1. NAME R.D. COPPINGER March 2016
Nationality IRISH
Year of Birth 1950
Profession CIVIL ENGINEER
Specialisation PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Home Address: 18 Africander Rd, Telephone: +27(0)21 786 4113
Simonstown 7975 Mobile: +27(0)82 971 2849
Western Cape
South Africa Email: strata@stratacom.biz
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Have had extensive experience in all aspects of construction over a 25 year period. Particular
specialties are Project and Construction Management. Have a civil engineering degree and
have had extensive experience on multi-disciplinary projects. Have also had considerable
experience of working in developing countries, including Africa and Asia.
Work on a short term consulting basis has included contracts for the World Bank and DFID in
Ethiopia, East and Central Africa, Pakistan, China and Nigeria. These consultancies have been
primarily in the Health and Education sectors.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS
BABAI Civil Engineering Trinity College Dublin 1973
Chartered Member of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland
Registered Engineer Kenya
EXPERIENCE RECORD
JAN 2012 – PRESENT INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT HEALTH AND EDUCATION
Based in Cape Town South Africa and working on Health, Education and
Demobilisation and Re-integration Infrastructure Consultancies on DFID
and World Bank Programmes.
Short Term Consultancies undertaken as an International Consultant:
Lead Infrastructure Consultant for Cambridge Education/ British Council
ESSPIN Programme in Nigeria (Education Sector Support Programme)
Nationwide programme focusing on 6 States.
Civil Works Consultant for the World Bank in Zambia for the Feasibility
and Costing of Infrastructure Facilities for the Resettlement Schemes of
Displaced Refugees in Northern Zambia
Lead Consultant by DFID Nigeria to prepare a report and a Schedule of
Minimum Standards for the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI) in North
Eastern Nigeria
Architectural and Engineering Advisor for Cambridge Education/ British
Council for upgrading of Basic Education Schools CUBE (Capacity for
Universal Basic Education) in Nigeria.
World Bank Consultancies as Civil Engineer and Physical Planning
Specialist on Health, Education, Urban Development and Agriculture and

2. Demobilisation and Re integration programmes in Kenya, Ethiopia,
Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Pakistan and Tanzania.
DFID Consultancy as Project Management and Physical Planning
Specialist for Gansu Basic Education Project in China (Cambridge
Education Consultants).
EU Consultancy for Zambian Education Capacity Building Project as
Physical Planning Specialist (Span Consultants).
DFID funded Zambian High School Sub Sector Review – Infrastructure
and Physical Planning specialist as part of multi disciplinary team from
Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT)
Wolverhampton University, UK.
JUN 89 – DEC 2011 Director of STRATA CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
based in Mombasa, Kenya..
Projects executed as a Director of Strata Construction Manangement
include the following:
Project/ Construction Management of
Kenya Navy Shiplift Jetty and Dockyard Mombasa
Refendering of Berths 11 - 14 and Jetty Rehab for KPA Mombasa
Kenya Navy Maritime Operations Centre, Mombasa
Manda Bay Naval Base Lamu
Bulk Bitumen Storage facility for Eres Mombasa
Nyali Beach Hotel Renovations and Extensions, Mombasa
Rehabilitation of Indian Ocean Beach Club, Diani, Mombasa
Chomo Water Supply, Lamu, Kenya
Kipevu Gas Turbine Power Station, Mombasa
Transami Container Depot and Workshop, Mombasa
Grain Bulk Handling Project, Mombasa
Elf Fuel Stations in Mombasa
Wellcome Trust/ KEMRI Medical Research Laboratories in Kilifi.
Vegetable Oil and Fuel Bulk Storage Depots in Mombasa
Container Handling Facilities for Focus, Interpel, Consolbase, Dodwell
and Mombasa Container Terminal (MCT).
Consultant on the following projects:
Vegetable Oil Storage facility Mbaraki, Mombasa
Traffic Improvement Project for Bamburi Cement Ltd, Mombasa
Clinker Handling Road for Bamburi Cement Ltd, Mombasa
Clinker Loading Hopper Project for Bamburi Cement Ltd.
Design of Fuel Depot at Kipevu Mombasa for Elf Oil Kenya Ltd.
Feasibility studies for new Coca Cola Bottling Plants in Mombasa +
Kisumu
Construction of Fuel and Vegetable Oil Depot for Tecaflex Ltd in
Mombasa.
Construction of Container Terminal facilities for Maesrk Kenya Ltd.
Construction of Vegetable Oil Depot and Rail Loading Facility for Gulf
Stream Investments Ltd in Mombasa.
MARPOL (Marine Pollution) facility for E.A. Marine + Environmental
Management Co..
JUN 87 - JUN 89 PROJECTS MANAGER for SCOPE CONSTRUCTION LTD
Mombasa (Steel Construction and Petroleum Engineering)

3. JULY 86 - APR 87 PROJECT ENGINEER in the Tender Preparation Dept in the Head
Office of HVA - INTERNATIONAL BV in Amsterdam.
AUG 84 - JUN 86 SITE MANAGER for HVA INTERNATIONAL BV Amsterdam on a
Turnkey Project for a White and Processed Cheese Plant near
Alexandria, Egypt.
JULY 82 - JUN 84 PROJECT/SITE MANAGER for HVA (HOLLAND AGRO
INDUSTRIES) /DEWETO, Joint Venture in Khartoum, Sudan.
Contract value DfI 110 million (US $ 40 million)
JAN 82- JULY 82 Site Manager for Deweto Int. Ltd.(Mechanical and Electrical
Contractors on the M & E Contracts for the Molasses Utilisation Project
in Kisumu, Western Kenya.
JULY 80 - SEPT 81 Site Manager for Deweto International Ltd. at Kilimanjaro
International Airport, Tanzania.
SEPT 77 - JUNE 80 Assistant Project Engineer on the Mombasa and Coastal Water Supply
Project in Kenya with Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners (British
Consulting Engineers).
OCT 75 - AUG 77 Resident Engineer with Kilborn Engineering (Canadian Consulting
Engineers) on the Tara Mines Project in Navan, Ireland.
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JULY 74 - AUG 75 Regional Engineer with the Dept of Civil Aviation, based in Adelaide,
South Australia.
JAN 74 - JUN 74 Design Engineer with Govt Engineering and Water Supply Dept in
Adelaide, South Australia.
JULY 73 - DEC 73 Surveyor with Newmont Mineral Exploration,co-ordinating the drilling
programme on a gold prospect in the Great Sandy Desert, Western
Australia.