CIVIL ENGINEERING & PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Inter-Consult Ltd

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CIVIL ENGINEERING &
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

The Civil Engineering and Project Management Department (CE&PM) has, for the past 31 years,
been offering diversified consultant services in roads, railways, soil investigation, water supply &
sanitation, surveying and project management:
• Inventory and condition surveys
• Topographical and cadastral surveys
• Feasibility studies
• Design reviews and detailed designs
• Preparation of various types of layouts of drawings
• Preparation of tender documents, design reviews and evaluation of tenders and reports
• Contract management and Project supervision
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA)
• Materials Engineering and Investigations
Geotechnical investigations services include percussive drilling through soils, rotary coring through
rocks, in-situ testing, sampling and technical reporting. Ground water resourcing and well installation.
selected projects
ROAD stUDY AND desIGN projects
Feasibility study, detailed engineering design, cost
estimates, Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA),
Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and preparation of tender
documents for upgrading of:
• Tunduma – Laela Road (128 km) to bitumen standard
• Laela – Sumbawanga Road (96.5km) to bitumen
standard
• Mafia Access Road (14.3km) to bitumen standard
• Mpemba – Isongole (Tanzania Malawi border road
project (51.15 km)) to bitumen standard
• Kawawa - Nduoni – Marangu Mtoni (30.575 km) to
bitumen standard
• Handeni – Mkata (55km), Korogwe – Handeni (65km)
and Handeni – Mziha (72km) to bitumen standard
• Laela – Sumbawanga (96.5km) to bitumen standard
• Natta – Mugumu – Tabora B – Kleins Camp – Loliondo
Road (239 km) to bitumen standard
• Long term conceptual design and detailed design of
Dar es Salaam Bus Rapid Transit (DART) pilot corridor –
2005/2006
• Tukuyu – Katumba (83km) to bitumen standard
• Sumbawanga – Mpanda (237km) to bitumen standard
• Galula – Namkukwe (47km) to engineered gravel
standard
• Rujewa – Madibira – Mafinga (151km) to bitumen
standard
• Singida – Babati – Minjingu (223km) to bitumen
standard
• Mbeya – Chunya – Makongolosi (115km) to bitumen
standard
• 10-Year Road Sector Investment Program – Phase I
roAds coNstrUctION SUperVISION
• Tanga – Horohoro road (65 km) to bitumen standard
• Mwigumbi – Maswa – Bariadi – Lamadi road to
bitumen standard
• Kawawa – Nduoni – Marangu (15 km) and Rau
Madukani – Uru Mawela – Njari (9.5 km) roads to
bitumen standard
• Rehabilitation of Ntendo – Muze – Kilyamatundu
regional roads (170 km)
• Periodic Maintenance and Bridge Construction Works
along Mtwara – Mtegu and Mkungu – Masasi trunk
roads in Mtwara Region
• Rehabilitation and Supervision Works of 24 various
Bridges in Morogoro Region.

INVestIGAtions
• Geotechnical investigation along Tunduma-
Sumbawanga Road. Included drilling through soils,
rotary coring through rocks, sampling, trial pitting,
in-situ test, laboratory testing, factual and geotechnical
reporting for 11 bridges sites
• Geotechnical investigation along Makuyuni-Oldeani
Road. Included drilling through soils, rotary coring,
sampling, in-situ testing, laboratory testing and
reporting for materials and bridge sites
• Assessment of Kuu steet Dodoma. Assessment of
performance of road No 13 to determine causes of
pre-mature failures, apportioning responsibility and
formulating remedial measures
rAIlwAYs
• Tazara Rail Welding Preparation of tender documents,
evaluation of tenders and supervision of 657 km of
continuous rail welding for seven years (1994-2001)
• Tazara Mechanized Railway Maintenance supervision
of mechanized rail from Dar es Salaam to New Kapiri
Mposhi (km1,850) in Zambia along the TAZARA railway
using track tampers, ballast cleaner and profiler
• Flood prevention for Tanzania Railways Corporation
Detailed design and construction supervision of river
training, drainage structures and protection works for
the TRC in Kilosa, along the Mkondoa River
wAter sUpply Projects
• Provision of technical and facilitation services for the
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sub Projects in
Kisarawe District Council -2010 on going
• Lake Victoria Region Water Supply and Sanitation
(LVWATSAN) Facilities Phase II-2009
• Provision of technical and facilitation services for the
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sub Projects in
Ulanga District Council-2009 on going
• Provision of technical and facilitation services for the
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sub Projects in
Kilombero District Council -2009 on going
• Extension to head office building for Bank of Tanzania
(BOT) - Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar
sUrveYING
• School facility development program for Dar es
Salaam Primary Schools - Field surveys with production
of topographical survey maps for 28 primary school sites
• TRC flood prevention works - Topographical survey
along the central railway line and river crossing using
total station in data acquisition and data processing
using LISCAD PLUS.
• BP sites – Topographic and utility survey at installations
in Dar es salaam and Moshi using Distomat in data
acquisition and SDRMAP Software in data processing
and plotting.
TechnoloGY & EqUIpment
The department is equipped with computer software and
modern surveying equipments to offer the much needed
assistance in its various sections:
• AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop 2010 and Eagle
Point AutoCAD 2007 for surveying data processing,
production of topographic maps and drawing sections,
profiles in road alignment design
• LEICA Geo office Combined for surveying data
downloading, processing and analysis
• AutoCAD 2007 for production of various drawings
• Microsoft Project for planning and project
management
• CADDIE Software for civil, structural and architectural
designs and detailing
• Corel Draw and Corel Photo Paint software
• Plotter HP 700 for printing of drawings of various sizes
• Scanner and color photocopier
• Dando 300m drilling rig for percussive and rotary
drilling with necessary accessories and tools for both
soil and core drilling and a variety of in-situ tests (90m
depth)
• Dando 150 drilling rig for percussive drilling and a
variety of in-situ tests (45m depth)
• Casagrande cup, series of BS sieves, DCP equipment
• GPS Receiver system 1200
• Spirit Levelling instruments
• Distomats
• Total stations with all accessories

ABOUT THE FIRM
Inter-consult Ltd. is an ISO 9001:2008 certified, dynamic, multi-disciplinary consultancy company registered
in Tanzania with registration number 6358 of 23rd June 1978 and wholly owned and managed by
Tanzanian nationals.
Inter-consult’s five technical departments provide services in the fields of:
• Architecture and Town Planning
• Civil Engineering
- Roads
- Geotechnical
- Water Supply and Sanitation
• Structural and Bridge Engineering
• Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
• Quantity Surveying
• Project Management
Operating under one roof in our own offices ‘Inter House’, with a complement of over 80 staff based in Dar
es Salaam, the firm operates country-wide on locally and externally financed projects with over 400 projects
completed in the past three decades.
Inter-consult is an active member of the Association of Consulting Engineers Tanzania (ACET) which is
affiliated to FIDIC, the Tanzania Institute of Quantity Surveyors (TIQS), the Engineers Registration Board of
Tanzania (ERB), The Institution of Engineers Tanzania (IET) and the Architectural Association of Tanzania (AAT).
The company is registered with Africa Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank and the European Union (EU).
Contact:
Eng. Zacharia T. Marenge B.Sc. (Hons) Civil, MIET, C Eng (T), P.Eng
Director: Civil Engineering and Project Management
Inter-consult Ltd.
P.O. Box 423, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Telephone +255 (22) 2772424/2772477
Fax +255 (22) 2774070
Email civilroads@interconsult-tz.com
Website www.interconsult-tz.com