👉የአሜሪካ ሥራ ተቋራጮች ከ139 ቢሊዮን ዳላር ጨረታ ውጪ ተደረጉ

🚧የአሜሪካ ኩባንያዎችን የካናዳ መንግሥት በሚያወጣቸው የግንባታ ጨረታ ውስጥ መሳተፍ እንዳይችሉ እግድ መጣል ተጀመረ።

💫የካናዳ ትላልቅ ከተሞች የሆኑት ኦንታሪዮ እና ቶሮንቶ የአሜሪካ ኮንትራክተሮችን ለማገድ በቀዳሚነት የሚጠቀሱ ናቸው።

⏺ካሁን በኃላ አዲስ ነገር ካልተፈጠረ በስተቀር የአሜሪካ ኮንትራክተሮች፣ መሐንዲሶች እና አማካሪዎች በጣም የሕዝብ ብዛት ባላቸው ሁለቱ የካናዳ ግዛት ውስጥ እግድ ሊጣልባቸው በመቻሉ ከ139 ቢሊዮን ዳላር በላይ ዋጋ ያላቸው የመሠረተ ልማት ፕሮጀክቶች ጨረታ ሊያመልጣቸው ችሏል።

⏺የአሜሪካ ፕሬዚዳንት ዶናልድ ትራም ባለፈው መጋቢት መጀመሪያ በካናዳ ላይ በጣሉት እግድ አፀፋ ሊጣል ችሏል።

⏺በዚህም በአሜሪካ ላይ የተመሰረቱ ንግዶች ከአሁን በኃላ በአስር ቢሊዮን ዶላር ገቢ ያጣሉ እየተባለ ነው።

▶️ባለፉት ሁለት ዓመታት የአሜሪካ ኩባንያዎች 147 ሚሊዮን ዶላር የሚያወጡ የከተማ ግዢ ኮንትራቶችን አሸንፈዋል።

⏺በፍጥነት በማደግ ላይ ባለው ደቡባዊ ኦንታሪዮ የካናዳ ግዛት በአሁኑ ጊዜ 12.6 ቢሊዮን ዶላር የባቡር ማስፋፊያን ጨምሮ የበርካታ ቢሊዮን ዶላር ሜጋ ፕሮጀክቶች የሚካሄዱበት አካባቢ ነው።

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👉Claims Under the Design and Build Contract

💫Delay and Adjustment of Completion Date

⏺The contract provides for the completion date to be adjusted due to the occurrence of relevant events.

▶️The contractor must give notice to the employer (or employer's agent) if:

- The progress of the works is delayed
- The progress of the works is likely to be delayed

▶️The contractor must also identify the relevant event and provide an estimate of the delay.

🚧Loss and Expense

⏺The contract provides for the contractor to recover direct loss and expense in respect of any of the listed relevant matters.

▶️This includes:

- Prolongation costs
- Disruption costs

⏺The contractor must make an application to the employer (or employer's agent), and the employer must ascertain the loss and expense.

🚧Liquidated Damages

⏺Liquidated damages are calculated and set before the contract is executed.

⏺The amount of liquidated damages should be a reasonable estimate of the employer's likely losses if the contractor fails to complete the works by the completion date.

🚧Procedure for Deduction of Liquidated Damages

▶️The procedure for deduction of liquidated damages is as follows:

- The employer's agent issues a non-completion notice if the contractor fails to complete the works by the completion date.
- The employer notifies the contractor in writing of their intention to deduct liquidated damages.
- The employer deducts the liquidated damages from the contractor's payment.

📜Note that the employer is under no obligation to issue the written notice if they do not wish to deduct the liquidated damages.

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ሲቪል ኢንጂነሮች ሊያውቋቸው የሚገቡ ወሳኝ ነጥቦች‼️
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1) የግንባታ እቃዎች ፍተሻ (TESTS OF BUILDING MATERIALS)

አንድ ጥሩ ኢንጂነር በሳይት ላይ ግልጋሎት የሚሰጡ የግንባታ እቃዎችን ለመፈተሽ የሚጠቅሙ የፍተሻ ዘዴዎችን የግድ ማወቅ ይጠበቅበታል። ከታች የተለያዩ አይነት የፍተሻ ቴክኒኮች ተጠቅሰዋል፦

▪️Concrete test
▪️Slump test
▪️Compression test
(cubic or cylindrical test)
▪️Split tensile test, soundness etc.

▪️የአፈር ፍተሻ (Soil test)
▪️Core cutter test
▪️Compaction test and replacement test, triaxial test, consolidation test etc.
▪️ Bitumen test
▪️Ductility test, softening point test, gravity test, penetration test etc.

2) የአፈር ጥናት (INVESTIGATION OF SOIL)፦ የተለያዩ አይነት የፍተሻ ቴክኒኮችን ተጠቅመን የአፈሩን የመሸከም
አቅም እና ርጉእነት (settlement and stability ) የምንገነባው አካል
ከመገንባቱ በፊት ልናውቅ እንችላለን።

እንደ ኢንጂነር የአፈር ጥናት ለማድረግ የሚጠቅሙ በሳይት ላይ የሚከወኑ የፍተሻ ቴክኒኮችን ማወቅ ግዴታችን ነው።

3 የተለያዩ የሰርቬይን መሳሪያዎች አጠቃቀም ማወቅ (USES OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS)

በእርግጥ በብዙ የኮንስትራክሽን ሥራዎች ላይ ራሱን የቻለ የሰርቬይ ባለሞያ መቅጠር አሁን አሁን የተለመደ ቢሆንም መሰረታዊ የሚባሉ የሰርቬይንግ መሳሪያዎችን ለምሳሌ ቶታል ስቴሽን እና ቴዎዶላይት አጠቃቀማቸውን አንድ ኢንጂነር የግድ ማወቅ አለበት።

4) የተለያዩ የግንባታ ስታንዳርድ ኮዶች (STANDARD CODES
USED IN CONSTRUCTION)

ኢትዮጵያን ጨምሮ የተለያዩ ሃገራት ከመልክአ ምድራቸው የአየር፣ የንፋስ፣ የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ ከባቢያዊ ፀባያቸው አንፃር
የሚያዘጋጁት የግንባታ መርህ
(Construction codes) አላቸው።

አንድ ኢንጂነር ግንባታ የሚያደርግበት ሃገርን ስታንዳርድ ኮድ የማወቅ ግዴታ አለበት ምክንያቱም የሚገነባው ቁስ ሃገሪቱ ባላት ተፈጥሯዊ መሰናክል እንዳይሰናከል እና እንዳይወድም። እነዚህን ኮዶች ወይም መመሪያዎች ሳይከተል የሚገነባ የትኛውም ግንባታ የመፍረስ አቅሙ በእጥፍ የጨመረ ነው።

5) BAR BENDING SCHEDULE

ባር ቤንዲንግ ስኬጁል ለኢንጂነሮች በተለይ ኮንስትራክሽኑ ሬንፎርስመንት ካለው ጠቃሚ የሆነ ቻርት ነው። ይህ ቻርት ሬንፎርስድ የሆነው የግንባታ አካል ማለትም ቢም፣ ኮለን፣ ስላብ፣ ዋል...የሚጠቀማቸውን ብረቶች በምን ያህል ርዝመት እንደሚታጠፉ፣ እንደሚቆረጡ እንዲሁም ምን ያክል ተመሳሳይ እጥፋትና ርዝመት ያላቸው ባሮች በዛ አካል ውስጥ እንደሚኖሩ በግልፅ ይነግረናል። ይህ ቻርት ብረትን ያለብክነት እንድንጠቀም እና የስትራክቸሩን ደህንነት (safety) እንድንጠብቅ ይረዳናል።
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በእርግጥ እነዚህን ሁሉ እውቀቶች በዩንቨርስቲዎች ውስጥ አንማር ይሆናል፤
ነገር ግን ዘመኑ የቴክኖሎጂ ነው ተወዳዳሪ ሆኖ ለመቅረብ የግድ መማር ማወቅ አለብን፤ ዩ ቲዩብ ገብተን ብንፈልግ በቪድዮ የተደገፉ ቁም ነገሮችን እናገኛለን፣ ጥቆማችን ነው👇

https://youtube.com/@ethiopianconstruction?si=i3B2u9LyWBNjqAAO

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👉What Are the Project Management Knowledge Areas?

🏷Project Management Institute has divided the large field of project management into 10 more digestible parts, which it calls the 10 project management knowledge areas in its A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

⏺Project management knowledge areas coincide with the process groups, which are project initiation, project planning, project execution, monitoring and controlling, and project closing.

⏺These are the chronological phases that every project goes through.

⏺The knowledge areas take place during anyone of these process groups.

▶️You can think of the process groups as horizontal, while the knowledge areas are vertical. The knowledge areas are the core technical subject matter, which are necessary for effective project management.
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is a collection of processes and knowledge areas accepted as best practice for the project management profession.

📜As an internationally recognised standard (ANSI/PMI 99-001-2008 and IEEE 1490-2011) it provides the fundamentals of project management, irrespective of the type of project be it construction, software, engineering, automotive.
PMBOK recognises five basic process groups and ten knowledge areas typical of almost all projects.

⭐️The basic concepts are applicable to projects, programmes and operations.

❇️The five basic process groups are:

1.  Initiating
2.  Planning
3.  Executing
4.  Monitoring and Controlling
5.  Closing

⏺Processes overlap and interact throughout a project or phase. Processes are described in terms of:
•  Inputs (documents, plans, designs, etc.)
•  Tools and Techniques (mechanisms applied to inputs)
•  Outputs (documents, products, etc.)

🎲The ten knowledge areas are:

1.  Project Integration Management
2.  Project Scope Management
3.  Project Time Management
4.  Project Cost Management
5.  Project Quality Management
6.  Project Human Resource Management
7.  Project Communications Management
8.  Project Risk Management
9.  Project Procurement Management
10.  Project Stakeholder Management

⏺The Ethiopian Construction Project Management Institute also has published those PMBOK areas and distribute

⏹The book we will post if This post gets 100 reaction❤

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ምን ይፈልጋሉ?

፦ፕሌትና ጄቦልት በፈለጉት አይነት የተዘጋጀ አለን

፦ላሜራ ማስቆራረጥ ማስበሳት ወይንስ ማሳጠፍ ከፈለጉ እንዳያስቡ ሁሉንም ማሽኖች አስገብተናል

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👉Termination Under the Design and Build Contract

💫Termination by the Employer

⏺The employer may terminate the contractor's employment under the contract for the following reasons:

- The contractor wholly or substantially suspends the carrying out of the works without reasonable cause.
- The contractor fails to proceed regularly and diligently with the performance of their obligations.
- The contractor refuses or neglects to comply with a notice or instruction from the employer (or the employer's agent) to remove any work, materials, or goods not in accordance with the contract.
- The contractor fails to comply with the consent to subcontracting or assignment provisions within the contract.
- The contractor fails to comply with the contractual requirements in respect of health and safety regulations.

▶️The employer must give notice specifying each default, and if the contractor continues with the specified default for a specified period after receipt of the notice, the employer may terminate the contractor's employment under the contract.

📜Consequences of Termination by the Employer

▶️Following termination:

- No further sums shall become due to the contractor other than strictly in accordance with the termination provisions.
- The contractor is obliged to clear the site of temporary buildings, plant, tools, equipment, goods, and materials.
- The contractor provides the contractor's design documents to the employer.
- The contractor is to prepare and submit the (final) account.

📜Termination by the Contractor

▶️The contractor may terminate their employment under the contract for the following reasons:

- The employer fails to pay by the final date of payment the amount due to the contractor and/or any applicable taxes.
- The employer fails to comply with the requirement to get the consent of the contractor to assign the contract or any rights thereunder.
- The employer fails to comply with the contractual requirements in respect of health and safety regulations.

⏺The contractor must give notice specifying each default, and if the employer continues with the specified default for a specified period after receipt of the notice, the contractor may terminate their employment under the contract.

📜Consequences of Termination by the Contractor

▶️Following termination:

- The contractor is obliged to clear the site of temporary buildings, plant, tools, equipment, goods, and materials.
- The contractor provides the contractor's design documents to the employer.
- The contractor is to prepare and submit the (final) account.
- The employer shall pay the contractor the amount properly due, without reduction for retention.

📜Termination by Either Party

⏺If, prior to practical completion, the whole of the uncompleted works is suspended for a specified period due to:

- Force majeure
- Employer's instructions issued as a result of the negligence or default of any statutory authority
- Loss or damage to the works occasioned by any of the specified perils
- Civil commotion or the use or threat of terrorism and/or the activities of the relevant authorities in dealing with such event or threat
- The exercise by the governing authority of any statutory power that directly affects the execution of the works
- Delay in receipt of any permission or approval for the purposes of development control requirements necessary for the works to be carried out or proceed

⏺Either party may terminate the contract by giving notice within a specified period of the date of expiry of the suspension period. If the suspension continues for a specified period after receipt of the notice, termination of employment will occur.

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👉The Cost of Silence—Why Workers Don’t Report Safety Concerns

💫One of the biggest threats to workplace safety isn’t faulty equipment or hazardous conditions—it’s silence.

⏺When workers don’t feel comfortable reporting safety concerns, the risk of serious incidents increases exponentially.

⏺Fear of retaliation, thinking “it’s not my job,” or assuming someone else will handle it are some of the most common reasons hazards go unreported.

▶️A true safety culture ensures that workers feel safe speaking up. This means leadership must actively encourage reporting, take immediate action on concerns, and ensure workers know that their input leads to real change.

▶️A simple yet powerful change? Replace the question “Who’s responsible for this mistake?” with “How can we prevent this from happening again?” This shift fosters learning instead of blame.

⏺How does your organization create an environment where workers feel safe reporting hazards?

Via Eagleng

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👉የሲዳማ ክልል  የከተሜነት ፍኖተ-ካርታ ረቂቂ  ላይ ዉይይት ተካሄደ

💫የሲዳማ ክልል የነባር ከተሞችን ተወዳዳሪነት በማጎልበት እና ስትራቴጂክ ጠቀሜታ ባላቸዉ  አካባቢዎች አዳዲስ ከተሞችን መመስረት እንዲሁም የዋና ዋና ከተሞችን ተወዳዳሪነት ለማጎልበትና በመጣጠነ የከተሜነት ስርዓት ለማምራት የሚያስችል የከተሜነት ፍኖተ ካርታ በክልሉ ከተማ ልማትና ኮንስትራክሽን ቢሮ  ተዘጋጅቶ ነው ለውይይት የቀረበው ።

የፍኖተ ካርታው ዋና ዓላማም በሚቀጥሉት አምስት አመታት በሲዳማ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግስት የሚገኙ ነባር የከተማ ማዕከላትን የክትመት አወቃቀራቸውን በማስተካከል ተወዳዳሪነታቸውን ማሳደግና  ስትራቴጂክ ጠቀሜታ ባላቸው ቦታዎች ላይ አዳዲስ ከተሞችን በመመስረት ከተሞች ለክልሉ  ልማት ያላቸውን ሚና ለማላቅ እንደሆነ የክልሉ የከተማ ስፓሻል ፕላን ባለሙያ አቶ ቸርነት ፍላቴ  ሰነዱን ባቀረቡበት ወቅት ገልጸዋል፡፡

የከተማና መሰረተ ልማት ሚኒስቴር ሚ/ደኤታ አቶ ፋንታ ደጀን በውይይቱ ወቅት እንደተናገሩት ክልሉ የነባር ከተሞችን ተወዳዳሪነት ለማሳደግ እስትራቴጂክ ጠቀሜታ ባላቸዉ  አካባቢዎች  አዳዲስ ከተሞችን ለመመስረት የተዘጋጀ ፍኖተ ካርታ ለውይይት መቅረቡ እጅግ የሚበረታታ እና ለሌሎች ክልሎችም መልካም ተሞክሮ ይሆናል ብለዋል ።

ፍኖተ ካርታው ከተሞችን እርስ በርስ በማስተሳሰር ፣ የአጎራባች ክልል  ከተሞች ጭምር ተቀናጅተዉ ማደግ እንድችሉ እድል ከመፍጠር ባለፈ ክልላዊ ስፓሻል  ፕላንን መተግበር የሚያስችል ነው። በመሆኑም ሚ/ር መ/ቤቱ ለስራው ስኬት አስፈላጊዉን ድጋፍ ሁሉ እንደሚያደርግ ቃል ገብተዋል ሚኒስትር ዴኤታው።

የሲዳማ ክልል ከተማ ልማትና ኮንስትራክሽን ቢሮ ኃላፊ አቶ አሻግሬ ጀንበሬ በበኩላቸዉ በክልሉ የከተሞች መስፋፋት እየጨመረ በመምጣቱ  አዳዲስ የሚፈጠሩ  ከተሞች በዘፈቀደ ሳይሆን ፕላን መመራት እንዳለባቸው ገልጸው ፍኖተ-ካርታው በክልሉ የሚገኙ ከተሞች ኢኮኖሚያዊና ማህበራዊ ፋይዳቸውን ታሳቢ ያደረገ እንደሆነ ተናግረዋል።

ከውይይቱ ብዙ ግብዓት የሚሆኑ ሀሳቦች እንደተነሱ እና በፕላን የተሞሩ አዳዲስ ከተሞች የሚገነቡበት አግባብ እንዳለ እንዲሁም  የከተሞች መስፋፋትን ተከትሎ አርሷደሩን ከግምት ውስጥ በማስገባት የከተማ ግብርናን የሚያበረታታ መርህ እንደሚከተሉ አቶ አሻግሬ አክለው ገልጸዋል፡፡

በቀረበው ረቂቅ ሰነድ ሰፊ ዉይይት የተደረገ ሲሆን በርካታ ሀሳብና አስተያየቶች ተሰጥተዋል። ፍኖተ-ካርታው በቀጣይ  ከሚመለከታቸዉ ባለድርሻ አካላት እና ከክልሉ ማህበረሰብ ጋር ውይይት ተደርጎበት ከዳበረ በኋላ ጸድቆ ተግባራዊ እንደሚደረግ ተገልጿል ።

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👉በሳዑዲ ሁለት ኪሎ ሜትር ርዝመት ያለው ሰማይ ታካኪ ሕንፃን የሚገነቡ ሥራ ተቋራጮችን ለመምረጥ ጨረታ መውጣቱን፣ ኮንስትራክሽን ወርልድ "Bidding opens for Saudi Arabia’s 2km-tall tower" በሚል ርዕስ ባሰራጨው ዘገባ አስታውቋል።

በሳዑዲ አረቢያ ሰሜናዊ ግዛት 19 ስከዌር ኪሎ ሜትር ስፋት ባለው ቦታ ላይ በሚገነባው  "The North Pole Project" በሚል መጠሪያ በሚካሄድ የከተማ ፕሮጀክት ውስጥ ዋነኛው ሁለት ኪሎ ሜትር ርዝመት ያለው ሰማይ ታካኪ ሕንፃ (Rise Tower) ይገኝበታል።

678 ወለሎች ያሉት Rise Tower ጠቅላላ የግንባታው ጠቅላላ ወጪው 5 ቢሊዮን ዶላር ይደርሳል እየተባለ ነው።

የሳዑዲ Public Investment Fund (PIF) በግንባታው ለሚሳተፉ ሥራ ተቋራጮች በይፋ ጥሪ ያቀረበ ሲሆን፣  በጨረታው Aecom፣ Bechtel፣ Jacobs፣ Parsons እና Turner Construction ከአሜሪካ እንዲሁም Mace ከብሪታኒያ ሊሳተፉ ይችላሉ ከሚጠበቁ ሥራ ተቋራጮች መካከል በቀዳሚነት ይገኛሉ።
ከአንድ ወር በፊት ተርነር ኮንስትራክሽን ጂዳ ውስጥ ለሚገነባውና አንድ ኪሎ ሜትር ለሚረዝመው Jeddah Tower ፕሮጀክት ማናጀር ሆኖ ተመድቧል።

ተርነር ኮንስትራክሽን ከዚህ በፊትም 828 ሜትር የሚረዝመው ቡርጅ ከሊፋ ሕንፃ ግንባታ ፕሮጀክት ማኔጅመንት ሆኖ ግልጋሎት ሰጥቷል።

የዚህ ሰማይ ታካኪ ሕንፃን ዲዛይን ተሠርቶ የተጠናቀቀው በ 2022 ሲሆን አሸናፊ ዲዛይኑን የሠራው Foster + Partners የተባለ የአርክቴክቸር ተቋም ነው።

ይህ Tower የሚገነባበት ቦታ በሰሜናዊ ሳዑዲ ግዛት ውስጥ ከንጉስ ካሊድ አለም አቀፍ አየር ማረፊያ አጠገብ ሲሆን የዚህ አየር ማረፊያ ንድፍ አውጪው Foster ኩባንያ እንደነበረ መረጃዎች ያሳያሉ

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🔹 Key Features

- Structured Framework: Part I (General Conditions) and Part II (Particular Application) work together to address project-specific needs while maintaining standardization.
- Roles Defined: Clear delineation of the Employer, Contractor, and Engineer ensures accountability. The Engineer acts impartially (Clause 2.6) to uphold fairness in decisions.
- Risk Allocation: From unforeseen site conditions (Clause 12) to force majeure (Clause 65), risks are systematically managed.
- Robust Dispute Resolution: Clause 67 outlines a step-by-step process—Engineer’s decision → Amicable Settlement → Arbitration—to resolve conflicts efficiently.

🔹 Why It’s Relevant Today

- Global Acceptance: Widely used for international tenders, it bridges legal and cultural gaps in cross-border projects.
- Continuous Updates: The 1988 and 1992 amendments reflect evolving industry practices, ensuring relevance.

- Focus on Compliance: Detailed clauses on insurance (Clause 21), defects liability (Clause 49), and payment mechanisms (Clause 60) safeguard all parties.

🔹 Practical Takeaways

- Clarity in Claims: Strict timelines for notices (28 days!) and documentation (Clause 53) prevent disputes from escalating.

- Balanced Responsibilities: The Contractor’s duty to “execute with due care” (Clause 8) vs. the Employer’s obligation to provide site access (Clause 42) creates mutual accountability.

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