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Detailed design Farm B
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Premium Foods/DAB Consult
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Kabilpe, near Tamale
Address: Premium Foods-Jachie Pramso, Lake Raod Adan Papa junction., Kumasi DAB Consult -Winfred Agbeko Torgby DTD 221 Madina Post Office
Start date (month/year): March 2020
Completion date (month/year): May, 2021
Name of associated Consultants, if any: Witteveen+Bos, MDF West Africa
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor-Project Manager & Coordinator
Narrative description of Project: Premium Foods with grant funding from the AfDB contracted DAB Consult Ghana Limited to undertake a bankable feasibility study for the Expanded Go Farming Project to ultimately raise funds for the take-off of the project. As part of the feasibility study, a design for the irrigation systems and other infrastructure required by the project needed to be undertaken. 8,000 hectare land in Kabilpe in the Northern region has been acquired by Premium foods for this purpose. Richard Sedafor worked as sub consultant (freelancer) to Witteveen+Bos engineering consultancy & MDF West Africa.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • site visit and baseline validation
  • • Data Collection: Purchase of hydrogeological data and others
  • • Discussion and input for Hydraulic Model and Sharing observations
  • • Preliminary environmental assessment and report
  • • Input for assessment report (Phase 1)
  • • Input for masterplan layout and preliminary civil designs
  • • Input for the preparation of BoQ or Estimates
  • • Preliminary design report input
  • • Meetings and coordination with DAB/ Premium foods
  • • Detailed Design-Construction specifications


Geotechnical, Architectural, Civil and MEP Design of Dry Mango Processing Factory

Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Agropal West Africa Ltd
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Akuse, Eastern Region
Address: Agropal West Africa Lted No 55 ECG Old-Ashongman-Abladjei, Accra Ghana
Start date (month/year): January 2021
Completion date (month/year): May, 2021
Name of associated Consultants, if any: Process and Plant Automation Ltd
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor-Project Manager & Coordinator
Obed Sowah- Lead Architect
Eric Owusu- Quality Assurance/Structural Engineer
Isaac Addison- Laboratory Technician
Mark Akins- Site Geotechnical Engineer
Elorm Nyornator- Quality Assurance, Geotechnical engineering/foundation design
Jason Tutu- Environmental checks
Emmanuel Blackson-Amoah- MEP engineer
Narrative description of Project: Agropal West Africa Ltd intends to construct a dry mango processing facility at Akuse in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The project is an initial 4 tons per day mango drying facility. The structure and amenities to be installed should be enough to cater for added on production capacity. The general scope of services include:
1. Architectural design and specification; for attached floor plan.
2. MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) design specification drawings.
3. Structural design and detailing; for the project.
4. Quantity surveying services.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment: Schematic/Conceptual Design And Development
Topographical Survey using RTK equipment to obtain site levels, boundaries of property etc

Architectural drawings:
  • • 3D Model of the whole factory
  • • Block layout
  • • ground floor drawings and architectural elevations for all structures in the factory
  • • building and site cross sections
  • • Road and drainage layout
  • • construction details, schedules, material specification


1. ELECTRICAL:
  • • Preparation of detailed lighting design layout comprising of lights and emergency light points
  • • Preparation of detailed general power design layouts comprising of sockets,airconditions and any other points.
  • • Preparation of fire alarm system design layout comprising of smoke detectors,heatdetectors,alarm sounders and manual call points.
  • • Preparation of data,telephone,and CCTV camera drawings where necessary.
  • •Preparation of equipotential earthling, lighting protection and general power layouts.


2. MECHANICAL:
  • • Preparation of detailed air-conditioning and ventilation design layouts.
  • • Preparation of detailed plumbing design layout comprising of cold, hot and soil & wastepiping.


3. STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND DETAILING:
  • • Structural framing and general arrangement.
  • • Structural analysis calculation.
  • • Reinforced concrete design, detailing and drafting.


4. QUANTITY SURVEYING (if possible):
  • • Buildingup of rates
  • • Quantities take-off
  • • Billing of take-off quantities


Site reconnaissance survey at Sogakope for biomass to energy factory
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: River Blueprint
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Sogakope, Volta Region, Ghana
Address: River Blueprint Colenso 77, 3761 GJ Soes Netherlands
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants: 1
Start date (month/year): Jan 2021
Completion date (month/year): Feb, 2021
Name of associated Consultants, if any:
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor-Project Manager & Senior Civil Engineer
Narrative description of Project: River Blueprint of Ghana intends to construct a biomass to energy factory in Sogakope, in the Volta Region of Ghana. The electrical power plant is proposed to be on the banks of the Lower Volta. The power plant is based on the production of biogas from anaerobic digestion of water weed biomass. The biogas is combusted in special-purpose biogas generators and converted into electricit. Rich Van-J Engineering Consultancy Ltd was contacted to perform a preliminary reconnaissance survey and produce a report on the suitability of the site for the above project.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Site assessment
  • • Interviews and meetings with local stakeholders
  • • Production of report on suitability of the site


Preliminary design of earth dam with 14 Mm3 storage capacity, 700 m length and 5.5m maximum height at Kabilpe in the Savannah Region of Ghana
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Witteveen+Bos/ MDF West Africa
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Kabilpe, Savannah Region of Ghana
Address: Witteveen+Bos Raadgevende ingenieurs
B.V Business Unit Manager Watermanagement Leeuwenbrug 8,
P.O. Box 233 7400 AE Deventer The Netherlands.

MDF West Africa Ltd # 124A Freetown Avenue La Bawalashie Rd.
East Legon PMB CT 357, Accra-Ghana
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants: 2
Start date (month/year): Jan 2021
Completion date (month/year): March, 2021
Name of associated Consultants, if any: Witteveen+Bos / MDF West Africa
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor-Project Manager & Coordinator
Rich Van-J Engineering Prof. Abdul Ganiyu-Shaibu-Team Leader
Narrative description of Project: Witteveen+Bos while working on completing the irrigation designs for premium foods farm at Kabilpe decided to include the preliminary desing of earth dam with length approx. 700m, max height 5.5m and storage capacity of 14 Mm3. Rich Van-J engineering was contacted as sub consultants to MDF West Africa for the scope.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Review of data provided by client
  • • Selection of appropriate dam type based on local experience
  • • Design calculation of dam crest, embankments, spillway and intake
  • • AutoCAD design of dam
  • • Preparation of design report with specifications


Flood Protection Bunge Site
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Bunge Loders Croklaan’s (BLC)
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Tema, Accra
Address: Hogeweg 1, 1521 AZ Wormerveer, Nederland - Postbus 4, 1520 AA Wormerveer, Nederland
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): Jan 2020
Completion date (month/year): June, 2020
Name of associated Consultants, if any: Witteveen+Bos, MDF West Africa
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor-Project Manager & Coordinator
Narrative description of Project: Bunge Loders Croklaan’s (BLC) Tema processing facility in Ghana has a problem with flooding of the site. Mainly because the site was built too low, but also because the governmental storm water drain system was failing. The site was built 850 mm below the top of the concrete of the outside storm water drain thereby causing reverse flow into the factory the moment the storm drain is full. The outside storm drain provided by the Freezones enclave board (government) is engineered too small and poorly maintained so in case of heavy rainfall (55 mm/h for 1 hour), which will happens on an average of 5 – 6 per year, the site will flood and the flooding will cause damage to the production facilities. With the enclave expanding and new companies building their sites adding water to the storm drains the situation will become worse over time and countermeasures should be taken to prevent the site from flooding. Richard Sedafor worked as sub consultant (freelancer) to Witteveen+Bos engineering consultancy & MDF West Africa.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Proposal preparation
  • • Data Collection: Purchase of data from Meteological Service and other relevant data
  • • Discussion and input for Hydraulical Model and Sharing observations
  • • Visit to the site to validate Hydraulical Model
  • • Input and discussions for Civil 3D or Revit or AutoCAD designs
  • • Input for the preparation of BoQ or Estimates
  • • Input for design report preparation


Preparation of operation and maintenance plan for Ga Integrated Waste Management Centre
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Rexel Waste Management Ltd
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Adjen Kotoku, Accra
Address: PH3 Astoria Palms, Alema Avenue, Airport Residential Area Accra, Ghana
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): September 2014
Completion date (month/year): November, 2014
Name of associated Consultants, if any:
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor- Environmental / Sanitation Engineer
Narrative description of Project: Rexel Waste Management company wants to develop a landfill site with added facilities for septage treatment, waste to energy and composting. The company requires an operation and maintenance manual/plan in order to obtain permit from EPA Ghana. The manual will guide the operations of the facility. The manual/plan should be in accordance with the Ghana Landfills Guidelines 2002 and other legislative instruments governing environmental protection.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Review designs for the development of the cells of the engineered landfill;
  • • Review of Geotechnical data performed on the site;
  • • Review of Scoping report and ESIA;
  • • Site investigation and validation of site data obtained;
  • • Technical writing of operation manual/instruction for landfilling operation in accordance with Ghana Landfill Guidelines (2002) and other international standards;
  • • Technical writing of landfill development concept;
  • • Landfill capacity and life time assessment;
  • • Specification of equipment, material requirements and operation;
  • • Specification of facility and operation inspection procedures in accordance with EPA requirements;
  • • Specification of emergency procedures and Health and Safety measures;
  • • Specification of Gas and leachate management plan in accordance with EPA/ Ghana Landfill Guidelines;


Report on reuse of dredged materials from Odaw drain (policy, regulatory and technical/field assessment)
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: MDF West Africa
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra & Tema
Address: MDF West Africa Ltd
# 124A Freetown Avenue La Bawalashie Rd.
East Legon PMB CT 357, Accra-Ghana
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): June 2020
Completion date (month/year): June, 2020
Name of associated Consultants, if any: MDF West Africa, Nectics BV
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor- Environmental / Sanitation Engineer
Narrative description of Project: The government of Ghana implemented the Greater Accra Urban Resilience and Integrated Development (GARID) project with funding from the World Bank. Phase I of the proposed project focused on the Odaw river basin. This river basin has the highest population density in the country, containing 60% of entire Greater Accra Region population, and is affected by chronic flooding with an estimated 30% of the population at risk living in informal settlements subject to regular flooding. One of the measures proposed to reduce flooding of the Odaw drain was the dredging of the drain. Dredged sediments would have to be either properly disposed at a landfill or reused in the best environmentally friendly way. Results of laboratory analysis of samples of sediments collected by Royal Haskoning DHV & SAL consult from the Odaw drain indicated the possibility of reusing the sediments. The laboratory report concluded that “the sediments can be reused, after treatment, in industrial circumstances, under paved surfaces, in concrete or other products in which the pollutants are not freely available for dispersion in the environment”. A desktop review of local legislation and regulations did not reveal major hindrance to the reuse of dredged material as building material.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Desks top review of available legal, administrative and regulatory framework on the reuse of dredged sediments and contaminated soils;
  • • Visit to several sandcrete factories preferably the ones that are already using Odaw drain sediment including Accra Block factory, Assanduff, Gravitas Housing (BESTE block factory);
  • • Assess technical details of their operations with reference to questions sent via email;
  • • Review Ghana Standard Authority codes GS 297-1: 2010 and GS 189:2000 and check level of compliance at the various block factories visited
  • • Validate if Odaw sediments are already being used for block manufacture at sites close to the odaw drain.
  • • Check if block manufacturers are willing to use dredged sediments for sandcrete block manufacturing and at what price;
  • • Check the possibility of using geotextile tubes for sea defence/coastal erosion prevention


Support for developing grant/subsidy proposals and business cases (multiple)
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Techforce Projects BV
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra
Address: Techforce Projects BV
Koninginneweg 32 BG, Hilversum The Netherlands
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): May 2020
Completion date (month/year): ongoing
Name of associated Consultants, if any:
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor-Project Manager & Civil Lead
Narrative description of Project: Techforce projects BV is a subsidy and innovation consultancy firm established since1987. It provides advice and support services for companys, SMEs, NGOs and CSOs working in agriculture, renewable energy, water, waste management, hitech and robotics. In May 2020, Techforce projects BV established a MoU with Richard Sedafor to support in providing business development, introductory and support services for their clients. The MoU was subsequently transferred to Rich Van-J Engineering Consultancy in February, 2021. So far, clients which have been supported through this relationship include Skyfox Ltd, Cerath Development Organization, Agropal West Africa Ltd, Semilla Sanitation hub.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • •Business development and finding new clients
  • • Providing introductory services
  • • Supporting with engineering expertise when required
  • • Input for proposals when required
  • • Follow up on invoices
  • • Check if block manufacturers are willing to use dredged sediments for sandcrete block manufacturing and at what price;
  • • Check the possibility of using geotextile tubes for sea defence/coastal erosion prevention


Design of steel frame and R.C concrete foundation for 3 stack and 5 stack reactors
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Millennium Bio-Energy
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra
Address: Millennium Bio-Energy
Colenso 77, 3671 GJ Soest, The Netherlands
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): June 2021
Completion date (month/year): July 2021
Name of associated Consultants, if any:
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor-Project Manager & Civil Lead
Eric Owusu- Quality Assurance/Structural Engineer
Eric A. Antwi- CAD designer
Narrative description of Project: Water hyacinth is one of the major problems when dealing with the maintenance of water body biodiversity (rivers, lakes etc) and navigation. Millennium Bio-Energy aims to convert water hyacinth harvested from river bodies, lakes, oceans etc into sustainable energy using biogas reactor stacks. Millennium Bio-Energy has contacted Rich Van-J Engineering Consultancy to design the supporting structures and also produce cost estimate for the designs made.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Data collection
  • • Calculation of imposed loads and dead load
  • • Structural analysis of steel frame using Tekla structural software
  • • Structural analysis of concrete structural members
  • • Preliminary design of stacks, sludge retention tanks and pumping house
  • • Detailed design/ construction design of 3 stack, 5 stack reactors, concrete sludge tank, concrete pumping house
  • • Bill of quantities and cost estimates for 3 stack and 5 stack reactors
  • • CAD design of structures
  • • Design report


Reuse of alum sludge for sandcrete blocks, field data collection
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: MDF West Africa
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra
Address: MDF West Africa Ltd
# 124A Freetown Avenue La Bawalashie Rd. East Legon PMB CT 357, Accra-Ghana
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): July 2021
Completion date (month/year): ongoing
Name of associated Consultants, if any:
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor MSc-Project Director & Lead Civil engineer
Gideon M. Lomoko MSc – Environmental Engineer/ Project Manager
Richard Osei – Data Collection Assistant
Narrative description of Project: Aluminium sludge which is currently seen as a waste material from the processes of treatment of water at the Weija water treatment plant can be used as a building material. This unique opportunity can reduce the cost of making masonry and building materials while providing a positive impact to the environment. Aluminium Sludge is a by-product waste stream from the drinking water purification process and currently being discharged into the environment causing pollution of lakes and rivers in Accra. The aim of the survey was to interview owners of block factories to retrieve data about their daily production of concrete products and also to explain the reuse of Aluminium Sludge (Product 85) as construction material and for production of other masonry products in Accra. The Dutch Government (RVO) is subsidising this project through the SBIR project entitled “Turning waste into Resource.” Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is the local partner and due to this, the focus is on reusing the alum sludge from the Ghana Water Treatment plant located at Weija in Accra. MDF is the organising partner for the workshop in Accra
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Assessing technical details of their operation
  • • Analysis of data collected from the field
  • • Checking compliance of block factory to Ghana Standard Authority codes GS 189:2000
  • • Report writing


Preparation of Standard Operating Procedures for Bio-digester toilets and Privies
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: WASHKing
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra
Address: WASH King
Accra, Ghana
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): June 2021
Completion date (month/year): July 2021
Name of associated Consultants, if any:
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor-Project Director & Lead Sanitation/ Civil engineer
Eric Owusu- Quality Assurance/Structural Engineer
Eric A. Antwi- CAD designer
Narrative description of Project: WASHKing is a Ghanaian social sanitation enterprise providing low-income and underserved communities with access to sustainable sanitation products at an affordable price. As part of the company’s growth strategy, the company wants to prepare a standard operating procedure for the construction of bio-digester toilets which it can handover to technicians and site managers with the aim of maintaining its quality standards and meeting Ghanaian regulatory standards.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Data collection
  • • Desktop study and technology review
  • • Technical write up of operation procedures for installation and construction of bio-digester and privies
  • • CAD design of structures
  • • Specification of materials and quantities
  • • Specification of best practices for health and safety
  • • Organization of field teams


Temporary advisory services on water-infra in Ghana for Develop2Build and Drive
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Invest International Public Programmes BV
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra, Ghana
Address: Malietoren, Bezuidenhoutseweg 12,
The Hague, The Netherlands
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): Nov 2021
Completion date (month/year): ongoing
Name of associated Consultants, if any:
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor (MSc)-Team Leader and Project Manager
Gideon Lomoko (MSc)- Support
Narrative description of Project: Invest International, the administrators of Develop2Build, DRIVE and ORIO projects on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, seeks to engage temporary regional experts to support it in executing its mandate. Invest international supports developing countries in the implementation of public infrastructure through its funding programs. In Ghana, the focus of the funding program is on water, climate and healthcare. Rich Van-J Engineering Consultancy have been contracted to provide support services for Invest International in Ghana particularly for projects which Invest International has funded or intends to fund. .
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Review of data provided by client
  • • Representing Invest International in stakeholder meetings in Ghana (WACA project, GARID, etc)
  • • Providing strategic advice on projects
  • • CAD design of structures
  • • Field visits and data collection
  • • Preparation of reports, notes and memos


Consultancy- Desktop Research for Bamboo in Ghana
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Green Wood International BV
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra, Ghana
Address: Green Wood International B.V.
Mr. K. Dijkstra
1349JB Almere
The Netherlands
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): 1st Feb 2023
Completion date (month/year): 28th Feb 2023
Name of associated Consultants, if any: Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader):
Ing. Richard Sedafor (MSc)-Team Leader/Project Director
Dr. Kwadwo Boakye Boadu (PhD)- Bamboo Expert
Ing. Eric Owusu- Construction Expert/Structural Engineer
Dr. Yaw A. Boakye-Ansah (PhD) –Quality Assurance
Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor (MSc)-Team Leader and Project Manager
Gideon Lomoko (MSc)- Support
Narrative description of Project: Green Wood International BV wants to construct a bamboo processing factory in Ghana. The company wants to have further information about Bamboo in Ghana through Market Research in order to develop its business case. Green Wood International has therefore engaged Rich Van-J Engineering Consultancy Ltd to provide the consultancy services that would provide the data required.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Review of publications and data collection
  • • Engagement with stakeholders
  • • Analysis of available market data on Bamboo
  • • Report writing with recommendations


Consultancy- National Support for Invest International Project Development, Public Infrastructure, Ghana
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Invest International Public Programmes B.V.
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra, Ghana
Address: Bezuidenhoutseweg 12
2594 AV Den Haag
NETHERLANDS
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): 11th July 2021
Completion date (month/year): 10th July, 2023
Name of associated Consultants, if any: Name of senior professional staff of your firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader):
Director/Coordinator, Team Leader): Ing. Richard Sedafor (MSc)-Team Leader/Project Director
Gideon Lomoko (MSc)- Environmental Safeguards/ Civil Engineer
Narrative description of Project: Invest International Public Programmes BV, the administrators of Develop2Build, DRIVE and ORIO projects on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, seeks to engage a national support consultant in executing its mandate. Develop2Build, ORIO and DRIVE are different funding programs from the Netherlands, to support development and implementation of Public Infrastructure in developing countries that have bilateral relations with the Netherlands. The focus sectors are water, coastal protection, climate (e.g., renewable energy, building with nature, waste, agriculture, waste) and healthcare. Experts from Rich Van-J Engineering Consultancy Ltd has been contracted as National Support consultants. Due to the increasing complexity of projects, limited capacity at the embassy and lack of knowledge of unofficial power structures, it has proven to be a challenge for Invest International to meet the quality standards and lead-times that public infrastructure project-development require, e.g., via routinely stakeholder management within the region or via following-up outstanding actions. Also, for current and future development of the D2B andDRIVE program, it has been challenging to follow-up leads and meetings online, assess applications, and to continue and expand effective communication with our regional network via digital communication alone. Hence Rich Van-J Consultancy Ltd as National Support consultants would assist Invest International Public Programmes BV in resolving these challenges and help in achieving the set targets for Ghana.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Support in contacting local authorities of ongoing projects when requested
  • • Follow-up and/or identify project leads with the local authority in accordance with direction & strategy of Invest International
  • • Monitor & provide updates and news on relevant subjects on a regular basis (infrastructure developments, projects initiated, economic situation of GH etc)
  • • Provide technical, contextual & stakeholder management advice and guidance during the development and implementation of projects
  • • When requested, provide technical assistance to the competent authorities to align with Invest International requirements and standards; Propose -where needed- advanced trainings


SBIR Phase 1- Plastic Bricks for Sustainable Construction
Consultant/Firm name: Ing. Richard Sedafor/ RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra, Ghana
Address: Pr. Beatrixlaan 2,
2595 AL Den Haag,
NETHERLANDS
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): May 2022
Completion date (month/year): September, 2022
Name of associated Consultants, if any: Sub Consultants to Witteveen+Bos and NELPLAST Ghana Ltd
Narrative description of Project: Plastic waste has become a nuisance in many developing countries including Ghana. However, there have been efforts by private entrepreneurs such as NELPLAST Ltd to find innovative ways of using waste plastics for building materials and pavement. Rich Van-J Engineering Consultancy Ltd as sub consultants to Witteveen+Bos received SBIR Phase 1 finance to find out the feasibility of using “Plastic Bricks for Sustainable Construction”. NELPLAST Ltd, a private entrepreneur was part of the consortium.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Review of industrial process of NELPLAST to see possible optimization potential
  • • Consultations and interviews with stakeholders (waste pickers, construction companies, municipal assembly and government ministries)
  • • Providing strategic advice on projects
  • • Field visits and data collection
  • • Preparation of reports, notes and memos
  • • Preparation of model concept design for school building
  • • Cost estimation and feasibility checks


Consultancy Services for the Recruitment of a Firm to Conduct Environmental & Social Audit for the Ghana Jobs and Skills Project

Consultant/Firm name: RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Ministry of Finance, Republic of Ghana
Country: Ghana
Location within country: various locations across Ghana
Address: Ministry of Finance
Finance Drive, Accra.
P. O. Box M40, Accra - Ghana
GA-144-2024
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants:
Start date (month/year): 12th August, 2024
Completion date (month/year): 31st March 2025
Name of associated Consultants, if any: Ing. Richard Sedafor (MSc) - Project Director
Emmanuel Ofori Kuragu (BSc) - Project Coordinator& Support
Allotey Godfred Kpakpoe (M.Phil) – Environmental Safeguards Specialist
NANA ADWOA KESEWA AKESSEH- Environmental and Social Safeguards
Narrative description of Project: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has received financing from the World Bank to implement the Ghana Jobs and Skills Project (GJSP). The project aims to support skills development and upgrade jobs for individuals in Ghana. It also aims to help the government better respond to the imperative of creating more decent jobs for the youth and rapidly growing labour force. The primary target beneficiaries of the project are:
  • •Individuals seeking skills and jobs
  • •Master craft persons
  • •Cooperatives and associations
  • •Private enterprises and their workforces
  • •Public and private training providers

The Project is being coordinated by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and implemented alongside the line Ministries of Education, Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), Trade and Industry (MoTI), and Environment, Science and Technology and Innovation (MESTI). The main implementing agencies are the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), and the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA ). The primary purpose of the Environmental and Social Safeguards Audit is to identify the level of compliance with the framework policies and document lessons on safeguards implementation. Rich Van-J Engineering was contracted by the Ministry of Finance to conduct the audit as specified.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment: Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment: The scope of work to undertaken includes the following:
  • • Review all available documentation, including the Project Appraisal Document PAD, ESMF, Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) Implementation Manual, Project Implementation Manual (PIM), Aide Memoires (AMs), Progress Reports, Health and Safety Reports, Grievance Redress Implementation Reports, Environmental Social Management Plans (ESMPs) and Resettlement/ Abbreviated Action Plans (RAPs/ARAPs, etc.);
  • • Review the above documents, discuss with relevant stakeholders, and develop an Environmental, Social, Health and Safety screening checklist to guide the Audit. The checklist should be informed by the World Bank Group Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines (WBG EHS Guidelines) and relevant Operational Policies;
  • • Ascertain that Environmental and Social Screening was conducted for the subprojects and necessary E&S instruments, where necessary, have been prepared and implemented;
  • • Conduct site observation and interviews/focus group discussions with project beneficiaries and affected communities to verify the information gathered from the desk review and preliminary assessment and to fill in information gaps on all the items of the screening checklist;
  • • Ascertain that documentary evidence of consultation and agreement exists in support of voluntary land donations where relevant;
  • • Review the implementation status of all Resettlement Action Plans (RAP) or Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plans prepared and ascertain that documentary evidence exists in support of satisfactory payment of compensation and asset restitution for Project Affected Persons (PAPs), if any;
  • • Assess the effectiveness of the project’s implementation of the SEP and citizen engagement mechanisms;
  • • Review the Project’s GBV/SEA/SH risk assessment, prevention, and mitigation measures
  • • Review and assess the extent to which broader social issues such as gender, disability inclusion and local labour content were mainstreamed into project execution and how issues were resolved;
  • • Assess the health and safety of the work environment and report on the following:
  • • hazards to workers, particularly those that were life-threatening;
  • • provision of preventive and protective measures, including modification, substitution, or elimination of hazardous conditions or substances, if any;
  • • training of workers;
  • • documentation and reporting of occupational accidents, diseases, and incidents;
  • • emergency prevention, preparedness, and response arrangements; and
  • • any remedial measures undertaken on the project.
  • • Develop clarity on and summarise succinctly:
    1. the effectiveness of the social and environmental risks and impacts mitigation measures and
    2. the effectiveness of the monitoring measures so far;
  • • Based on the findings, advise whether the mitigation and monitoring measures are adequate and consistent with the relevant E&S instruments;
  • • Check for compliance with the project in relation to prepared instruments;
  • • Assess the capacity of the Project Implementing Entity or agencies to follow up on environmental and social concerns during project implementation;
  • • Review the effectiveness and functionality of the Grievance Redress Mechanism for GJSP, including handling SEA/SH related complaints;
  • • Identify outstanding, unresolved disputes or complaints. Where any such complaint exists, establish the conflict management procedure and timetable for its final resolution and legal procedures;
  • • Review the current capacity, structure/institutional arrangement, including documentation for E&S administration, monitoring and enforcement;
  • • Review the project’s operations and determine whether adequate provision has been made to cater for the special needs of vulnerable groups;
  • • The consultant will also select and measure appropriate environmental and social indicators and compare with baseline information in the ESMF/RPF/SEP/ESMPs/RAPs and report giving detailed reasons for any discrepancies;
  • • Document any adverse environmental and social impacts that were not anticipated in the ESMF/RPF/SEP/ESMPs/RAPs that may have occurred during project implementation;
  • • Assess and identify key issues affecting the implementation of E&S measures and adaptions, if any, to manage those issues;
  • • Based on the findings of the audit, design an action plan for managing the identified Environmental and Social non-conformance issues, including developing appropriate gap-filling or follow-up measures to mitigate the areas of concern, estimate the cost of the measures, and recommend a schedule for implementing them to bring the activities into compliance with the PAD requirements;
  • • Identify with justification the positive E&S issues or actions that deserve optimization and propose actions and budget for realisation; and complete and submit the Mid-Term Environmental, Social, Health and Safety Audit Report for the Project.


Consulting Service for Transaction Advisory Service to Develop Operations and Maintenance and Financing Model for Ayidan Landfill

Consultant/Firm name: RICH VAN-J Engineering Consultancy
Name of client: Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR)
Country: Ghana
Location within country: Accra, Ghana
Address: Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR)
Starlet 91 Road, P.O. Box PMB 60, Ministries
Accra, Ghana
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants: 2 man-months
Start date (month/year): 4th March, 2024
Completion date (month/year): Ongoing
Name of associated Consultants, if any: Ing. Richard Sedafor (MSc)-Local Waste Expert/Project Director
Joseph Patrick Brainoo (BSc)– Civil Engineer/ Support
Emmanuel Ofori-Kuragu (BSc)- Support
Michael Nyarko (BSc)- Support
Narrative description of Project: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has received financing from the World Bank to implement the Ghana Jobs and Skills Project (GJSP). The project aims to support skills development and upgrade jobs for individuals in Ghana. It also aims to help the government better respond to the imperative of creating more decent jobs for the youth and rapidly growing labour force. The primary target beneficiaries of the project are:
The Government of Ghana has secured funding from the World Bank to finance the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project. The project aimed to improve flood risk management and solid waste management in the Odaw River Basin of the Greater Accra Region and improve access to basic infrastructure and services in targeted communities within the Basin.
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) through the Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate (EHSD) is the lead agency for policy formulation and monitoring of the sanitation and solid waste sub-sector. GARID investments was set to address the challenges of inadequate facilities for proper communal collection, haulage, treatment, recycling, and disposal of solid waste. Key investments included the construction of a solid waste landfill and supporting transfer stations. The Ayidan Landfill located in the Ga West Municipality is among the first of such facilities aimed at contributing to improving the management of final placement of solid waste within the Greater Accra region.
The Ministry Contracted PriceWaterHouseCoopers (Ghana) Ltd for the Consulting Service for Transaction Advisory Service to Develop Operations and Maintenance and Financing Model for Ayidan Landfill. Zutari Ghana and Rich Van-J Engineering Consultancy Ltd were sub consultants to PWC for the assignment. Rich Van-J Engineering Consultancy Ltd brought on board the local technical knowledge of the waste sector.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
  • • Attend in-person engagement commencement/ project kick off meeting.
  • • Conduct detailed preliminary analysis of documentation and data received from MSWR.
  • • Lead site visit and document key findings.
  • • Provide key findings/key issues input for technical workstream in Project Inception Report.
  • • Review and make input prepared Project Inception Report.
  • • Support the review and make input on needs and options analysis for the Ayidan Landfill project.
  • • Support the review and make input on cost estimation analysis for the project.
  • • Support the review and make input on technical specification assessment of the Ayidan Landfill Project.
  • • Support the review and make input on Project Risk Assessment for the Ayidan Landfill Project.
  • • Support the review and make input on progress report to MSWR (2 months after Inception Stage)
  • • Support the review and make input on Technical Due Diligence for the Project Due Diligence Report.
  • • Lead project tariff analysis and revenue estimation.
  • • Lead the Willingness to Pay Survey and analysis.
  • • Support the review and make input on considerations for project viability analysis, economic analysis, and value for money analysis.
  • • Support the review of technical considerations (CAPEX, OPEX, Operations and Maintenance structuring, etc,) in the project financial model.
  • • Support the review and make input on technical considerations in the preparation of the transaction structuring approach.
  • • Support the review and make input on technical inputs in the preparation of the Project Concept Note.
  • • Support the review and make input on technical considerations for the preparation of the Summary Project Report with recommendations
  • • Support the review and make input on technical consideration for the bid process design including Request for Expression (REoI) documents/process, Request for Proposal (RfP) documents/process and draft concession agreement.
  • • Support the review and make input on technical input and technical evaluation of bids during procurement phase of the engagement.
  • • Support the review and make input on procurement evaluation reports.
  • • Support the review and make input on engagement close-out report.