1. Karma Lama
3332, 69 Street,
Woodside,NewYork11377, UnitedStates∙
Phone : + (1) 3472066577, Email : lama.karma@icloud.com
PROFESSIONALSUMMARY
Civil Engineer (roads and highway construction and management),
Professional with 10 years of experience in successful completion of various roads construction projects, 3 years of
experience in concrete bridge construction project, 2 years of experience in irrigation concrete, stone masonry and
earthwork canals and aqueduct construction project and 2 years of experience in hydropower construction project.
Contract management, procurement of goods, delegated authorization as a contract manager, supervision of civil
construction works in roads, bridge and irrigation projects. Supervised, Monitored Quality Controlling Mechanisms.
KeySkills
 US equivalentBachelorof Science degreein civil engineering
 Successfullymanagedvarious Roadsand highways,bridges,hydropower,irrigation andprivate residential
constructionprojects,backinNepal.
 QualityControl of worksandselectionof construction materials
 Analysisof unitcost and estimation of works
 SoftWell Roads(designsoftware) andLandDevelopment,MicrosoftOffice (Word,Excel, PowerPoint)
 FluentinEnglish,Nepali,Sherpa,Hindi and Russian
 ValidDrivingLicense :NYC, USA
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
Contract Manager/ Project Cooridnator
Lama ConstructionCompanyPvt.Ltd. 12/12/2013 - 10/05/2014
 Contract management of 35.8 miles of roads construction project in the Himalayan region of eastern part of Nepal
with double surface dressing bituminous road construction project including subgrade, subbase, base, gabion,
cement mortared stone masonry retaining and breast walls, causeway, road side drainage systems and hillside
drainage chute system, pipe culverts and roadside bio-engineering works Financed jointlyby Asian Development
Bank (ADB) and government of Nepal
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11/03/2012 - 12/10/2013
 Successfully managed15km.of asphaltconcreteroad construction includingsewerconstructionworkswith NP3100-
1800 mm dia. concrete Hume drainagepipes, river training and construction of inlets and outlets chambers, gabion
and cement mortared stone masonry river bank protection works, outlets and overflow outlets along the Bagmati
River with the Kathmandu, Nepal
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03/13/2011 - 09/23/2012
 Successfullymanagedandsupervised surveying,planning, excavationof earthworks backcuttingandgrade cutting,
formationof embankment, subgrade preparationandcompaction works ,roadside drainconstruction and gabions
and cement mortared stone masonry structures for retaing and breast walls works of Km. 57.6 roads to be
constructed. Mobilized fully and efficiently a 7 members team of engineers, 14 sub-engineers, 34 supervisors, 15
members of sub contractors with more than 550 labors forces along with 25 numbers of heavy duty tippers and
trucks,4 watertankers,4numbersof VibratingRollers,15numbersof heavyexcavators,3numbersof motorgraders,
4 numbers of JCB backhoe loaders, 3 numbers of Kawasaki K65 loaders and 8 service vehicles. 12 motorcycles :
10/24/2010 - 07/23/2011
 Successfully managed 24 km. of double surface bituminous road construction project including subgrade, subbase,
base, gabion, cement mortared stone masonry retaining and breast walls, causeway, drainage system and hillside
drainage chute system, pipe culverts and roadside bio-engineering works in a remote Himalayan region of eastern
Nepal. Financed jointly by Asian Development Bank (ADB) and government of Nepal.
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2. ADDITIONALWORKEXPERIENCE
Period:11/12/1997 - 10/12/2010
Managing Director/Contractor Representative/Project Coordinator
GoldenGoodSherpaConstruction Pvt.Ltd.,Kathmandu,Nepal
A RegisteredA ClassCivilContractorof Nepal
August 2008- October 2010
 CompletionConstructionof Powerhouse of 4.5 MW hydropowerproject,masonrysaddle,anchorblocks,river
trainingwork,aqueductandsupervision, monitoring,qualitycontrollingandprocurementof constructionmaterials
and goods.
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May 2006- June 2008
 Completionof Constructionworkscomparisingof 3.9 kmof roads includingsubgrade,subbase,base withdouble
surface bituminoussurface dressingworks,retainingandbreastwallswithgabionsandstone masonrywalls.
Subsoil drainage andpipe culvertsandcausewaysconstructionworks.
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September 2004- Feb 2006
 Supervision,andconstructionCompletionof 62.66 meterand 63.66 meterreinforcedconcrete bridges,
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Oct 2002- June 2004
 Completionof constructionof 35 km of irrigationsecondarychannels,1.5km of acquduct,RCC concrete hume pipe
crossings, inlets, outlets,cattle crossing bridge and 1 km earthern main canal construction works, 8192.61 cubic
meterof stone bouldergabion works,19935.04 cubmicmeterof earthworkexcavationworks,18699.04 cubicmeter
of earthworkembankmentworks,12.26tonnesof steelreinforcementworks, 22925.91 square metersof formworks,
63581.43 square meters of gabion crates, 6000 cubic meters of concrete works.
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Feb 2000- October 2002
 ConstructionManagerfor Supervisionandcompletionof 28 and42 meterspanof RCC bridges at Timbu,Nepal
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Nov 1997- Dec 1999
 Completionof 12km road includingsubgrade,subbase,base,penmacanddouble surface bituminoussurface
dressingworks&Completionof 15 kmrehabilitationof stormdamage rectificationworks,
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EDUCATION
Master of Science (Tech),Roads and Aerodrome Engineering(Ivanovo,Russia),1997
U.S. Equivalent:Bachelorof Science Degree inCivilEngineering,Globe Language Service ,Inc.New York,USA.
The CooperUnionAlbert NerkenSchool of Engineering
RetrainingProgram for Immingrant Engineerscompletedon:
 Structural Steeel andConcrete Designusingthe AmericanAISCandACIcodes, 2016|New York
 BuildingCostEstimatingandBridge,Highway,RailroadEngineering, 2016|New York
 Fundamentalsof AutoCADandRevit 2016|New York

3. PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT
 Workshopon Design&Build (EPC-EngineerProcure Construct) andotherContracts,
JICA-PPMO(Public-Private ManagementOffice),Kathmandu,Nepal, 12/18-19/2013
 Kulekhani-HetaudaTunnelingworks/PPP-(PublicPrivate Partnership) /CAR(ContractorAll Risk) Policyof
Insurance andDisasterManagementStrategyinConstructionIndustryinNepal, Kathmandu,Nepal,12/19/2013
 Sustainable ConstructionPractices:Two daysStakeholdersInteractionsConference, Kathmandu,Nepal,
10/26/2013
 Urban Planning:Formulationof LowCarbonEconomicDevelopmentStrategyforNepal, Kathmandu,Nepal,
10/07/2013
 Effective BuildingCode forBetterLiving, Kathmandu,Nepal, 09/14/2013
 Once monthCourse of Land DevelopmentCourse, Kathmandu,Nepal,09/07/2012
 SoftWell Road2010 and SoftWell DTM_2006(Digital TerrainModeling),Kathmandu,Nepal,07/29/2013
 One-day ColloquiumandTrainingon The FIDICMDB and Dispute ResolutionBoardsandtheirSuccessful Use in
International ConstructionContracts,Use of Dispute BoardsonConstructionProjects,Advantagesof Dispute
Avoidance andResolution,conductedby: The Dispute ResolutionBoardFoundation,Seattle,Washington,
USA. 11/05/2011.
 4 Hours UsersSupportedScaffoldingCourse,TSCTrainingAcademy,LongIslandCity,New York,03/26/2016
 10 Hours Occupational SafetyandHealthTrainingCourse, New York,04/07/2016
AFFILIATION
 Life Member : Nepal EngineeringAssociation
 Life Member : Nepal RedCrossSociety
 Associate Member : Federationof ContractorsAssociationof Nepal
 Member : Federationforthe Preservationof HimalayanBuddhistTradition.
 President : Nepal SherpaAssociation,KathmanduDistrictCommittee.
 V.President : Nepal SherpaContractorsAssociation