CV - Geoffrey Rukenya Gichuki

CV - GEOFFREY RUKENYA GICHUKI (part 1)

Position: Managing Consultant

Name of firm: Makro Consultancy

Years with firm: Founder, 1993

Nationality: Kenyan

PROFESSIONAL STATUS

Registered Architect, A571. - Board of Registration for Architects and Quantity Surveyors

Registered Environmental Impact Assessor/Auditor (Lead Expert) -National Environment Management Authority.

Corporate Member(Arch.) No.1984, Architectural Association of Kenya

LANGUAGES

English Kiswahili

Speaking Excellent Excellent

Reading Excellent Excellent

Writing Excellent Excellent

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

1981 – 1983: ASSISTANT ARCHITECT

Education Group Ministry of Works, Housing and Physical planning

1984 – 1986: ARCHITECT, Public Buildings Group II, Ministry of public works

1986 – 1987: GROUP LEADER, Health Group, Ministry of public works

1987 – 1993: SUPERINTEDING ARCHITECT/ GROUP LEADER, Public Building Group I, Ministry of Public Works

1993 to Date: PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT/ MANAGING CONSULTANT,

Makro Consultancy APC

PROFESSIONAL COURSES ATTENDED

1986: JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION (JICA), TOKYO

Group Training in Building Engineering Course

1987: KENYA INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATION

Project Development and Management

REPORTS & RESEARCH PAPERS

1986: - COUNTRY REPORT

Presented to Building Engineering Training Course, Tokyo, Japan: -

Part A: Systems of Building Laws and Regulations: Their Enforcement and Historical Background.

Part B: The Construction Industry in Kenya: Nature and the Existing Conditions

2004: - M.A. THESIS

Environmental Problems and Human Health in Urban Informal Settlements: A Case Study of Mukuru kwa Njenga, Nairobi.

COMMUNITY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Chairman Board of Governors Mutitu Secondary School, Kirinyaga

Member Board of Governors Njega Secondary School, Kirinyaga

Member Building of Building Development Committee Karen Community Church, Nairobi.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1993 to date: MAKRO CONSULTANCY APC, MANAGING CONSULTANT

RESPONSIBILITIES

Management and administration of the office practice. Work directly related to Commissions including liaisons with clients, project development, feasibility studies, design, and preparation of tender documents, post contract management to completion of projects.
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