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Profession?
Engineering!
a quarterly publication of the National Order of Civil Engineers
No. 011 of the 2nd quarter 2014
Contents
Editorial
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News
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2014 Annual Meeting
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Activities
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Up-coming events
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Appointments
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New members
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Technical Vocabulary
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Book
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Focus
Editorial
By Kizito NGOA, President of the Order
Honour and pride for the Engineer
E
ngineering practice sometimes calls for a perfect
mastery of Project Management skills. When this
management process, which generally seeks to
optimise the use of resources deployed while realising
the project goals and objectives within the provided
budget and time limits, earns the full approval of the
project owner and draws applause from different stakeholders, it becomes a source of legitimate pride for the
Engineer.
Recently, precisely on February 1st 2014, I felt highly
honoured, when my mandate, at the head of the National Order of Civil Engineers, was renewed with an overwhelming majority. By this gesture, the Civil Engineering family in Cameroon endorsed the vision presented
by my team, thereby pledging total support to the new
Council of the Order, whose mission is to transform this
vision into reality.
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On the 19 of February 2014, and within the framework of celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Independence and Reunification of Cameroon, I received sincere congratulations from the highest authority in the land, H.
E. Paul Biya, President of the Republic. This was in my other capacity as Project Manager of the contract for the construction of the 50th anniversary monument in Buea.
I consider that this honour goes beyond, my humble self, to the entire civil engineering core in Cameroon. By confiding
the conception, financing, construction and supervision of such an important edifice in the hands of Cameroonians, the
Head of State demonstrated total confidence in our expertise and knowhow.
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News
► The fiftieth anniversary celebrations organised
in Buea (South West Region) during the month of
February 2014 ushered in a new era for this historic
city. Buea received a total facelift through the tarring
and lighting of several kilometres of town streets, the
construction, rehabilitation and restoration of many
public edifices and hotels, and the refurbishing of the
water supply network.
► A decree signed by the Prime Minister on January
16, 2014, sets out modalities for the funding of works,
done by direct labour, through the Road Fund. Such
works must be of an urgent or strategic nature, ordered by either the Minister in charge of highways or
urban roads, and local council authorities.
a description of the 50th anniversary Monument
is available on www.noce.cm
News
► A second Prime Ministerial Decree was signed on the 24th of March, 2014. This text deals with labour matters. In particular, it seeks the promotion of labour intensive
methods in the execution of construction works in Cameroon, notably, the specific contract terms and conditions applicable, as well as provisions for the training of labour in
such methods, and the settlement of attendant disputes.
► On a different note, the City of Garoua will benefit from a special funding of up to 15bn FCFA, within the framework of the French debt relieve programme for development (C2D), for the construction road networks linking up to major activity centres and densely populated urban neighbourhoods.
► Some secondary towns within the councils of Bamenda, Douala II, Maroua, Mbalmayo, Yaoundé III, and Yaoundé IV, will benefit from a World Bank funding within the
framework of the PDUE project, for a total sum of about 12bn FCFA, over a period of three years. This financing is for the up grading of the general landscape and drainage
infrastructures in these towns.
► For the 2014 fiscal year, special measures for the retention, at source, of some taxes, notably the VAT and AIR, are still envisaged. The public works enterprises concerned by
this decision include the following private companies: DTP TERRASSEMENT, RAZEL CAMEROUN, BUNS CAMEROUN, SOGEA SATOM CAMEROUN; and CIMENCAM, which is a parastatal concern with both public and private capital. As against the 2012 financial year, the following private companies have been struck off the list of those affected by these
measures: ANDRADE GUTTIEREZ, ARAB CONTRACTORS, ASQUINI ENCORAD, BATI SERVICE, EGIS CAMEROUN and KETCH SARL, as well as LABOGENIE and MATGENIE, which are State
Corporations.
► The official commissioning of the, recently completed, head office building of the African Intellectual Property Organization, better known by its French acronym OAPI,
was pronounced by Pr. Peter AGBOR TABI, Assistant Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic, in Yaoundé. This eleven (11) storey building consists three (03) underground storeys, reserved for parking lots, seventy (70) offices and a two hundred (200) sitter auditorium, constructed at the cost of some 4bn FCFA. This project was realised
by Société Générale de Construction (SGC), under the supervision of Cabinet MACHIA as Project Manager, and ADRH APAVE as Technical Controller for Insurance purposes.
► Concerning the highly awaited «Express Way» from Down-town Yaoundé to the Nsimalen International Airport, contracts have been awarded for the construction of the
different road sections as follows: from Sous-Préfecture Tsinga to Poste Centrale = Arab Contractors Cameroun; from Poste Centrale to 3 statues = China Road and Bridge
Corporation; from 3 statues to Ahala = Synohydro Corporation, and finally; the section in the countryside = China Communications Construction Company Ltd.
2014 Annual General Meeting
The 2014 annual general meeting of the National Order of Civil Engineers took place from January 31 to February 1, 2014, at the MONT FEBE Hotel in Yaoundé.
The two principal items on this year’s agenda were the Civil Engineering Technical Day (CETD) and the Ordinary General Assembly (OGA) of the NOCE respectively. During the OGA, the
election of members of Council and the Principal Auditor of the Order, took place.
● General theme for the CETD: «Technical Standards and Innovations; Challenges for the Engineer». The proceedings of this session, which followed the official opening ceremony, were
co-ordinated by Emeritus Engineer Henri TCHAKOUNTIO. After the introductory presentation based on the above cited theme, five other speakers took the floor in the following order:
1. Denis Leonard PIEDJOU spoke on «The respect of Standards in Project Design»,
2. Jean Marie V. MBOLLO expatiated on «Drafting, adopting and homologating Standards»,
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3. Dr. Eng. Alexis KEMADJOU gave a discourse on «Efficient use of Energy in Buildings», while
4. Eng. Jean Roger ABANDA spoke on «Innovative Techniques in the Social Housing domain», and
For the responsibilities
5. Dr. Eng. Charles BWEMBA closed this session with «Innovative Soil Stabilisation Products for road construction».
of the Civil Engineer
Important recommendations were made, after the fruitful exchanges that followed these brilliant presentations, targeting
According to article 18 of law No. 2000/009 of 13 July
Public Authorities, Project Owners, Professional Associations and Civil Engineers themselves (see last page for details).
2000, relating to the organization and practice of the proFollowing the decision, by Council, to promote the spirit of «Continuing Education» among Engineers, all those who successfession of Civil Engineering in Cameroon, «the Engineer is
fully participated in these proceedings automatically gained five (5) training hours to their credit, for the period running
responsible for conducting studies, implementing the results
from January 2014 to December 2015.
of studies, conducting the quality and compliance controls of
● The proceedings of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly were highlighted by three main items of agenda as follows:
swearing in of new members, examination and adoption of Management accounts, and Elections.
While the adoption of 2014 budget and action-plan were very significant items on the agenda, the climax of this very well
attended OGA was the election of members into the Council of the Order. The exercise, which went on very calmly and
orderly was presided over by Etienne Marcellin KANA, Eng.
Thus, at the end of the elective General Assembly, held on February 1 2014, Kizito NGOA, Eng., was re-elected as President
of the National Order of Civil Engineers for another three (03) year term, with a resounding score of 80.9% of valid votes cast
as against 19.1% for the lone contending list.
Similarly, Joseph NJOCK, Eng., was elected to the post of Principal Auditor of the NOCE, for a three (03) year term.
works, as well as applying and complying with standards»
For the measures applicable to
our archaeological heritage
Following article 43 of law No. 2013/003 of 18 April 2013,
governing cultural heritage in Cameroon, «all development
work, including mining, construction or operations related
to major works or other large development projects, require
proper feasibility studies and archaeological surveys»
Call for Papers ........................
► 16th African Regional Congress of Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering « Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering for Africa » : Hammamet, Tunisia
27-30 April 2015 – www.cramsg2015.org
►25th World Congress on Roads « Roads and Mobility –
Transportation, source of added value» Seoul (South Korea) - 2-6 November 2015 - www.aipcrseoul2015.org
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Actions
Activities
New members
● Following the elective General Assembly, held on February 1 2014, at which Kizito NGOA, Eng., was re-elected President
of the NOCE, the 40th Ordinary Session of Council met on March 6, 2014, at the Head Office Building in Yaoundé. This meeting
had a single point on the agenda, viz. the election of the other bureau members of Council. At the end of deliberations,
members were elected as follows:
- 1st Executive Vice President (Public Relations): André Bosco CHEUOUA, Eng.
- 2nd Executive Vice President (Professional Practice): Julienne EBENYE EPACKA (e) MANGA, Eng.
- Vice President (Training and Professional Development): Thomas TAMO TATIETSE, Eng.
- Vice President (Standards and Certification of Professional Skills): Jacques Emmanuel NGUINDJEL, Eng.
- Vice President (Awards, Honours and Professional Ethics): TOKODI LASSOU, Eng.
- Secretary General of the Order: Alfred MBENG FORGWEI, Eng.
- Assistant Secretary General of the Order: TCHOUPLAOU, Eng.
- Treasurer of the Order: Charles AZOLA AZOLA, Eng.
● Designated representatives of the Order participated in a number of meetings and other working sessions, during this
first quarter, as follows:
- 15th Regional seminar on labour intensive methods (HIMO) held in Yaoundé, on the theme «Labour Intensive Methods
in Infrastructure Development: policies for job creation» (MINTP, ILO)
- Several meetings of the inter-Ministerial Committee for the Categorization of Public Works Enterprises (ARMP)
- Meeting of the committee in charge of proposing development strategy for the infrastructure sector (MINEPAT)
- Consultation meetings aimed at streamlining the MINTP’s view on the policy on infrastructures,
- 12th session of the Technical Secretariat of the follow-up committee in charge of the Yaoundé-Douala Expressway
project (MINTP)
- Meeting of the Technical Sub-committee (SCT 12.11) in charge of Optic fibre communication network at ANOR
- Validation of the studies on the housing of administrative services in Cameroon (MINHDU)
- Review of draft texts relating to Housing and Town Planning in Cameroon, in view of establishing Terms of Reference
(TOR) for carrying out a study on the financial incidence of Town Planning Regulations (MINDHU)
- Review of the TOR for the architectural design of a pilot low cost housing project in Cameroon (MINHDU)
- 7th session of the organising committee for the first National Urban Forum in Cameroon (MINHDU)
- 3rd session of the follow up committee (COPIL) in charge of the Communal Housing Scheme sponsored under
a CFC/FEICOM/CVUC partnership agreement
Recently enrolled to the Order
(Membership & Name)
All relevant documents, including minutes of meetings and reports, are available at the Head Office of the National Order of Civil Engineers in Yaoundé. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Up-coming events
► TOTALLY CONCRETE 2014 - Conference & Exhibition - Theme: «Sustainable innovation»
26–28 May 2014, Johannesburg (South Africa)
► AIPCR - Session of Technical Committee TC1.5. and “International Workshop on Road Risk
Management” - 26-28 May 2014, Milan (Italy)
► International Road Federation - 1st IRF Africa Regional Congress - June 4-6, 2014, Abuja (Nigeria)
► FIDIC - “International construction dispute resolution conference” (with ICC) – 09-10 June
2014, Johannesburg (South Africa)
► New Civil Engineer (NCE) - UK RAIL- 24 - 25 June 2014, London (England)
► ONIGC - Annual General Meeting – 30-31 January 2015, Bamenda (Cameroon)
Appointments
● TCHOUPLAOU (Membership No. 04-0738), Assistant Secretary General of the Order, appointed Director of Technical
Studies for Buildings and other infrastructures at the MINTP
● Charles AZOLA AZOLA (Membership No. 02-0163), Treasurer of the Order, appointed Inspector No. 5 in charge of
Technical Matters at the MINTP
● Valentine ACHA (Membership No. 02-0416), member of Council, appointed Director of Construction at the MINTP
● Didier ELOM NGANE (Membership No. 02-0340), member of Council, appointed Head of the Division in charge of
Bridges and other Road Structures at the MINTP
● Virginie METANGMO NDEMANOU (é) LEKEUFACK (Membership No. 02-0127), appointed Director of Technical Studies
for Roads, Bridges and other Road Structures at the MINTP
● Denis AWOH NDANG (Membership No. 02-0162), member of Council, appointed Regional Delegate of Public Works
for the North West Region
● Willington TANYI TANYI (Membership No. 02-0195), member of Council, appointed Regional Delegate of Public Works
for the South West Region
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MISSE NTONE Claude
CHEFOR Jacob AYAFOR
WOUATSA Georges
POUOKAM WABO DEFO Pascal
CHOUPO FAMDIE Armel Léandre
TATA David FAI
NGANY KIMIE Emmanuel
Francis LANGMIA FOLABIT
KAMTA Guy Merlin
ODON Stéphane MALENDJAPA
NOUNDUI Christian
BESONGNGEM ENOWMBI
SIKADI Dominique
GODWIL KASE
ANTSELE BITSANG
FOTSA TEMATIO Patrice
MANGUELLE Jean Hervé
NKONDONGO Bertrand José
ETENDE NKODO Vivien Gaël
MAIMO Blaise FONYUY
NTIGA ELOUNDOU Abdon Xavier
ABOUBAKAR SAID
DJOUMENE Delphine (é) SEUDA
FOUOGUE TAMEKEM Hervé Alex
MBOLE François Armel
FOYANG FODJIEU Jerry Arnaud
KOUAMO Charles
DOKO GABE Jean Blaise
GOKO DJOUOKOUO Fabrice Joël
NGAÏDI Adamou
ZEPHANIAH CHIA
KEUTCHA Eric Cyrille
ELEME MANGA Louis Désiré
DONG à MANSIE Rodrigue
NTOKO Julius EBONLO
KOUAH NKOUGA Jacob Durand
KANOUO DJOUA Symphorien
NGUIENG Simon Pierre
MBEE Joseph Debonnaire
NJAMO Peguy Franck
NOAH Lazare
TAFO WANDJE Dechateau
TATCHOU Guy Laurent
NGUEPI Emile Patrice
LEKEFACK Jean Paul
DOUMBE DOUMBE EKWE Guy Landry Gérard
VEKIJIKA Alfred AKAINEMO
DEFFO TCHINDA Luc
JIMDJIO ElieElo
ZE NLEME Daniel Jean Blondel
KOUDAZEM DJOUNDA Adolphe
TCHOUATEU Roosvelt
SIMO FOTIE YannickLenoble
TOH BEMSIBOM CHIA
NGASSA Richard
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Resources
Technical Vocabulary
Trim for vertical walls
Eléments d’habillage des parois verticales
1. cornice (corniche)
2. frieze (frise)
3. astragal (astragale)
4. chair rail (cimaise)
5. band moulding (bandeau)
6. table (table)
7. casing (chambranle)
8. stylobate (stylobate)
9. skirting (plinthe)
10. border (galon)
11. edging (bordure)
12. embossment (bossage)
13. protector (pare-chocs)
Book
To be consulted in the Documentation
and Resources Centre of the Order
Steel Bridges
(Jean-Paul Lebet & Manfred A. Hirt, Presses Polytechniques et
Universitaires Romandes, 546 pages, 2013)
Conceptual and Structural Design of Steel and
Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges
FOCUS .....................................................................
GEOTECHNICS: STANDARDS APPLIED; CLAIMS REDUCED
With a Master’s programme in Civil Engineering, offering possibilities for specialisation in Geotechnical and/or
Structural Engineering, now open at the National Advanced School of Public Works, and the open-days organized by National Civil Engineering Laboratory (LABOGENIE), the project owner are encouraged to incorporate
detailed geotechnical studies into their design packages, when planning new projects, as opposed to the limited
reconnaissance surveys that characterised this kind of work in the past. It is now possible to avoid or limit the
occurrence of structural failures in buildings, as observed on some construction sites in our major cities of Douala
and Yaoundé, if project owners take advantage of these developments.
The promoters of specialist geotechnical laboratories will also reap better benefits, depending on the level of
investment that they are willing and able to make on upgrading their equipment to enable them carryout these
studies to the end.
Note
Recommendations of the sixth
Civil Engineering Technical Day
1. Help in clarifying the respective rights and duties of each participant in the production chain within the
construction industry in Cameroon;
2. Advise government to put in place viable measures to ensure good quality in all building materials, be they
of local or foreign origins;
3. Encourage the competent authorities to release and make available all validated Cameroonian Standards
for popular application;
4. Advise government to proceed with the process of adapting relevant foreign Standards for use in Cameroon
as found appropriate;
5. Encourage Project owners to take into account aspects of energy needs in the design of buildings;
6. Advise government on available options for large scale industrial production of buildings that could be
adopted within the framework of promoting low-cost housing for urban populations in Cameroon;
7. Create a technical committee to produce a technical lexicon for the Cameroonian market, and consider
vulgarising our local genius in matters of Civil Engineering with the framework of future Civil Engineering
Technical Days.
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English translation of the successful French edition
presents the conception and design of steel and steelconcrete composite bridges, from simple beam bridges
to cable-supported structures.
This book focuses primarily on road bridges, emphasizing the basis of their conception and the fundamentals
that must be considered in order to assure structural
safety and serviceability, as well as highlighting the
necessary design checks. The principles are extended in
later chapters to railway bridges as well as bridges for
pedestrians and cyclists. For these structures, particular
attention is paid to consideration of the dynamic performance. The assembly of the steel and the placing of the
reinforced or pre-stressed concrete slab are explained
while emphasizing their influence on the design of the
structure.
Distinctions
● Philippe NOUANGA (membership No. 02-0395),
elevated to the dignity of «Knight of the National Order of Valour»
● Aaron Elie GWET HIOB (membership No. 06-0876),
elevated to the dignity of «Knight of the National Order of Valour»
Contacts
National Order of Civil Engineers
Montée Elig Essono - B.P. 20822 Yaounde
Tel / Fax : +237 22 21 42 58
Cell : +237 77 66 10 66 / 55 01 02 03
E-mail : [email protected]
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