General
MULTI Disciplinary Consultants (P) Ltd. has long experiences of providing
consultancy services in diverse fields of development activities in
different parts of the country. During the course, MULTI was faced
with a multitude of problems at the various levels of the projects
e.g. policy formulation, planning, water quality analysis, design
and project implementation including providing management and advisory
services for a variety of infrastructural and development projects
to various national and international agencies.
Thus the Consultant has carried the valuable experience and clear
understanding of the importance of a co-ordinated approach towards
project implementation including prioritisation, optimisation, co-ordination,
strict quality control, review of the design concept and approach
vis-a-vis their suitability in the given set of physical/social conditions.
Similarly, the Consultant have gained the necessary knowledge about
the importance of rehabilitation of existing water supply and sanitation
system as well as formulating appropriate operational policies and
timely review/updating including modification so as to attain the
envisaged output.
Major projects undertaken
by MULTI:
Third and Fourth Water Supply and Sanitation
Project/Project Management Services, DWSS/ADBM, 1993-2001:
The Project is financed by Asian Development Bank to improve water
supply and sanitation to rural areas of Eastern, Mid-western and Far
Western Development region of the country to fulfill the Eight Five
Year Plan target. This project aims at involving the benificiary groups
from the project conception to construction, operation and maintenance.
The project is divided into management services, community aspect
and design Packages.The present study covers the management aspect
of the project.
The detailed description of actual
services provided by MULTI are as follows:
Project planning, staffing and financial plan preparation.
Review feasibility study, prepare sub-project appraisal and selection
of sub-projects.
Supervision of sub-project design undertaken by design consultants
Advise on construction material and quality control management, pre-construction
contract management, construction and post construction management,
institutions development, staff training and Bank disbursement schedule
preparation.Reporting to ADB on project activities.
Third Water Supply and Sanitation Project/Project
Preparation Studies, DWSS/ADBM,1991:
The work involved assessment and updating of over 100 rural and semi-urban
water supply schemes and formulation of sanitation programs. It included
review of the quality of sub-project preparation, review of the practice
of management and storage of materials, review of the implementation
performances, preparation of suitable implementation programs and
financing arrangements, preparation of project appraisal procedures
for prioritisation for funding the project implementation. Reporting
included the assessment of the requirements for additional studies
for different projects under implementation, classification of the
projects into groups and their prioritisation for implementation.The
present work is one of the recommendation of the above said project
findings.
Project Preparation for Rural Water Supply
Project in Central and Western Development Region, World Bank/DWSS,
1990 :
The work included appraisal and field verification of 100 rural water
supply schemes, updating the design and cost of the scheme, developing
criteria for prioritisation of projects and project implementation.
The work was undertaken in association with Binnie and Partners, U.K.
and Nepal Consult (P) Ltd.
Service Improvement and Management Support Project/Nepal Water Supply
Corporation NWSC/World Bank, 1989 :
included preparation of 15 year comprehensive development plan for
NWSC, institutional strengthening, identification of component need,
qualification, costing, annual investment, programming, development
of work program and prioritisation. The work involved provision of
management, operational and training support to NWSC including distribution
system remodelling, rehabilitation and network extension works, devising
water billing and reporting systems, improvement of water quality
by identifying ways to reduce iron content, leakage and wastage reduction
and rehabilitation of the sources as well as the network including
machineries.
Important aspect of the job was the preparation of a 15 years Development
Plan for WSSC and the preparation of the Proposal Document for the
appraisal by the World Bank leading towards the formulation of Kathmandu
Valley Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project, which
is ongoing at present.
The work was completed successfully in association with Binnie &
Partners and Southern Waters, UK
The experience gained by MULTI on different aspects from this job
are related to the activities to be performed in the proposed job
and will be helpful for the successful implementation of helpful of
the project.
Future Water Supply to Kathmandu and Lalitpur
From Source Outside the Valley/World Bank, 1987 :
included assessment of future water supply needs, formulation of schemes
from all possible supply sources, preliminary design, costing and
economic evaluation of the schemes and their prioritisation.
The work was undertaken in association with Binnie & Partners,
U.K.
One of the outcomes of the project was the identification of Melamchi
Project for the long term fulfilment of domestic & industrial
water use of Kathmandu Valley. Experience on affordability of consumers
to pay will be useful for the present work.
Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation
Project, NWSC/World Bank, 1991-1998:
This project is also one of the recommendations made by the above-said
Comprehensive Development Plan of NWSC. The work involves comprehensive
assessment of the adequacy of existing water supply and sewerage network,
identification of the requirements, prioritisation, programming, physical
rehabilitation of the systems for the urban areas in the Kathmandu
Valley. The work includes updating the record drawings for the last
100 years, topographic survey, review of previous design, preparation
of preliminary master plan, demand analysis, design for future expansion,
network modelling and distribution network design, yield assessment,
rehabilitation design of facilities, video camera survey of ground
water wells, prioritisation and recommendation for construction preparation
and evaluation of bids, pre-qualification of contractors, inspection
of work quality, costing etc. for the rehabilitation and reconstruction.
The works were carried out in association with SILT Consultants (P)
Ltd. and Consulting Engineers Salzgitter, Germany.
Pre-Evaluation of EEC-Funded Community Water Supply and Sanitation
Projects, UNICEF, Nepal, 1990 :
The work involved assessment of the existing provisions of physical
facilities, potentials of hygiene promotion including construction
of household latrines assessment of the potential involvement of women
in the projects. Such assessment led to the recommendations for improvement
in the efficiency and effectiveness of future project implementation
and devising simple methods for improving the maintenance/repair system.
Impact evaluation was also carried out for eight of the 20 sub-projects.
Western Regional Engineering Campus Project - Water Supply and Surface
Drainage Master Plan, IBRD/TU-IOE, 1984-86 :
The work included preparation of a master plan including identification
of potential water sources, hydrologic study, survey and detailed
design of the water supply and pipe drainage system including inspection
of work quality and checking the plumbing system for buildings for
the campus with academic/laboratory buildings, design of pavilion,
tennis court, balancing pools underground and overhead tanks etc
Sewerage System Rehabilitation in Kathmandu Valley Zones
The project comprises of rehabilitation design and construction supervision
of Sewerage system in Kathmandu Valley constructed in 1987 under IDA
finance. The rehabilitation design comprised of survey, preparation
of master plan, review of previous design, design for future expansion,
and recommendation for construction of Sewer System comparing of :
Sewerage treatment plant at Dhobighat consisting of oxidisation of
volume:
North primary anaerobic - 185,000 m3
South primary anaerobic - 195,000 m3
Secondary facultative - 308,000 m3
Tertiary aerobic - 71,000 m3
with sewerage treatment Capacity of 15.4 Mld.
Sewerage treatment plant
at Kodku
West primary anaerobic - 32,500 m3
East primary anaerobic - 32,000 m3
Secondary facultative - 55,200 m3
Tertiary aerobic - 15,500 m3 with sewerage treatment capacity of 1.1
Mld
Others:
55 Km of brick channels of 1.1m x 1.5m size
Km Piped sewer system ranging from 150 mm dia to 1000 mm dia
Sludge Drying bed 2 x 15,000 m2
Sewer house construction over 25,000 nos.
Construction Supervision of Following
Projects
Construction Supervision of North Main Sewer Collector Bhaktapur,
for GTZ/BDP.
Construction Supervision of South Sewer
Collector, Bhaktapur for GTZ/BDP.
Construction Supervision of Treatment Plant Bhaktapur for GTZ/BDP
Construction supervision under Road Flood Rehabilitation Project,
River Protection and control work along East-west Highway for Department
of Road funded by world bank. The work proceeded thedesign work, tender
document preparation for international bidding according to FIDIC,
evaluation of tender and participation during contract negotiation.
MULTI is engaged as Resident Engineer's Representative in accordance
with FIDIC to supervise the construction work valued at NRs 160 million.
