NSE, NISafetyE make technical visit to Ogbomoso-Oyo road construction site, charge on quality delivery
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The Ogbomoso Branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in conjuction with the Oyo State Chapter of the Nigerian Institution of Safety Engineers (NISafetyE), on Tuesday, visited the construction site of Messrs JRB Nigerian Limited, the contractor handling the completion of the Ogbomoso-Oyo Road.
The combined 32-member team was led by the Chairman of the Ogbomoso Branch of the NSE, Engr. Prof. Samson Olakunle Ojoawo (FNSE), and Engr. Prof. Abiola O. Ajayeoba (MNSE) who is the Chairman of the Oyo State Chapter of NISafetyE.
Receiving the team on behalf of the Construction Company, the Technical Manager, Engr. Joseph Onoche and the Project Manager, Engr. Ajwal Khan, expressed delight in having the engineering personnel within the community on the site.
Engr. Onoche said, “We are pleased to welcome the Valiant Engineers in Ogbomoso and its environs to our site. As you can observe, the Company hit the ground with full force and within the last two months of our operation, there have been an appreciable progress.
“We make quality and excellent delivery, as we have in our watchword. We shall leave no stone unturned in achieving that on the project. We believe your presence shall further serve as impetuous to us on the assignment.”
Earlier in his introductory remark, the NSE Ogbomoso Chairman, on behalf of the Branch, commended the Company for the good job being carried out at the Construction Site and for introducing local content in their operational system.
“We are pleased as professionals with the level of commitments observed on the project by your company. Your construction activities in the last two months or so have kept transforming the site positively.
“We can see the involvement of competent professionals in your operation. Your professionals are delivering with strong passion through a realistic work schedule, laboratory analyses of soil materials, health and safety measures, construction equipment deployment, as well as other professional practices are all indications of readiness of your company to deliver promptly.
“As you are aware, the expectation of the public is quite high on the project, perhaps due to the indispensability of the road in linking the southern part of the country to the north. The quality job is, therefore, non-negotiable here.”
In his charge, the Oyo State Chapter Chairman of NISafetyE, Engr. Prof Abiola O. Ajayeoba encouraged the Contraction Company to prioritise safety of lives and property of the community and workers on the site above any other thing.
“A safe environment is the desirable one and introducing appropriate safety measures at every stage of this project would not only protect us all as a community but shall further guarantee the competence of your company in handling the project.”
The Company’s representatives conducted the team round the ongoing portions of the project which include the sub base provision under the fly-over, the filter materials provision by the box culvert at the exit close to the fly-over and its coffer dam, general clearing of the right-of -way along the entire stretch of the project, the cut and spoil works, among others.
The team further charged Construction Company to deliver a lasting job for the sake of posterity.
While responding, the Contractor’s representatives assured the team of the readiness to make quality, excellent and timely delivery as priority.
Some other dignitaries in the visiting team included the Pioneer Chairman of NSE Ogbomoso Branch, Engr. Prof. Olusegun J. Oyelade and his counterpart in Oyo State NISafetyE, Engr. Oladayo O. Awodele; Technical Secretary of NSE Ogbomoso, Engr. Akeem Oderinlo; the Executive Committtee (Exco) Members and Fellows of NSE Ogbomoso Branch; Chairman of Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE) Ogbomoso Chapter, Engr. Prof. Lateef O. Mudashiru.
Others were immediate Past Chairman of Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) Ogbomoso Chapter, Engr. Prof. Alice O. Oke; General Secretary of NISafetyE Oyo State, Engr. Sunday Obarhua; LAUTECH’s Director of Works, Engr. T. Adekunle Boladale and Energy Committee Chairman, Engr. Prof. Gafar A. Adepoju; and other erudite Professors in the NSE Ogbomoso Branch.
Other Prominent Members of NSE Ogbomoso Branch, NISafetyE Oyo State Chapter and APWEN Ogbomoso; Engineering Students, among others were also on the entourage of the team.
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