SemandaBIO DATA

Name: Semanda Julius
Place of Birth: Mbarara
Date of Birth: 03rd/march/1983
Profession: Quantity Surveyor / Civil engineer.
Nationality: Ugandan
Sex: Male

 

 

PRESENT ADDRESS /CONTACTS

Semanda Julius, Tel: +254700363165, +256 701057458, +256782057458 Pan African University-JKUAT
Email: semandajulius9@gmail.com /semandaj@tech.mak.ac.ug
Membership in Professional Societies: ISU-Institution of Surveyors of Uganda

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

I have a BSc. Degree in Surveying from Makerere University and an Ordinary Diploma in Building & Civil Engineering from Uganda Technical college-Bushenyi and currently, I am pursuing a master’s degree in Construction Engineering and management at Pan African University-Nairobi to be completed in November 2014.

I am a dynamic, self motivated, qualified Quantity Surveyor who delights in working under all levels of supervision, and capable of making reliable decisions.

EDUCATION

PERIOD INSTITUTION AWARD
2012-2014 Pan African University (ongoing) MSc. Construction Engineering & Mgt
2006-2010 Makerere University, Kampala BSc. Quantity Surveying
First Class Honours, CGPA 4.83
2002-2004 Uganda Technical College-Bushenyi Ord. Diploma in Building & civilDistinction Diploma
2000-2001 Namilyango college- Mukono Uganda Advanced Certificate ofEducation
1996-1999 Mbarara High School Uganda Certificate of Education
1985-1995 Uganda Martyrs Primary School-Mbarara Primary Leaving Examination

OTHER CERTIFICATES

3rd June 2009 Africa Population Institute MUK Certificate in Project Planning & Management
9th June 2009 Africa Population Institute MUK Certificate in Research Methods & Data Management
19th  June 2009 Africa Population Institute MUK Certificate in Monitoring & Evaluation

WORKING EXPERIENCE

PERIOD NAME OF EMPLOYER JOB TITLE
Sept. 2010 –Nov. 2012 (ASSPRO) ASSociated PROcurement Consultants Limited Projects Coordinator/Quantity Surveyor
Sept. 2010 Makerere university Teaching Assistant                                  Examinations officer Dept of Construction Economics and Management
July-Sept 2010 Babcon Uganda Limited Quantity Surveyor
June – Aug. 2009 Inter-Property Group, Nakawa Trainee
June – Aug. 2008 Roko Construction Co. Ltd Trainee
May 2005- Aug. 2006 Ngabo Academy, Mbarara Teacher
May – Aug. 2005 Nicontra Construction Co. Ltd Sub contractor
Sept 2004- May 2005 Uganda Technical College –Kichwamba Lecturer
June-Aug 2004 Babcon Uganda Limited Trainee

RESPONSIBILIETIES HELD

PERIOD POSITION INSTITUTION
2012 – 2014 Students’ leader and Class Representative Pan African University, Nairobi-Kenya
2006 -2010 Class Representative Makerere University
2008-2009 Speaker Makerere Association of Surveying Students (M.A.S.S)
2003-2004 Deputy Guild Speaker Uganda Technical College-Bushenyi
2003-2004 Legal Advisor-Nkoba  Zambogo Students Association Uganda Technical College-Bushenyi
1998-1999 Vice Chairman School Council Mbarara High School
1997-1999 Class Councilor Mbarara High School
     

SKILLS

I aim at the four cores below:

  1. Demonstrating integrity and accountability
  2. Response to staff and client expectations
  3. Innovativeness to create staff value
  4. Professional (delivering excellent results)

 EMPLOYMENT RECORD

Sept. 2010 to Nov. 2012: Quantity Surveyor and projects coordinator at ASSPRO i.e. ASSociated PROcurement Consultants Ltd, providing technical Supervision on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Sports to ensure that the construction of upcountry USE schools is achieved as regards specifications, time and budgeted costs. ASSPRO is supervising the Construction of USE Schools under UPPET in the Western part of the Uganda. The Project is funded by WORLD BANK.

Sept. 2010 to Date: Teaching Assistant, Department of Construction Economics and Management, School of Built Environment, Teaching Housing Development and Management, Building Science and Building Surveying, construction technology, property studies, operations research techniques, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution methods, alongside other course units. I am also supervising students in the fields of Housing for their final year projects. On top of all that, I am the Assistant Examinations Officer in the Department of Construction Economics and Management.

July- Sept. 2010: Site agent, Mbarara District Local Government (District Lands Offices at Kamukuzi, responsible for day to day supervision of finishing works, maintaining a daily site diary, preparing the progress reports and accountabilities working under Babcon Uganda Limited as the Contractors. In addition to the above, I participated in preparing BoQs for the different projects including Tullow oil, Goal Uganda, among others.

June-Aug. 2009: Trainee with inter-property group, Nakawa, for industrial training where knowledge about the different construction procurement methods, preparing BOQs, tender evaluation techniques, requests for expressions of interest, requests for pre-qualifications, pricing techniques, cash flow analyses, among others, was obtained.

June-Aug. 2008: Trainee with Roko Construction CO. Ltd, on Industrial training in my second year at the university, in quest for knowledge about the different construction techniques, materials used in construction, different types of plants available, types of trades, human resource management on site, interpretation of construction drawing and specifications as well as instructions, daily work schedules, how to manage a construction project, team work, records of materials on site, time management among others.

May 2005-Aug. 2006: Worked as a teacher of mathematics at Ngabo Academy in Mbarara. While teaching, I would part time and do construction as is shown below.

May 2005-Aug. 2006: Subcontractor for steel works with Nicontra construction Ltd, Mbarara, under engineer Stephen Ochwo, with a group of other members; we constructed concrete water tanks at Kateete (Mbarara) and Birere sub county (Isingiro District) for supplying water to the locals. Works involved, excavations, bending steel, tying steel, casting concrete, curing until well established. Also within the same time, various structures were built, including extension of lake view hotel, Hon. Emma Boona’s mansion, International Window Girls School (Mr. Kasangaki’s developments), Church of Uganda’s House next to Caltex roundabout, all in Mbarara.

Sept. 2004-May 2005: Lecturer at Uganda Technical college-Kichwamba, after my diploma in Building and Civil engineering, I taught at UTC-Kichwamba before joining the university, teaching quantity surveying and land surveying that I died previously.

June 2003-Aug. 2004: Trainee with Babcon Uganda Ltd, Constructing Education Standards Agency at Kamukuzi in Mbarara, on Industrial training for a Diploma in Building and Civil engineering at Uganda Technical College-Bushenyi. Knowledge about general construction involving, site clearance, excavations, concrete works, shuttering, brick work, concrete technology, plastering, painting, carpentry, roofing techniques, timber technology, steel works, plumbing, electrical installations, stair case technology among others, was obtained.

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