CURRICULUM VITAE NAME : ENG. CHARLES K. KABUBO PROFESSION : CIVIL/STRUCTURAL ENGINEER DATE OF BIRTH : 1958 NATIONALITY : KENYAN LANGUAGES : ENGLISH/KISWAHILI Education B.Sc. (Civil Eng.) -First Class Honours, University of Nairobi (1983) MSc. (Construction Management) Loughborough University (UK) 1988. Other Exams Parts 1 and 2 of Civil Engineering Law and Contract Procedure (ICE London) Pass (1988) Entry Examination for membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Pass).-1992 Computer Aided Design(AutoCAD)-Pass with Distinction (Zetech College,Nairobi)-2008 Professional Qualifications Registered Engineer (Kenya Engineers Registration Board) Registered Consulting Engineer (Kenya Engineers Registration Board) Member of the Institute of Engineers of Kenya (MIEK) Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Founder Member and Fellow, Institute of Construction Project Managers of Kenya Seminars and Short Courses Leadership and Management Capacity Development Seminar(JKUAT)-June 2010 FIDIC Course organized by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-2008 Introductory Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration- organized by the International Law Institute and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-2002 Course in Arbitration Practice organized by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-1992 Seminar on Insurance and Arbitration in the Construction Industry organized by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-1991 Conference Paper 1
Innovative Strengthening and Retrofitting of a High Rise Building: The case of Hall Seven(JKUAT) in the 3 rd JKUAT Scientific and Technological Conference- November, 2007 Research projects: (i) Performance of reinforced concrete beams in shear (ii) Performance of repaired reinforced concrete beams (iii) Performance of low cost concrete paving blocks on roads (iv) Construction Plant Structure for Kenya (v) Performance of fibre reinforced concrete roofing tiles (vi) Production of concrete plasticizers from plant wastes (vii) 1. Employment Record/ Positions held (i) 2010 to date Acting Director, Sustainable Materials Research and Technology Centre (SMARTEC) (i) 1993 to date Lecturer, Dept of Civil Engineering, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (ii) 1991 to 1993 Superintending Engineer- Ministry of Works (Structural Department) Was in charge of all projects in the Coast and North Eastern Provinces, and all Marine Works projects. Was responsible for the Stuctural department s development budget. (iii) 1987-1991 Engineer Ministry of Works(Structural Department) Was incharge of various civil and building projects. (iv) 1983-1987 Assistant Engineer Ministry of Works (Structural Department) Was introduced to engineering design; was responsible for a number of projects including site supervision, mainly under senior engineers. (v) 1982-1983. Engineering Assistant on vocational employment with the Roads Department (of the then Ministry of Transport and Communications). Introduced to principles of 2
Road Design, mainly geometric design of rural roads. 2. Experience (i) 17 years experience as a lecturer and researcher in following areas: Theory of Structures and Structural Design to undergraduate and Post graduate students in Civil Engineering and Architecture Contracts Administration and Management to Undergraduate Students in Civil Engineering Construction Management and Financing to Post graduate students in Civil Engineering Management of Construction Plant to Undergraduate and Post Graduate students in Civil Engineering Construction Planning to Undergraduate and Post Graduate students in Civil Engineering Project/Research supervision for Undergraduate and Post Graduate students in Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering and Management Supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students projects (ii) 27 years experience in design, site supervision, and contracts administration of concrete and steel structures for Buildings, Bridges, Jetties, Sea walls, Sanitation as well as Civil Works related to buildings, including sewerage projects such as oxidation ponds and sewers. Selected Projects Undertaken 2.1 2007 to date Projects for Kimathi University College of Technology (KUCT), Nyeri. Resource Centre Phases and 2 Oxidation Ponds and Sewers (Phases 1 and 2) 2.2 2002 to date Projects for Jomo Kenyatta University (JKUAT) (a) Complete Projects (As project Engineer) (i) Class room block for ICST- Project Manager (ii) Conversion of toilets in Halls of Residence from Western-type toilets to Eastern-type- Lead Consultant (iii) New Science Complex(Phase 1) Project Engineer (iv) Structural Evaluation and completion of IEET building- Project Engineer 3
(v) Conversion of Hall 7 into classrooms and offices, including radical strengthening and retrofitting- Project Engineer (vi) Dams at Nyeri Show Ground- Project Engineer (Design adopted by RPE as type design) (vii)trunk Sewer for Science Complex- part of final design and construction team (viii) JKUAT Town Campus-involved in preliminary design (project abandoned) (ix) Commission for Higher Education Headquarters (Gigiri-Nairobi)-Project Engineer (x) Lake Victoria South Water Services Board Project for JKUATES- Project Engineer (xi) Covered Walkways and footpaths for JKUAT- proposal only (xii) JKUATES Shop on Thika Road Project Engineer (xiii) Extensions to Karen Campus Library- (xiv) Kenya School Of Law Multipurpose Hall through JKUATES (a) Ongoing Projects (As project Engineer) (i) Production of Biogas from Sewerage, in Collaboration with Ministry of Energy-(at JKUAT, Maseno and Masinde Muliro Universities) (ii) New Science Complex (Phase 2) Project Engineer (iii) Ace Communication Building- Karen Campus (iv) Conversion of JKUAT buildings to open plan (v) New Administration Block Other Projects 2.3 1993 to date i) 2010-10 storey mixed development project for Patrick Nyoike, Thika Towm- Construction in progress -6 storey apartments for Mr Chassia at Shanzu. Mombasa- Design complete 8 storey apartment block for Fenesi Gardens, Westlands Nairobi- Tender Stage ii)2008 to date. 4 storey Nursery School block for Christ is the Answer Ministries- Complete iii) 2007 to date. 6 storey Commercial building for Kigio Group Ltd, in Thika Town- Project at 5 th floor level. iv) 2005 2007: 5 storey Office block for Chancery Wright Insurance Brokers Limited (Kilimani, Nairobi). Complete. v)2005: 80 meter Communication Tower at Mazingira, Nairobi, for Plansteel Engineering Contractors. complete vi) 2001 to 2008: Agape Fellowship New Sanctuary at Madaraka, Nairobi. Structure is in reinforced concrete, on small-diameter bored cast-in place concrete piles founded 7m below ground level. vii) 1999 2001: Secondary School Complex for St. Catherine s Mt. View Academy (Kasarani) Comprising laboratory, Kitchen/Dining Hall, Clinic, workshop and Office block viii) 1997 to date: Projects for Scott Theological College (Machakos) as follows: - a) Staff houses 4
b) Extension to Library block c) New Men s Dormitory 5