Providing top range engineering solutions in Tanzania

Engineering services is an initiative towards ensuring work efficiency. Through consultancy, a building contractor has to undergo several stages starting from the conception of the project to the time of handing over. A Tanzanian based engineering consulting firm, Lomo Consult (T) Ltd has rendered top range engineering services in planning, design and construction supervision for the infrastructure development for the last 25 years of its operation in the country. The firm is among the few consulting firms which have been registered by ERB Board in the country. The firm is characterized by a professional workforce and offers a wide range of services. Here an integrated approach is adopted utilizing the firm’s broad professional expertise and resources. The field of specialization includes Transport, Civil and development services, Structures, Environmental and waste management as well as project management. In transport, the firm carries out the planning, design and construction supervision of all road types and bridges, from national routes and main roads to urban streets and low-volume gravel roads. The high cost of providing new infrastructure has led to more emphasis on the upgrading/rehabilitation of existing infrastructure. Under civil and development services, the firm combines a number of engineering specialties to provide a coordinated package of civil services for municipalities and private developers in the country. These services includes water supply systems including sewerage reticulation, storm water drainage, irrigation schemes, railway sidings, refuse sites, community facilities and housing projects across the affordability spectrum. In structures, Lomo Consult Ltd uses appropriate technology, combine with an intimate knowledge of State-of-the-art building materials to create economical and innovative designs across the full spectrum of structural engineering requirements. The firm executes the job in collaboration with architects wherever appropriate.

Construction of such State-of-the-art buildings have provided investment opportunities in Tanzania. The above building whose consultancy services was provided by CQS Services Limited is the headquarter of ZAIN Tanzania Limited, an operating cellular phone company in Tanzania.
Lomo consult’s environmental and waste management division adopts a holistic approach to assessing the environmental impact of a project taking on account of the economic, social, ecological, sensory, legal and technical aspects involved. The firm conducts environmental audits and carry out environmental impact assessment for planning and infrastructure projects. Under project management, the firm has the capacity to play the role of project mangers on multi-discipline projects. On training, the company offers training for continuing education in the areas of Project Management, Structural Engineering software and Training engineers for registration on behalf of National Engineers’ Registration Board (ERB). Using an integrated approach, Lomo Consult (T) Ltd vows to provide a high standard professional expertise to a wide range of clients, delivering value by helping them to achieve their development goals proficiently and economically. Its philosophy is to apply its broad based engineering planning and management experience and expertise so as to provide a quality service with respect to the environment and the development needs of its clients by participating in the fast-growing infrastructure development. The firm is led and directed by qualified professionals who are ably assisted by a committed team of professionals with extensive experience in their respective fields of specialization who work under keen management and supervision. For the firm, each project is the direct responsibility of the principal of senior engineers. The appraisal ensures that the quality of design benefits from the full range of skills available in the practice. The practice provide complete structural engineering services on building projects which includes liaising with architects in initial stages of preparing preliminary design, carrying out necessary investigations relevant to structural design, providing information to quantity surveyors for assessment of cost estimates coordinating with other consultants preparing final construction details and supervising site works. The firm stresses the importance of a detailed analysis of the project before design work commences, and the establishment of a detailed work programme within the given budget. Through site supervision complements careful design and competitive tendering in order to achieve a successful project. Adequate site supervision is undertaken to ensure compliance with the designs specifications as well as programs.