
SAMUEL ACIDRI
Senior Civil Engineer- Bridge
Jinja, UgandaWork 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, KampalaJan 2008 - Jan 2012 - 4 yr
B.Eng. Civil and Building Engineering in Structural Engineering and design
Kyambogo universityJan 2008 - Jan 2012 - 4 yr
Technical Diploma in Water Engineering
Kyambogo University, KampalaJan 2005 - Jan 2007 - 2 yr
Technical Diploma in Hydrology and Water Resources Science
Kyambogo universityJan 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.
Languages
English
FluentFrench
Advanced
Training & Certifications
HIV/AIDS Training corse
Ministry of Health, Government of Uganda·2010Leadership ethics and integrity course
Kyambogo University·2009Climate Change Concern
NGO·2009Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
Uganda National Examinations Board·2005Uganda Certificate of Education
Uganda National Examinations Board·2003