV.

BRIDGESResident Engineer

On site for 1 year as Bridge

Superintendent or Resident

Engineer as its known in South

Africa. I personally also

designed the 30m long post-

tensioned beams.

BRIDGESFire Damage Report

I was responsible for compiling

the damage assessment and

repair strategy report for a fire

damaged bridge in Cape town.

BRIDGESConstruction management - Dubai

I spent 7 months on site at the

Nad Al Sheba racecourse

access roads. The project had a

total of 7 bridges and two

separate contractors, Dutco

Beatty Balfour and Afcons.

BRIDGESConstruction management - Dubai

Nad Al Sheba: The Main Bridge

BRIDGESConstruction management - Dubai

Investigating the snapping of

wires during tensioning

operations.

BRIDGESConstruction management - Dubai

The completed VIP bridge.

Construction management – South Africa

Constructing a twin bridge next

to existing one. Piling in

progress, oscillator piles to a

depth of 40m.

Resolving bursting steel – arriving at a practical workable arrangement. This was also checked by calculation.

BRIDGESConstruction management – South Africa

The beams were 33m long and

around 64tons.