Name : Duncan Owino Seda
Current Position : Senior Surveyor
Current Employer : MultiScope Consulting Engineers Ltd. Profession : Land Surveying
Date of Birth : 21st July 1980
Nationality : Kenyan
Cell phone Number : +254********* / +254*********
Email Address : **********@*****.***
Membership in Professional Societies:
Associate Member, Institute of Surveyors of Kenya (MISK) Detailed Tasks Performed:
Collect and review existing maps, plans, data and reports during design review
Obtain X,Y,Z controls using GPS and review setting out data as submitted by the Contractor
Establish (running a traverse and heighting) and maintain a geodetic control network that covers the whole project area
Check the topographical survey done by the Contractor
Conduct detailed topographical survey at sites of specific facilities to inform relocation/protection of such facilities
Setting out of a designed road and staking of acquired areas
Checking accuracy of levels before approval upon Contractor’s request
Drawing cross-sections
Assisting in preparation of land acquisition drawings
Management of survey team
Assisting the Resident Engineer in reaching out to the project affected persons during compensation
Key Qualification:
Mr. Seda is a surveyor with 13 years of experience in engineering surveying, cadastral surveying and Digital Mapping. He has gained knowledge and experience in using modern GPS survey as well as processing of such data into maps, also in using Total Station in transversing and topographical surveys, mutation of parcels and leveling in engineering survey. While at duty, he gained considerable knowledge in FIDIC (both Red and Silver Books) contract procedures. Experience
2015-Present: Multiscope Consulting Engineers Ltd: Engineering Surveyor for the following projects;
Jan 2016 – Nov 2017
1) Design and Construction of Port Reitz/Moi International Access (C110) Road Project
Duties:
Running a traverse and heighting of the controls
Setting out of a designed road and staking of acquired areas
Leveling
Topographical surveying
Drawing cross-sections
Preparation of land acquisition drawings
Management of survey team
Assisting the Resident Engineer in reaching out to the project affected persons during compensation
July – Dec 2015
2) Design Reviews, Works Supervision and contracts administration of miscellaneous bridges and culverts in Nyando/Nandi zones, 3) Consultancy services for preparation of the sugar roads rehabilitation project under the accompanying measures for the sugar protocol countries for Kenya.
Duties:
Conducting a detailed topographic survey of existing road way and bridge/box culverts site locations.
Reducing the field survey observations to X, Y, Z coordinates.
Generating a contoured topo map of existing road and drawings longitudinal profile of road center alignment and cross sections at 25m chainage interval.
Preparation of earthwork estimates.
Conducting on job training sessions to Road Development Agency
(RDA) counterpart staff
March to June 2015: Somaliland Development Fund/Road Development Agency Hargeisa Somaliland, on 60 Km Kalabaydh – Dilla Road:
Duties;
Conducting a detailed topographic survey of existing road way.
Reducing the field survey observations to X, Y, Z coordinates.
Generating a contoured topo map of existing road and drawings longitudinal profile of road center alignment and cross sections at 25m chainage interval.
Preparation of earthwork estimates.
Conducting on job training sessions to Road Development Agency
(RDA) counterpart staff.
2013- Feb 2015: ARDAN Risk and Support Services LTD.: 1) Construction of Access Roads, Well Pads and Ponds for drilling of Oil in Turkana for Tullow Oil,
2) Construction of Access Roads, Well Pads and Ponds for drilling at Menengai for Geothermal Development Company,
3) Construction of Access Roads, Production Well Pads and Ponds for solution mining of Potash at Dallol in Ethiopia
Duties;
Running a traverse and heighting of the controls
Topographical Surveying
Setting out of Access Roads, Well Pads and Ponds.
Generating Design levels and setting out data to be used in the pads using Civil 3D.
Controlling the levels using leveling machine.
Calculation of quantities.
2009 - 2012: Abdul Mullick Associates Ltd.
1) Rehabilitation of Nyamasaria-Kisumu-Kisian including the Kisumu Bypass Road A1/B1 (Contract No. RD 0505), 30 Km in length, funded by World Bank.
2) Rehabilitation of Machakos Turnoff-Embakasi Road (A109/A104) Road
(Contract No. RD 0418), 55 Km in length, funded by World Bank. Duties;
Running a traverse and heighting of the controls
Setting out of a designed road
Leveling
Topographical surveying
Drawing cross-sections
Calculating quantities
Preparation of land acquisition drawings
Oct – Dec 2008: Ramani Communications Limited:
Duties;
Running a traverse
Leveling
Setting out of a designed road
Topographical surveying
Establishing beacons
Mutation of parcels
Education:
2008 Bachelor of Science in Surveying and Photogrammetry, University of Nairobi
Employment Record:
Multiscope Consulting Engineers Ltd 2016 – to date: Engineering Surveyor Somaliland Development Fund/Road
Development Agency Hargeisa Somaliland: March to June 2015: Surveyor ARDAN Risk and Support Services LTD: 2013- Feb 2015: Surveyor Abdul Mullick Associates Ltd: 2009 - 2012: Engineering Surveyor Ramani Communications Limited: Oct – Dec 2008: Surveyor Languages:
Speaking Reading Writing
English Excellent Excellent Excellent
Swahili Good Good Good
REFEREES:
Eng. Odera.
Materila Engineer
Magongo Road (A109L)
Cell Phone: +254*********
********@*****.***
Mr.Christian Yala
QHSE Advisor.
Atlas Development & Support Services.
P.O. Box 48-00502, Nairobi
Kenya.
Cell Phone No: +254*********.
Email Address: - ****.*********@*****.***
Mr. William Odhiambo Awiti
Senior Surveyor,
Cell Phone No: +254*********.
**********@*****.**.**