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Province	Job Title	Sector	City
AB	Sr. Civil Engineer	Airports	Calgary
AB	Jr. Civil Engineering Technician - CAD	Airports	Calgary
AB	Jr. CAD Technician	Buildings	Sherwood Park
AB	Int./Sr. Designer	Buildings	Sherwood Park
AB	Jr. Electrical Engineer	Buildings	Sherwood Park
AB	Int. Mechanical Engineering Technician – CAD	Buildings	Sherwood Park
AB	Jr. CAD Technician	Buildings	Sherwood Park
AB	Sr. Mechanical Engineer	Buildings	Sherwood Park
AB	Structural Engineer	Buildings	Sherwood Park
AB	Jr. Structural Engineer (E.I.T.) or Technologist	Buildings	Grande Prairie
AB	Sr. Project Engineer - NG	Energy/Oil & Gas	Calgary
AB	Int. Project Engineer	Energy/Oil & Gas	Calgary
AB	Project Coordinator/Manager	Energy/Oil & Gas	Calgary
AB	Jr. Project Engineer	Energy/Oil & Gas	Calgary
AB	Int. Project Engineer - Heavy Oil	Energy/Oil & Gas	Calgary
AB	Int. Instrumentation Technologist	Energy/Oil & Gas	Calgary
AB	Sr. Mechanical Engineer	Energy/Oil & Gas	Calgary
AB	Administrative Assistant	Energy/Oil & Gas	Calgary
AB	Environmental Technician	Environment	Grande Prairie
AB	Int. Environmental Scientist	Environment	Grande Prairie
AB	Hydrogeologist	Environment	Calgary
AB	Int. Environmental Scientist	Environment	Calgary
AB	Biologist	Environment	Red Deer
AB	Int. Environmental Scientist	Environment	SPO/Camrose
AB	Int. Environmental Scientist	Environment	Sherwood Park
AB	Accounting Clerk	Finance	Red Deer
AB	Jr. Civil Engineer (E.I.T.) or Technologist	Municipal Infrastructure	Grimshaw
AB	Sr. Civil Technologist	Municipal Infrastructure	SPO/RDO
AB	Project Manager - Civil Eng	Municipal Infrastructure	Red Deer
AB	Sr. Water/Wastewater Design Engineer	Municipal Infrastructure	Sherwood Park
AB	Municipal Engineer	Municipal Infrastructure	SPO/RDO
AB	Geotechnical Engineer	Transportation	Red Deer
AB	Administrative Assistant	Transportation	Regina
AB	Sr. Project Manager	Transportation	Edmonton
AB	Project Manager	Transportation	Regina/Sask
AB	Sr. Project Manager - Team Lead	Transportation	Regina/Sask
AB	Sr. Project Manager	Transportation	Regina
AB	Surveyor	Transportation/Roadway	Grande Prairie
AB	Project Manager	Transportation/Roadway	Lethbridge
AB	Instrumentation Specialist	Wind/Energy	Lethbridge
BC	Int. Architectural Technologist	Buildings	Vancouver
BC	Contract Administrator	Buildings	Vancouver
BC	Int. Mechanical Engineering Technician – CAD	Buildings	Vancouver
BC	Sr. Mechanical Engineering Technician - CAD	Buildings	Vancouver
BC	Electrical Engineer	Electrical	Vancouver
MB	Structural Engineer Technologist	Buildings	Winnipeg
MB	Int. Structural Engineer	Buildings	Winnipeg
MB	Accounting Clerk	Architecture	Winnipeg
MB	Financial Analyst	Architecture	Winnipeg
SK	Int. Electrical Engineer	Buildings	Saskatoon
SK	Jr. Electrical Engineer Technician	Buildings	Saskatoon
SK	Sr. Electrical Engineer	Buildings	Regina
SK	Civil Engineering Technician - CAD	Municipal Infrastructure	Regina
SK	Structural Engineer Technologist	Buildings	Saskatoon
SK	Sr. Industrial Engineer	Industrial	Saskatoon
SK	Sr. Municipal Engineer	Municipal Infrastructure	Saskatoon

Alex Rauya

Mshiriki Alex Rauya ameomba muongozo ...here you go Alex

TRAFFIC JAM IN CHINA

Interchanges and overpasses are not always solutions to traffic jams in our cities.

Will Interchange s in Dar solve the traffic congestions

Roads being constructed on credit, House report says

Major road projects commissioned in the current budget estimates are being carried out on credit, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Infrastructure has declared.

Tabling the committee report on the performance of the government in infrastructure from April 2011 to early this month, committee chairman Peter Serukamba said that by late March, three months before tabling the new budget, the government had disbursed Sh 351.977 billion out of Sh 609.743 billion allocated in 2011/2012 budget estimates.

Worse, large chunks of money disbursed this financial year have been spent in offsetting debts accumulated while implementing the previous budget (2010/2011), amounting to Sh 420 billion. “If the government has so far disbursed only Sh 351.977 billion out of Sh 607.743 billion allocated for roads for this financial year, while the same ministry had debts amounting to Sh 420 billion accumulated in the previous budget, the simple interpretation here is that most road projects being implemented currently are carried out on credit,” Serukamba stressed.

The committee chairman states in his report that until March 2012 the government owed construction companies a total of Sh 331.501 billion in domestic funds.

He said that such a financial gap has forced nine road contractors in various regions to suspend construction while 14 others have slowed down the pace of construction.

Road projects whose implementation has been suspended due to lack of funds include Mbeya-Mkongorosi, Lwanjilo-Chunya, Isaka-Lusahunga, Isaka-Ushirombo, Kanazi-Kizi-Kibaoni, Sumbawanga-Kanazi, Mwigumbi-Maswa-Bariadi and Jetcorner-Vituka-Davis Corner.

Two contractors for Handeni-Mkata and Nyanguge-Musoma roads issued a notice of intention to suspend construction. “This trend is not good at all,” Serukamba declared.

Speaking on ATCL, Serukamba said the committee was saddened by the manner in which the government issued its guarantee to ATCL so that it could lease an aircraft- Airbus 420-214 from Wallis Trading of Lebanon for six years.

The committee raised serious concern on the agreement between ATCL and the company, considering the fact that while the lease agreement was signed on October 2007 the government guarantee was issued on April 2, 2008, almost six months later.

The committee stated that the lease agreement was entered between the two parties against the technical advice of ATCL technicians. The technicians, according to the report, had said it was not advisable to lease the aircraft that would fly for six months before going for major maintenance (Check C).

It is stated in the report that after the lease agreement was signed the aircraft stayed in the hands of the leasing company for about seven months waiting government guarantee.

The aircraft flew in the country on May 2008 and operated for only six months before flying on July 2009 to France for Check C at ATCL cost. However, the plane was not brought back to the country after ATCL failed to settle the debt amounting to $3,009,495. The government guaranteed the leasing at $60,000,000 as of June 30, 2011.

Due to ATCL’s failure to pay the debt the government was forced to pay Sh 121 billion that included its guarantee and the interest rate. Serukamba said the trend was detrimental to the country’s welfare.

SOURCE: GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY

Tanzania Ministry directed to revive ports, railways

The Parliamentary Committee for Infrastructure has directed the Ministry of Transport to present its intensive and strategic plans in parliament, which starts its session on Tuesday, on how it will effectively revamp the ports and railways network to effectively contribute to the national economy.

Briefing journalists after meeting with officials from the ministry and Tanzania Ports Authority’s (TPA) management in Dar es Salaam on Thursday, the committee’s Vice-Chairperson, Mrs Anne Killango Malecela, said revamping of ports operations and railway infrastructure will be the committee’s top agenda this year.

She said the committee was concerned on the general contribution of the ports and railways to the economy and was keen to see enormous realistic government plans to improve them. “And we are not talking of the Dar es Salaam port alone, we are equally advocating for all ports across the country to be given the attention they deserve.

It has reached a point where the public believes that nothing can be done to revive these potential sectors,” she said. Earlier, the committee held a closed meeting with the ministry and TPA officials at theDar es Salaam port yesterday, but Ms Kilango was reluctant to reveal details of the meeting.

However, she admitted the meeting dealt with sensitive matters and that the government gave assurances that it was doing everything in its powers to improve ports and railways infrastructure. She stressed that the public was anxiously waiting to see more positive contribution of the sector than the current situation.

“And we can assure you that the next budget will concentrate on seeing these talks bear fruit, and we are going to hold other meetings in Dodoma,” she noted. Approached for comment, the Minister for Transport, Mr Omari Nundu, said he was not in the position to give any comment since he was only called to appear before the committee.

He said his ministry was set to work on the committee’s directives. There have been a number of plans that need financial investments to improve ports’ infrastructure especially the Dar es Salaam Port, one being increasing the depths of all the seven berths to allow handling of all types of vessels.

TPA has already secured a grant worth 1.1 million US Dollars (about 1.8bn/-) for the project’s feasibility study which would eventually see the port more efficient and able to compete in the global maritime business.

By PIUS RUGONZIBWA, Tanzania Daily News

AfDB lends Tanzania and Sierra Leone $250 mln for roads

TUNIS (Reuters) – The African Development Bank Group said on Thursday it has approved $250mln for road construction projects in Tanzania and Sierra Leone.

http://in2eastafrica.net/afdb-lends-tanzania-and-sierra-leone-250-mln-for-roads/