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SAMUEL ACIDRI

Senior Civil Engineer- Bridge

Jinja, Uganda

Work Experience

  • Senior Civil EngineerFull Time

    Zenitaka-Hyundai Joint Venture

    Jun 2014 - Present -11 yrs

    Uganda , Jinja

    • Job Details:Reporting all works to the Construction Manager, about the Cable-Stayed Bridge located 82 kilometres east of Kampala, at 00 26 15N; 33 11 15E coordinates (Latitude: 0.4375; Longitude: 33.1875): • Daily supervised all preliminary civil, safety, environment and electro-mechanical engineering works, hoarding and security fencing, and the batching plant works. • Acted as a construction clerk of works, and prepared daily and monthly progress reports. • Prepared method statements, specifications of works, quality control manuals among others. • Daily supervised and cross-checked the production of all structural CAD drawings, reinforced concrete and structural steel member designs from the Design Office before approval.
  • Site EngineerFull Time

    Bezalel Constructions Limited

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2014 -1 yr

    Uganda

    • Job Details:Reporting to the Projects Manager; with the responsibility of supervising all civil, building, electro-mechanical, landscape, and ancillary works; enforcing safety and environmental policies; securing materials, plant and equipment, writing progress project reports, among other items: • Supervised the setting-out of beacons, coordinates, vertical and horizontal road controls. • Testing of sampled engineering materials for physical strength parameters in compliance with the ASTM, AASHTO, DIN, TRRL and Uganda Standards for the road and building materials. • Preparing Gantt charts, work-breakdown structures, structural CAD drawings, bar-bending material schedules, BOQs, formulating quality control and method statements for all works.
  • Civil EngineerFull Time

    ACTEC Engineers Plc.

    Aug 2012 - Jun 2013 -10 months

    Uganda

    • Job Details:Reporting to the Projects Manager with the responsibility of supervising the geosynthetics-pavement reinforcements design, providing oversight and leadership over a team of CAD Engineers; overseeing quality assurance of works, analysing technical survey data, and carrying out structural analyses: • Oversaw the preparation of Resettlement Action Plans and Environmental and Social Impact Assessments for the over 223.10 km Kasarani - Thika - Meru Highway project in Kenya. • Supervised the projects, prepared quality control and method statements, general work specifications, programs and technical reports, road inspection surveys, work progress reports. • Data review and analysis, water demand and hydraulic design estimations, design of treatment plants, detailed network designs, BOQs, and pipe line profiles for the water supply systems.
  • CAD EngineerFull Time

    Salini Costruttori S.p.A

    Nov 2011 - Aug 2012 -9 months

    Uganda , Jinja

    • Job Details:Reporting to the Technical Manager, with the responsibility of carrying out civil, structural and road engineering designs; co-ordinating, managing, appraising and training the CAD operators, and CAD structural detailing of Roadway sections, carriageways, and drainage facilities at the 250 MW Bujagali Hydro-dam located at the Dumbbell Island 8 km downstream-north of the existing Owen Falls Dam: • Site Inspections for approval and construction of Road drainage, Minor bridges and replacement of damaged culverts; installation of road furniture, the geometric design of the Access Internal Roads and guardrails, and the simply supported bridge design near Switch Yard. • Carried out site workforce supervisions on portions of the 1,256,000m³ of excavated earthworks, 585,000m³ of fill, and 211,000m³ of concrete works; development and co-ordination of technical standards and policies for Quality Control Assurances.
  • Education

    • B.Eng. Civil and Building Engineering in Structural Analysis and Design

      Kyambogo University, Kampala

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2012 - 4 yr

    • B.Eng. Civil and Building Engineering in Structural Engineering and design

      Kyambogo university

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2012 - 4 yr

    • Technical Diploma in Water Engineering

      Kyambogo University, Kampala

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2007 - 2 yr

    • Technical Diploma in Hydrology and Water Resources Science

      Kyambogo university

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2007 - 2 yr

    Achievements

    2014 Currently the Senior Civil Engineer for the construction of the first ever US$125 million, 525m, 3 spans cable-stayed bridge with reinforced concrete box girder and pylons, in East Africa. 2013 Supervised the construction of the first-two phases of the 5-Star PROTEA Hotel in Hoima. 2012 Supervised the use of US$35/m3 geotextile on the Malaba-Webuye Highway in lieu of the US$47/m3 conventional backfill material, with cost savings of US$12/m3 for a 2 km distance. 2012 Supervised the Bujagali Access Internal swampy-Road sections using Geosynthetics; did 3D load simulations; achieved the contractual EIA target with a 25% construction cost decrease. 2011 Designed the fabricated-elements of the permanent water hyacinth barriers package for the Bujagali Dam translating to a 47% cost reduction from an imported value of US$15,000.

    Skills

    • AutoCAD
    • Microsoft Office
    • Site Management
    • AutoCAD
    • Water Engineering
    • computer
    • Quantity Surveying

    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • French

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • HIV/AIDS Training corse

      Ministry of Health, Government of Uganda·2010
    • Leadership ethics and integrity course

      Kyambogo University·2009
    • Climate Change Concern

      NGO·2009
    • Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

      Uganda National Examinations Board·2005
    • Uganda Certificate of Education

      Uganda National Examinations Board·2003
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