4. FACILITIES
The Company’s facilities include a compliment of office equipment (computers, printers, copiers, telephone and fax lines); surveying equipment; vehicles; some construction equipment; a fully equipped drawing office, and a stand by power plant.
5. EXECUTED PROJECTS
5.1 GENERAL
The following is a selection of recent major projects undertaken by Double Q International Limited, either solely or in association with other firms.
5.2 MOBILE POLICE BARRACKS, ABUJA
Client: Nigeria Police Force, headquarters
Scope: Construction of estate roads and drainage in the new Mobile Police Barracks at Mpape, Abuja
Services: Advisory services; design of estate road network and drainage, involving elaborate earthworks, in the hilly terrain of Mpape; periodic supervision of construction.
Associated firms: ITB Nigeria Ltd
Date: 2003 - 2004
5.3 BAYELSA HOSPITAL, YENAGOA
Client: Mobile Telecommunications Ltd (M-Tel)
Scope: Construction of a 500 bed hospital for the Bayelsa State Government, in Yenagoa
Services: Expert advice; design of estate road network and specialised drainage, in the hospital site - flat, sand filled reclaimed, swampy terrain, as consultants to the Contractor.
Associated firms: None
Date: 2004
5.4 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO M-TEL STATIONS
Client: Mobile Telecommunications Ltd (M-Tel)
Scope: Provision of electrical connections to eleven (11no) BTS sites in the Kaduna MSC area (north west zone), viz:Kaduna State: Jaji, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Zonkwa and Zaria
Sokoto State: Sokoto and Tambuwal
Zamfara State: Gusau and Talata Mafara
Kebbi State: Zuru and Birnin Kebbi
Services: Reconnaissance survey of the sites (initially 13no); quantification; estimation; procurement of cables, meters and other items; and the electrical connection of the stations to the main power supply, for the tightly scheduled roll out of M-Tel gsm telephone services.
5.5 JIMETA / YOLA WATER SUPPLY EXTENSIONS
Client: Adamawa State Government
Scope: The review of earlier designs for extension works on the Jimeta / Yola water supply project
Associated firms: Enviplan International
Ltd Date: 2004, on going
5.6 FERMA ROADS SUPERVISION
Client: Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA)
Scope: Emergency repairs of Federal highways in Akwa Ibom State
Services: Supervision of rehabilitation and reconstruction work on selected Federal highways.
Associated firms: None
Date: 2003 to 2004
5.7 EKOLE CREEK BRIDGE
Client: ITB Nigeria Limited
Scope: Construction of a bridge across a major creek in Bayelsa State.
Services: Advisory services and preliminary design of bridge Associated firms: None
Date: 2002
5.8 BRIDGE ABUTMENT FAILURE INVESTIGATION
Investigation of embankment failure, and initial studies for
thestabilisatio of the
abutments of the 200m Bunga River Bridge at Gwaram, for
Jigawa State Ministry
of Works Date: 2001
5.9 WATER WORKS ACCESS ROAD
Survey, design and estimation of a 10km access road to the Kwoi Intake Works in southern Kaduna State, as sub consultant to Parkman Nig. Ltd., in 2000.
5.10 PTF NATIONAL HIGHWAY & URBAN ROADS PROJECT
Client: Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund
Scope: Rehabilitation of urban roads including dualization, pavement reconstruction, asphalt overlay, other road and drainage works, and the relocation of utilities. The lots comprised the following roads:
Lot 4: Kaduna (Katabu) - Saminaka - Jos, 280km
Jos - Bauchi, 115km
Saminaka - Kafin Maiyaki, 150km
Zaria Township, 30km
Lots A & B: Kaduna Metropolis Roads, total 98km.
Services: Road condition survey; assessment; cost estimation; supervision of construction, each lot by a separate contractor, viz. Strabag Construction (Nig) Ltd, and Borini Prono & Co. (Nig) Ltd.
Associated firms: Afri-Projects Consortium
Date: 1996 - 2000
5.11 GWAGWALADA - IZOM ROAD
Client: Federal Capital Development Authority, Abuja.
Scope: Re-construction and rehabilitation of 43km of single carriage east - west axis road, and drainage structures, in the FCT.
Services: Hydrological survey, topographical and soil survey, road and drainage design, estimation and contract documentation.
Associated firms: None
Date: 1997 - 1999
5.12 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SOILS & PAVEMENT TESTING
Client Federal Capital Development Authority
Scope: In-situ testing of finished pavements, road network and parking lots of the (then newly constructed) National Assembly Complex, Abuja,
Services: Advisory services, asphalt and soils inspection, testing and reporting as independent expert investigators
Associated firms: I.T.B Nigeria Limited
Date: 1998
5.13 OYO MULTI - STATE ROADS PROJECT
Client: Oyo State Ministry of Works and Transport
Scope: The second Multi - State Roads Rehabilitation Project (MSRP) is a nation - wide scheme of rehabilitation of State highways through World Bank funding. In the case of Oyo State the scope covered the construction of the 50km Oyo - Eseke - Otefon - Yawota Road.
Services: Advisory services, hydrological survey, topographical survey, traffic studies, site investigation for road works and bridge foundations, design, estimation and contract documentation
Associated firms: Parkman Nigeria Limited
Date: 1997 - 1998
5.14NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY PERMANENT SITE DEVELOPMENT
Client: Ministry of Defence, Lagos
Location: Airport Road / Mando Road, Kaduna
Project 1: Nigerian Defence Academy Master Plan
Scope 1: The master plan of the then proposed NDA permanent site was to serve as the basis of the short and long term development of this military university. The main focus the site plan was a centrally oriented axis framed by a variety of vehicular traffic patterns.
Responsive to the natural landscape and structured to achieve appropriate spatial relationships, the layout combined the requirements of a university environment with a dignified and characteristically regimented military setting.
Services 1: Double Q’s key personnel were responsible for the civil engineering aspects of the master plan,viz. the layout and categorization of roads, junctions, roundabounts, drainage structures, bus bays, and accesses, over a project area of 36 sq. km.
Scope 2: The scope of construction work was an integrated multi disciplinary project consisting of the erection of structural and infrastructural facilities for cadet hostels, staff residence, faculties, workshops, parade grounds and pavillions, recreational and shopping facilities, roads and drainage, all from scratch, on virgin land.
Services 2: Topographical survey, road network and drainage design for 55km of roads in four categories, ranging from four-lane two-way divided, asphaltic concrete pavement, to two-lane two-way undivided surface dressed and unpaved laterite or gravel roads; design of parking lots, culverts, side drains, bus bays, junctions and roundabouts; quantification; preparation of contract documents; and the resident supervision of construction.
Associated firms: Environmental Development Consultants, En-Consult Associates and C & C Construction Co Ltd.
Date: 1989 - 1995
5.15 KATSINA STATE BRIDGES
Client: Katsina State Ministry of Works & Transport
Scope: Re-design of six out of the eight bridges in the then on-going construction of the 100km Kurkujan - Musawa - Matazu - Kafin Soli - Cheranchi - Bindawa - Tama highway, in prestressed concrete, alternative to the steel/ concrete composite construction of an earlier design.
Services: Advisory services, soils engineering and foundations, design of bridges, estimation and contract documentation.
Associated firms: None Date: 1994
5.16 GAWU - YABA WESTERN PERIPHERY ROAD
Client: Federal Capital Development Authority
Scope: Construction of 72 km of single carriageway having six (6No) piled bridges and some 100 culverts, in the western bounds of the Federal Capital Territory.
Services: Topographical survey, site investigation, survey and design of road and bridges; and the preparation of contract documents.
Associated firms: None
5.17 MASHI - DINDIYAL - BIRNIN KUKA ROAD
Client: Ministry of Works and Transport, Katsina State
Scope: Construction of 40 km of single carriageway, 1 No.bridge and several culverts
Services: Topographical survey, site investigation for roadworks and bridge foundations, road and drainage design, and preparation of contract documents.
Associated firms: None
5.18 FARM SITE GUEST HOUSE AND STAFF QUARTERS
Client: Agro Development Nigeria Limited, a division of Food Specialities Nigeria Limited.
Location: Km 35, Kaduna - Abuja Road, Kaduna State
Scope: Construction of a guest house with ten (10No) chalets, and staff housing units having Portakabin facsimile exterior.
Associated firms: B. K. Hafis & Co.
5.19 UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI PERMANENT SITE DEVELOPMENT
The firm’s personnel carried out the boundary and compensation survey of the 4,500 ha University of Maiduguri permanent site, involving the demarcation of land holdings on large scale ortho photo map drawings, and the enumeration of all properties for compensation, in association with Parkman Nigeria Limited.
5.20 OMPADEC ROADS
Client: Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC)
Scope: Construction of roads, bridges and causeways in the swampy terrain of Rivers State.
Services: Sub consultant advisory services; environmental studies; hydrological survey; topographical and soil survey; design, estimation and contract documentation, for Okwuzi - Ugada, Afam Nta - Umuagbai and Egberu - Afam Ukwu roads.
Associated firms: Scope Consult Date: 1993 - 1994
5.21 MIXED FARMING PROJECT
Client: Ola Ojimi Integrated Farms, Oyo
Scope: Construction of a comprehensive farm project, including the planning and layout of green belts, grains farms, piggery, rabbitery, oxen pens, guest house, staff quarters, grain silos and an abattoir.
Services: Layout, planning, structural and infrastructural design, and cost estimation
5.22 YELWA - MABUDI CAUSEWAY PROJECT
Client: Moulds Construction Ltd.
Location: Off Langtang - Shendam Road, Plateau State
Scope: Construction of a single carriage State highway traversing 1.2km of low lying flood plain as a causeway.
Services: Advisory services, environmental studies, hydrological survey, topographical survey, soil investigation, and drainage studies and design of drainage structures over the causeway and adjoining areas
Associated firms: Scope Consult
Date: 1994
CURRICULUM VITAE OF SELECTED KEY STAFF
CV1 ENGR. JOHN OKODI-IYAH
(A) Personal Data
Name : John OKODI-IYAH
Profession : Civil Engineer
Year of Birth : 1953
Years of Experience : 27 years
Nationality : Nigerian
(B) Education
Government College, Umuahia (1966 - 1967):
awarded school scholarship based on entrance examination performance.
Lutheran High School, Obot Idim, Uyo (1969 - 1971): WASC Division One Distinction
Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar (1972 -
1972): Lower Sixth form.
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1972 - 1977):
nominated foundation scholar based on sessional academic performance.
University of Calabar (1999 - 2001): post graduate studies (MBA).
(C) Key Qualifications
Bachelor of Science (honours) in Civil Engineering (1977)
Masters in Business Administration (2001)
Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers (1984)
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (1984)
Member, Institution of Highways and Transportation, UK (1985)
Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers (1999)
Fellow, Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (2003)
Registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN (1985)
Member, Association of Consulting Engineers, Nigeria (2001)
(D) Synopsis of Work Experience
Engr. Okodi-Iyah is the founder Director of Double Q International Limited. He earlier worked with Parkman Nigeria Limited (formerly Ward, Ashcroft and Parkman), an international firm of consulting engineers, for thirteen years from 1978. He acquired extensive experience in civil engineering consultancy, specialising in highways and transportation. He has handled traffic studies, drainage works, aerial photography and photogrammetry, surveying and mapping, as well as highway and rural roads design, and construction. He also served as Resident Engineer in charge of the supervision of road construction and maintenance contracts. Before leaving Parkman he had executive responsibility over the firm’s Roads and Transportation Division, in charge of project design, co-ordination, management and client liaison. He had also served as Project Manager or deputy in some World Bank funded projects.
As Executive Director of Double Q International, a civil engineering consultancy, he has overall responsibility for the company’s operations, and brings to bear twenty seven years of continuous professional work experience.
(E) Experience Record
(i) Executive Director, Double Q International Limited, a firm of engineers, planners and project managers - in complete charge of the firm’s operations, including consultancy services on the following projects, solely or in association with other firms, from 1991 to date:
Mobile Police Barracks, Mpape, Abuja: design of estate road network and drainage system, involving extensive earthworks, for ITB Nigeria Ltd.
