Project News
In taking up new projects RDC responds to changing markets and new aspirations of clients and societies in which it seeks to be engaged in, and provide quality, cost effective and enduring services. Presently the firm is engaged on several projects covering areas of inter connected disciplines.
On-going key projects among these comprise of sectors that include Rural Roads, Highways, Commercial Container Ports, Fishery Harbours, Water Supply, Local Infrastructure, Institutional Strengthening, Local Governance, SM & Rural Industries, Livelihood Development, Vocational Training, Solid Waste Management, Public Awareness Creation and Building Standards for Housing and Construction Supervision, from among the range of disciplines and services carried out by the firm.
Provided herein are brief profiles of selected projects representative of our ongoing work.
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Capability Assessment of Provincial Council (PC) members of the Eastern Province, UNDP Sri Lanka,
The Local Governance Project (LoGoPro) will focus on developing democratic governance processes and enhancing service delivery capacity with a focus also on the Devolved Structures: elected local government and provincial councils. Focus will be developing inclusive local democratic processes and strengthening the role and functioning of the provincial and local councils in service delivery as an important element of peace-building and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
RDC provided the services of Team Leader/Local Government Specialist;
Management/Capacity Assessment Specialist, and Project Coordinator.
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Eastern and North Central Provincial Roads Project - Project Implementation Consultant for North Central Province - ADB Loan
The key objective of the project is to assist the Provincial -Road Development Authority (P-RDA) to implement the project by carrying out supervision, administration of civil works contracts, conduct on-the-job training for the P-RDA staff, prepare project performance management system, and progress on progress. RDC Provided a construction supervisory team along with ten Assistant Resident Engineers, Environmentalist and Social Safeguards specialist.
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Colombo Port Expansion Project - ADB Loan
The overall objective of the project is to expand the Port of Colombo to realize its potential as an internationally competitive hub port in South Asia. The expanded port will provide facilities to accommodate the largest generation of mainline ships which will benefit the Sri-Lankan economy. The proposed Loan will finance dredging, reclamation, breakwater construction and related ancillary works for the proposed Colombo Port Expansion Project in the Colombo South Harbor section of Colombo Port.
RDC provided the services of Design Engineers, Cost Engineers, AREs for different aspects, Hydrographic Surveyor, Materials/Geotechnical Engineers and Environmentalists.
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Baseline Survey Study of Pro - Poor Economic Advancement & Community Empowerment (PEACE) Project, Sri Lanka - JICA funded
The project is being implemented in the East and Northern provinces with the objective of:
(a) Achieving sustainable development of regional agriculture.
(b) Improving family income of the rural community.
(c) Improving socio-economic status.
The project comprises of the five key components:
i) Rehabilitation and up-grading of irrigation tanks.
ii) Social mobilization.
iii) O&M equipment.
iv) Training.
v) Livelihood support assistance.
RDC provided the services of a Team Leader/Agriculture Economist; Senior Irrigation Engineer Sociologist; Statistician and Project Coordinator.
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Outer Circular Road
Outer Circular Highway (OCH) to the city of Colombo is a new access controlled circular highway, linking Colombo-Katunayake Expressway (CKE) and Southern Transport Development Project (STDP). It will connect the north and south more quickly as a bypass to the Colombo city and disperse the traffic in Colombo more effectively and ease congestions in the metropolitan area. The scope of the services is to provide assistance in the procurement and construction supervision of the contract works.
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Local Government Infrastructure Improvement Project - Supplementary
Services - ADB Loan
The objective of the project is to improve, upgrade, and expand urban infrastructure facilities and basic urban services (water supply, urban roads, urban drainage and sewerage, solid waste management, and small scale community infrastructure such as basic health clinic etc) in various local authorities (LAs) in Sri Lanka. The project also involves institutional strengthening and capacity building of State, Provincial, and Local Authorities and agencies in urban management and urban services provision, as well as poverty reduction initiatives developed through stakeholder participation. RDC provided a supervisory team consisting of Team leader, Municipal Engineers, Finance, Environment, Social, Water Supply and Roads Engineering Specialists.
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Provision of Services for the Conduct of Community Awareness Programme
in the Ampara District - Cluster 1 & 2, UNOPS/EU funded
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), with European Union (EU), has been supporting the Environmental Remediation Programme (ERP) in the Ampara district to assist in strengthening its natural resource and environment base, through three main components:
(a) Solid waste collection and Management.
(b) Drainage construction in flood prone urban areas.
(c) Environment restoration through planting of trees in coastal and tsunami affected areas and along roadsides.
The Programme undertakes mobilization and implementation of awareness creation in selected LA areas, construction of SWM facilities and capacity development. RDC provided the services of Team Leader/Community awareness coordinator, Solid Waste Management Adviser, and Area Project Leaders for the relevant areas. Environmentalists.
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TA for Management, O&M of Mixed Credit DANIDA Financed Water Supply,
Sanitation and Sewerage Projects - Kandy & Kurunegala, Sri Lanka 2008-2011
National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) is preparing to grant greater autonomy to the Regional Support Centres (RSCs), which are currently functioning as a department in NWSDB, and need to develop a whole range of management and business tools, i.e. business plan, inter alia, before autonomy can be effective. The approach will be flexible and adjustments can be made during the pilot stage. The activities will be executed based on the policies and strategies prepared for the subsector. This project will assist in developing management and business tools to fulfil the new role /responsibilities of RSC in respect of management and O&M of the water supply and wastewater schemes. RDC provided services in water supply, training, curriculum development and MIS - hardware and software.
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Second Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project - TA for Project
Implementation - Trincomalee and Ampara districts, Sri Lanka
The Project assists Provincial Councils and sub-unit Pradeshiya Sabhas to facilitate Community Based Organisations (CBO) management towards providing improved water supply and sanitation facilities to selected Grama Niladhari Divisions (GNs) in the country. The project aims to decentralize the implementation of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) activities to Provincial and Local levels and promote a community-based participatory approach where beneficiary communities are expected to participate actively in decision-making at all stages of sub-project implementation. The Project consisted of four mainly components:
(a) Rural Water S&S schemes in villages and estates.
(b) Implementation support by Partner Organisations (POs).
(c) Program management and capacity building.
(d) RWSS development in North and East Provinces.
RDC provided services of Team Leader / Community Development Specialist; Technical Specialist; Hydro-geologist; 3 Senior Technical Officers and 3 Financial Assistants.
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Midterm Performance Review - Dry Zone Livelihood Support & Partnership
Program, Badulla and Moneragala, Sri Lanka
The Dry Zone Livelihood Support and Partnership Program (DZLiSPP) is implemented in the poorest Grama Niladari Divisions (GND) in forty-four District Secretariat Divisions in the dry zone regions of the districts of - Anuradhapura, Kurunagala, Badulla and Monaragala, in Sri Lanka. The program aims to establish mechanisms for mobilization of resources and services and value addition to produce in the dry zone on a sustainable basis. The project components include:
(a) Rain-fed upland agricultural development.
(b) Marketing and enterprise development.
(c) Irrigation rehabilitation.
(d) Micro finance and income generating activities.
(e) Priority community infrastructure development.
(f) Program management. The project period is targeted from 2005 to 2012.
RDC provided the services of: Team Leader/Agriculture and Livestock Specialist, Irrigation Engineer, Marketing, Micro Enterprise/Income Generation and Rural Infrastructure Specialists.
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