DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS OF HIGHWAYS (BRIDGES & DESIGN)

1.    Initiating design policy and setting design standards for Federal roads;
2.    Supervision of consultants engaged for all road, bridge structures, flyovers and other road structures up to final engineering stages;
3.    Vetting of engineering designs forwarded by Consultants; 
4.    In-house design of some roads, bridges and drainage structures;
5.  Pre-contract services including preparation of Tender Documents/ Bills of Engineering Measurements & Evaluation (BEME), working drawings and contract documents for highway projects and producing the technical reports for award of contracts; 
6.    Assisting the Procurement Department as may be required in the pre/post qualification of consultants/contractors;
7.    Supervision of the construction of major stand-alone bridges;
8.   Vetting of requests for Augmentation and Revised Bill of Engineering Measurement and Evaluation (RBEME);
9.   Management of Consultants engaged for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of various bridge/road projects in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Environment; and
10.  Routine bridge inspection/ data collection for Bridge Management Information System.

DAY 1 OF THE 29TH MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON WORKS HOLDING AT ABAKALIKI, EBONYI STATE

Day 1 of the 29th Meeting of the National Council on Works holding at Abakaliki, Ebonyi State

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INSPECTION OF 56.10 KILOMETERS ENUGU-PORT HARCOURT DUAL CARRIAGEWAY UNDER RECONSTRUCTION IN ABIA STATE AND THE 15 KILOMETERS ELEME TO ONNE JUNCTION IN EAST WEST ROAD SECTION 3, COMPRISING OF 3 LANES EACH IN PORT HARCOURT

Minister of Works, Sen Umahi inspects the 56.10 kilometers Enugu-Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway under reconstruction in Abia State and the 15 kilometers Eleme to Onne Junction in East West Road Section 3, comprising of 3 lanes each in Port Harcourt, Rivers State

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