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Zaria Dam Access Road - design of access road to the on-going Zaria dam project and assessment of flood liable roads and bridges within the dam catchment.   Ekole Creek Brigde, Yenagoa: preliminary design for ITB.   Paki earth dam - coordination of study of failed dam, and re-design.   Adamawa State Semi-Urban and Rural Roads: assessment and preparation of bills of engineering measurements for 800km of state highways; also the study and reports for setting up a state-wide direct labour roads development committee.   Barkallahu - Ungwan Gosoro and Rigachikun township roads - survey and design for rehabilitation by Igabi Local Government, Kaduna State.   Rafin Kada - Donga road: design sub consultancy (20km).   Kaduna Metropolis Roads for the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund (PTF):  supervision and site management of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 98km of road dualisation, pavement reconstruction, asphalt overlay and drainage works, under the PTF National Highway and Urban Roads Reconstruction Project   Condition survey, assessment and cost estimation of 1,400km of Federal highways and urban roads for the PTF   Gawu - Yaba Western Periphery Road - 72km, for the Federal Capital Development Authority, Abuja, plus 6 bridges and 100 culverts.   Bridge Abutment Failure Investigation - of the 200m wide Bunga river at Gwaram, for Jigawa State Government Gwagwalada - Izom Road, for the Federal Capital Development Authority (43km) Oyo Multi-State Roads Project - sub consultant for the 50km Oyo - Eseke - Otefon - Yawota road, for Oyo State Ministry of Works and Transport   Katsina State Bridges:  re-design of 6 bridges, for Katsina State Government   Mashi - Birnin Kuka Road, for Katsina State Ministry of Works & Transport (40km)   Soils and Pavement Testing - in the National Assembly Complex, Abuja   Ojimi Integrated Farms Project, Oyo: a private mixed farming investment.   (ii)    Consultant Project Manager:          KTARDA Rural Feeder Roads - for Katsina State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (total 430km, World Bank financed)          Fadama Road for Katsina State’s IFAD funded Agricultural and Community Development Project - 25km          Kano Multi-State Roads Project: 126km of State highway rehabilitation (World Bank)          Water Works Access Road - 10km, to Kwoi Intake Works, in southern Kaduna State        Flood Control and Drainage Studies - for Moulds Construction Co. Ltd, on the Yelwa - Mabudi road, Plateau State; design of drainage and remedial works on the perennial flooding of this causeway.          OMPADEC Roads - design of 3 No roads and causeways in the riverine and swampy terrain of the Niger Delta, with particular attention paid to drainage.            Benue State Roads: Jato Aka - Kashimbila (21km) and Agila – Anambra State border   (7km)  - in association with Messrs Spacemakers (iii)   Consultant Roads Engineer:   Mambilla Tea Expansion Project - an EU funded integrated project for enhanced tea   production - in association with Parkman Nigeria Limited   (iv)   Project Consultant:   Nigerian Defence Academy Permanent Site Development: in charge of the design and construction supervision of the road network, drainage system and other civil engineering works, in association with Messrs EDC and En-Consult Associates.   (v)   Civil Engineer / Project Engineer:   1978/89:  Parkman Nigeria (formerly Ward, Ashcroft and Parkman)   Project Engineer on the 43km Malumfashi - Dankanjiba - Mahuta inter-state road   Deputy Project Manager, on the World Bank financed multi-disciplinary Federal Trunk Roads Study for Region 4, comprising Benue, Kogi, Cross River and Akwa Ibom States, for the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.   As Senior Engineer he was responsible for the management of the firm’s Highway Division comprising engineers, surveyors, technicians and draughtsmen as well as for coordinating design work on the following projects:     The 100 km Kurkujan - Musawa - Matazu - Kafin Soli - Cheranchi - Bindawa - Tama road       Dawaki Link Road to the proposed Kaduna Eastern Bypass   Completion of the design of the 56km Nassarawa - Karshi - Uke Road   Participation in the design an d quantification of the Bayero University, Kano campus ring road, estate roads and ancillary works;   the 35km Kachako - Kayarda and the 25 km Kayarda - Sumaila Roads, as well as the Kayarda - Birnin Bako Relief Links and extension.   Jebba Logging Roads:  69km of main and secondary roads for the extraction of pulp and paper wood from the Moshi forest reserve and the Juju hills area.   Field Team Leader, boundary and compensation survey of the 4500ha University of Maiduguri permanent site project, demarcating every property on 1:2000 scale ortho-photo maps.   (vi)   Nigerian Mining Corporation, Jos - National Youth Service, 1977-1978 (F).  Short Courses Attended   Course on Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Dams at the National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna.   Course on Planning, Construction and Maintenance of Surface Water Supplies for Rural Communities, also at the National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna.   Course on Planning, Design and Maintenance of Rural Feeder Roads and Bridges, at the University of Port Harcourt   Course on Valuation and Cost Engineering, by the Nigerian Society of Engineers   Workshop on Enhancing Inter-professional Relationship in the Construction Industry, by the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.   (G)  Technical Papers and Lectures Presented   Engr. Okodi-Iyah has presented technical and other papers and lectures at various fora, among which are:   Inventory and Condition Survey Report for Highway and Airfield Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation, presented during the course on “Highway and Airfield Pavement Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Management”, organised by the  Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and Motegin Foundation Nigeria Limited (1988).   Basic Maintenance of Highways and Urban Roads, presented as one of the courses on Highway Maintenance, also organised by the NSE and Motegin Foundation (1990).   Engineering As A Profession, presented during a Youth Camp of the Living Faith Foundation (2002)   Engineering As A Profession - The Prestige, the Obligations, presented during the freshmen orientation week of the Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, (2002)   Motivation of Young Engineers Towards Professionalism - published in the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, civil engineering department’s magazine.    (H). Other Professional And Communal Involvements  (i)      Chairman, the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Kaduna Branch, 2001 to 2003.  In this capacity, he, among other achievements, hosted the most successful conference and AGM of the NSE in recent times (KADA 2002).   (ii)      Member, National Executive Committee of the NSE, 2003   (iii)     Motivation of young engineers and students towards professionalism - through addresses on professionalism to NYSC members in camps, and engineering students in campuses, notably Kaduna Polytechnic and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.   (iv)     Honoured through Double Q International with a merit award by the Civil Engineering Department of ABU, Zaria.   (v)     Training of various engineering cadres and students under SITSIE and SIWES programmes, in Double Q.   (vi)     Chairman, NSE Committee on Appraisal of Constraints to Traffic Flows within Kaduna Metropolis, 1995   (vii)    Member, Kaduna State Government Advisory Committee on Decongestion of Traffic   (viii)   Member, NSE and COREN professional examinations and interviews panels   (ix)     Member, technical sub committee of the Kaduna State Government post- election 2003 Transition Committee   Languages                                 Speaking               Reading                Writing   English           Excellent              Excellent               Excellent Hausa             Good                    Good                     Fair French            Fair                       Fair                        Poor Efik/Annan   Excellent            Excellent                 Good     CV2  ENGR. JONATHAN ABANOBI   (A)   Personal Data           Name                           : Jonathan ABANOBI Profession                         :      Civil Engineer Year of Birth                     :      1951 Years of Experience          :       27 years Nationality                      :        Nigerian   (B)   Education         University of Nigeria, Nsukka   (C)   Key Qualifications   Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering (1977) Member, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (1986) Registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (1985)   (D)   Synopsis of Work Experience   Engr. Abanobi was a key staff of the Federal Capital Development Authority’s Department of Engineering Services organising and re-structuring some of its vital arms in the course of the development of the new Federal Capital, Abuja.  As Deputy Director, Regional Infrastructure, he was in direct charge of all rural roads, drainage, sewage and other infrastructure within the Capital Territory.  Earlier as a pioneer technical staff of the Federal Capital Territory’s Department of Foods, Roads and Rural Infrastructure he had set up the organisational structure of that parastatal.   (E)   Experience Record   (a)      1997 to date: Double Q International Limited, a firm of engineers and builders,  as Project Director on the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund’s National Highway and Urban Roads Rehabilitation Project, Lots A & B comprising Kaduna Metropolis Roads.   (b)     1996 - 1997 Bildwams Engineering and Construction Company Limited as Project Manager and Site Agent.  Within the company he was Chairman, Management Committee for the construction of sections 2 and 3 of the Benin - Asaba highway.   (c)     1988 - 1996: As Deputy Director, Rural Infrastructure, Federal Capital Development Authority, with overall responsibility for all projects within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) outside the core city centre, reporting to the Director of Engineering and Director General.  He supervised Consultants handling the design and contract documentation of major roads within the FCT (d)     1978 - 1988: Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Abuja.  He was first employed as a civil engineer, and rose to the position of Deputy Director (Rural Infrastructure) in the Department of Engineering.  He was involved in the underlisted projects:          Supervision of Contractors and execution of direct labour works at the FCDA’s field base in Suleja and other areas.          Investigation and appraisal of contract work in the Federal Capital Territory, including the design of the first 1,200No. housing units.          As Resident Engineer he handled the construction supervision of the Gwagwalada Residential Area Phase I from May 1985 to June 1988.          As Chief Resident Engineer he supervised the construction of various infrastructure in the FCT, viz. Garki I, Wuse I, Asokoro and Orozo districts; the Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) dualisation; Karu - Karshi road; Onex - Lud - Ushafa road; the A2 Junction - Dangara - Ashara - Yaba road; the Gawu - Yaba Western Periphery Road; Abaji - Rubochi - Gwargwada road; the Airport Expressway - Kuje road; Onex - Kuje - Gwargwada road, and other primary and secondary roads within the FCT.   (F)   Other Professional and Community Involvements   Setting up of the Structure and Programme for the Directorate of Foods, Roads and Rural Infrastructure in the FCT (1986);   Chairman, Inter ministerial Implementation Committee for the Royal Kingdom of Mini Nigeria (Centre for Nigerian Tradition, Culture and Tourism) in 1993 - 1994;   Chairman, Project Committee, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja.  He was responsible for the design and construction of buildings and infrastructure in schools and churches within the Archdiocese.   (G)  Languages                                       Speaking               Reading                Writing   English                    Excellent               Excellent               Excellent Igbo                        Excellent               Excellent               Excellent   CV3  ENGR IBRAHIM JIMOH   (A)   Personal Data             Name                             :       Ibrahim JIMOH Profession                         :       Electrical Engineer Year of Birth                     :       1957 Years of Experience          :       22 years Nationality                       :       Nigerian   (B)   Education   Kwara State College of Technology, Ilorin Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi   (C)   Key Qualifications   Higher National Diploma in Electrical Engineering (1981)         Post Graduate Diploma in Management (1998)         Masters in Business Administration (2001)         Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers (2002)         Member, Institute of Management Consultants Member, Institution of Incorporated Executive Engineers, UK (1985)         Registered with COREN (1985)     (D)   Synopsis of Work Experience   Engr. Jimoh was for six years a senior project engineer with Endev Associates, consulting civil, mechanical and electrical engineers handling the design and installation of electrical and telecommunications distribution networks.  He is the founder Director of Prag Consult, an indigenous firm of engineering, planning and management consultants, as well as a senior consultant with Double Q International Ltd on electrical and telecommunications projects.   (E)   Experience Record   1981 - 1982: participated in the maintenance of viewing centre equipment in the Nigerian Television Authority. Enugu   1982 - 1986: Project Engineer, Endev Associates with the following responsibilities:  internal and external electrical works in domestic, commercial and industrial buildings; preparation of tenders; project monitoring and appraisal; and staff supervision.    1986 - 1991: Senior Project Engineer, Endev Associates, in charge of the following:   (a)      Selection of electrical and telecommunications network equipment, both overhead and underground; supply and installation of switch gears, distribution panels in mv and hv ratings; transformers, power cables, generators -  transmission and distribution accessories; controls and telephone equipment.   (b)     Design of electrical services for the Nigerian Army Cantonment in Minna   (c)     Complete design of telephone and electrical services for the University of Sokoto Teaching Hospital.   1991 - 1996: Senior Consultant, Endev Associates, carrying out the following: design check and human management; certification of electrical specification and selection; esting and commissioning of projects; electrical design and supervision of the 11-storey NICON headquarters building, Abuja; the Kwara State liaison office complex, Abuja: electrical, telephone, central  and close circuit television systems design and construction supervision.   1996 - 2000: Principal Consultant, Electrical / Mechanical, Norwest Consultants Limited overseeing the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund’s projects in PTF zone 3 which comprised the rehabilitation of selected secondary and tertiary educational and health institutions.   2000 - date: Managing Director, Prag Consult, a firm of engineering, planning and management consultants, and also Consultant to Double Q International Limited.  Engr Jimoh has been engaged in various projects, including:   - the Federal Ministry of Finance headquarters, Abuja - electrical and telecommunications design and supervision; - National Open University study centres at Maiduguri, Bauchi, Yola, Enugu, Owerri and Awka; - NAL Merchant Bank, Kaduna Branch; - Nigerian Agricultural and Co-operative Bank: rehabilitation of its state offices and staff quarters in Uyo and Calabar; - Regent Printers office development in Abuja: electrical and mechanical installations supervision.   (F)   Languages                                       Speaking               Reading                Writing   English          Excellent               Excellent               Excellent Yoruba          Excellent               Excellent               Excellent   CV5  OJO SADO   (A)   Personal Data             Name                             :       Ojo SADO Profession                        :      Engineering                                               Technologist Year of Birth                     :     1962 Years of Experience          :      21 years Nationality                       :       Nigerian   (B)   Education Kwara State Polytechnic, 1981 - 1986   (C)   Key Qualifications         Ordinary National Diploma in Civil Engineering, 1983 Higher National Diploma in Civil Engineering, 1986   (D)   Synopsis of Work Experience   Mr. Sado has had considerable experience in the construction of civil and structural engineering projects.  Before joining Double Q, he had worked with Scope Consult and Ladiom Associates, respectively, on several sites across the nation, handling buildings and other engineering projects.   (E)   Experience Record   (a)      1996 to date: Double Q International Limited.  As a Senior Engineer, his work is primarily on site as head of the firm’s construction team on civil engineering projects.  Earlier he participated in the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund’s National Highway and Urban Roads Rehabilitation Project, handling the rehabilitation of Kaduna Metropolis Roads.   (b)     1990 - 1993: Scope Consult Limited, Kaduna. As site engineer, he was involved in the construction supervision on the following projects:          Repairs to chemical laboratory and re-roofing of the dining hall of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida.        Renovation of hostel blocks and the catering department building of the Catholic Social Centre, Kaduna.          Conversion of a warehouse to a banking hall and offices, for Irrua Community Bank.          Refurbishing of a residential complex in Benin for a private client.          Design assistance and supervision of construction of classroom blocks for Fatima College, Kaduna.             1986 - 1990: Ladiom Associates, Kaduna.  As site engineer, he was involved in the following projects:   Construction of Central Bank of Nigeria housing Estate, Ilorin, consisting of 10 blocks of 4 - storey buildings, and estate roads.   Construction of Tate and Lyle warehouse, Ilorin, ensuring that the bases of the steel stanchions were adequately sized and properly constructed. Construction of offices and housing quarters of the Nigerian Agricultural and Co-operative Bank Ltd, Ilorin.   Construction of the Central Bank housing estate, Abuja.   (E)   Languages                                        Speaking               Reading              Writing   English          Excellent               Excellent               Excellent Yoruba          Excellent               Good                     Good Hausa            Good                     Fair                        Fair Edo                         Excellent             Excellent               Excellent   CV6  MRS. RAKIYA SULEIMAN DANTANI   (A)   Personal Data             Name                             :       Rakiya Suleiman DANTANI Profession                           Engineering Technologist Year of Birth                       1967 Years of Experience          :  10 years Nationality                       :  Nigerian   (B)   Education Kaduna Polytechnic, 1989 - 1994   (C)   Key Qualifications         Higher National Diploma in Civil Engineering, 1994   (D)   Synopsis of Work Experience   Mrs. Dantani had her pre-graduation training under ITF and SIWES in Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd, where she was exposed to the civil engineering aspects of multi-disciplinary design and construction projects. She has since acquired some experience in the construction supervision of major highway rehabilitation projects.   (E)   Experience Record   1995 - date Double Q International Ltd. As a Graduate Technological Engineer, her responsibilities include collation of survey and site data, providing design assistance, and participating in construction supervision on highway and other civil engineering projects.  She was also Resident Engineer in the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund’s National Highway and Urban Roads Rehabilitation Programme, handling the site supervision of Kaduna Metropolis Roads rehabilitation.   1990 - 1995  Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. She acquired some working experience by participating in several civil engineering projects as part of her practical work training.   (F)   Languages                                        Speaking               Reading              Writing             English                  Excellent               Excellent             Excellent Yoruba                    Excellent               Good                  Good Hausa                      Excellent               Good                  Fair Edo                         Excellent               Excellent             Good   A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF RECENT PROJECTS HANDLED BY  DOUBLE Q INTERNATIONAL LIMITED     Insert Another Sub Header Here Insert descriptive text which supports the above header. Insert descriptive text which supports the above header. Insert descriptive text which supports the above header. Insert descriptive text which supports the above header. 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