Gore Metu
Ethiopian Construction Design & Supervision Works Corporation
Ethiopian Construction Design and Supervision Works Corporation (ECDSWCo.) is transforming and diversifying from the current consultancy business operations. Taking advantage of the existing ECDSWCo.’s strength and maximizing on the newly emerging external opportunities that are being prevalent with the shifts in Ethiopian Economic Policy – the Corporation is aiming to play a significant role to the success of the Ethiopian Construction Industry -by creating a vibrant business institution that will not only fill the gap that is in the current construction industry, but also replace the need for having international construction companies that are dominating the government mega scale projects. To this, the Corporation is emerging as an Engineering and Investment Group. The proposed name of the Group is ‘’Ethiopian Engineering and Investment Group (EEIG)’’. The Group will comprise of three main operational business units i.e., Consultancy, Construction and Investment. EEIG-Construction business unit key activities are high-end complex construction projects, predominately high-rise commercial and residential buildings, real-estate; infrastructure (roads, railways and airports) & water and energy sector construction. EEIG-Construction alone would grow into a conglomerate of several business units including Piling, underground and foundation Works, Fit-Out, Energy (Solar Solutions), Electro- Mechanical Solution, Facility Management, Landscape and Construction Materials Production. EEIG Construction is launched with the vision of being the best construction company in Ethiopia with a strategy of Timeously executing high-end complex projects, by utilizing proactive management skills as a Design and Build Contractor in order to achieve an optimum return and aspiring to be a competitive and preferred choice that can replace the current dependence on international contractors and deliver excellence. EEIG Construction will uphold Courage, Integrity, Reliability, Value for its People and Innovation as its core values. EEIG is going to build a 30 Floors Highrise Headquarter Building in the city centre of Addis Ababa – that will be design and build by its inhouse consultancy and construction business units.        Scope: Will determine the location and measurement of points of elevation, lines, areas and contours to support the construction teams in the design and build process. Surveying manager will supervise more junior members of the surveying team, whose responsibilities include: -Responsibilities: Conduct topographic survey on siteCompute the area and volume for cut and fillSet out points of columns and beam lines before and after castingSet out base plates, points for block work and slab edgesPrepare sketches and written report following the surveying of an areaPrepare contour plans and compile data from survey findingsSolve practical problems and deal with the variables in situations where limited standardizations existInput and prepare coordinates using AutoCADCheck the dimensions on drawings and insure this reflects what is built on site.Update drawings to ensure any changes during construction are accounted for.Solve issues with surveying equipment's and calculationsCalculate distances, angles, areas and volume on site using surveying methods.Manage the surveying equipment, monitoring accuracy and ensuring it is calibratedAssist the EEIG Construction related business and subcontractors in locations of points and updating of drawingsCooperate with the façade team in marking the accurate location of panels.Observe the displacement of structure for deflection.