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Help i want to be a building and roads contractor
Rank: Elder Joined: 11/27/2007 Posts: 3,604
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employ a registered civil engineer and you will have the advice that you need. you will be the MD of the factory and he will be the one to be making decisions requiring professionalism. i am one but i will not throw a blanket advice here for anyone to reap. African parents don't know how to say sorry.. the closest you will get to a sorry is a 'have you eaten'
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/30/2008 Posts: 6,029
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Sober,i need the advice.my email address is pacecon2003@yahoo.com.
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 12/10/2010 Posts: 19
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Set up a company....get a couple of you rngineer/road builder friends together. If you have the means/ connections finance the company and become a head. Leave the actual construction job to the experts and reap the profits. SIMPLE.
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/26/2009 Posts: 45
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You can partner with a civil engineer with experience. You will handle the administrative matters of the firm hoping you atleast have business management skills. your partner can handle the technical stuff.
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/13/2009 Posts: 36
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i'm studying civil engineering one more year to go. My advice, get in line. I'm using the 5-4-4 plan. 5 years in university, 4 years working for a consultant and to register as a consulting engineer and 4 years working for a construction company. Then start my own construction company. In that time i should have enough contacts and experience. No short cutting
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/27/2010 Posts: 324 Location: nrb
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just by being an engineer does not mean you are able to build that 8-lane thika highway, even a chinese engineer! It is build by companies/enterpreneurs. PPle, get that! otherwise your status here as investors is a bit green.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/30/2008 Posts: 6,029
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do you really need a degree in civil engineering to gravel a rural road or do u need to be chinese?
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/23/2010 Posts: 182 Location: Kenya
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tony stark wrote:mawinder wrote:The Chinese do not build rural access roads i.e class F roads.My interest is in rural access roads and not highways.Please advice me. Oooohhh! I am very sorry Sir. My advice to you is Step 1. Go back to university and learn to be a civil engineer. This can be achieved by applying through the joint admission board as a mature entry. Step 2. 5-6 years later when you have graduated you should apply for junior position in a road construction company. You will have to do this for 3-4 years before you are fully registered as civil engineer. Step 3. Now that you are a fully qualified civil engineer you have to rustle up the funds to acquire the equipment you need and this can easily be done by hijacking a G4S cash in transit vehicle. Step 4. If you are not in jail and you still wish to pursue this dream of road construction well you now have the funds, experience and know how to build shoddy roads for the constituents in your area. Congratulations you are on the path to your dream!!  Step 4 has just made my morning. I don't know how i missed this thread for all that time. @Mawinder, how far are you now?
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/8/2008 Posts: 947
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mawinder wrote:do you really need a degree in civil engineering to gravel a rural road or do u need to be chinese? yes
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/30/2008 Posts: 6,029
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i have just started gravelling 2 roads and i am soon winning a tender to construct a tuition block for a secondary school.
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