Semanda Julius
BIO DATA
Name:
Semanda Julius
Place of Birth:
Mbarara
Date of Birth:
03rd/march/1983
Profession:
Quantity Surveyor / Civil engineer.
Nationality:
Ugandan
Sex:
Male
PRESENT ADDRESS /CONTACTS
Semanda Julius, Tel: +254700363165, +256 701057458, +256782057458 Pan African University-JKUAT
Email: semandajulius9@gmail.com /semandaj@tech.mak.ac.ug
Membership in Professional Societies: ISU-Institution of Surveyors of Uganda
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
I have a BSc. Degree in Surveying from Makerere University and an Ordinary Diploma in Building & Civil
Engineering from Uganda Technical college-Bushenyi and currently, I am pursuing a master’s degree in
Construction Engineering and management at Pan African University-Nairobi to be completed in
November 2014.
I am a dynamic, self motivated, qualified Quantity Surveyor who delights in working under all levels of
supervision, and capable of making reliable decisions.
EDUCATION
PERIOD
INSTITUTION
AWARD
20122014
Pan African University (ongoing)
MSc. Construction Engineering & Mgt
20062010
Makerere University, Kampala
BSc. Quantity Surveying
First Class Honours, CGPA 4.83
20022004
Uganda Technical College-Bushenyi
Ord. Diploma in Building & civilDistinction
Diploma
20002001
Namilyango college- Mukono
Uganda Advanced Certificate ofEducation
19961999
Mbarara High School
Uganda Certificate of Education
19851995
Uganda Martyrs Primary SchoolMbarara
Primary Leaving Examination
OTHER CERTIFICATES
3rd June 2009
Africa Population Institute MUK
Certificate in Project Planning & Management
9th June 2009
Africa Population Institute MUK
Certificate in Research Methods & Data
Management
19th June
2009
Africa Population Institute MUK
Certificate in Monitoring & Evaluation
WORKING EXPERIENCE
PERIOD
NAME OF EMPLOYER
JOB TITLE
Sept. 2010 –Nov.
2012
(ASSPRO) ASSociated PROcurement
Consultants Limited
Projects Coordinator/Quantity Surveyor
Sept. 2010
Makerere university
Teaching Assistant
Examinations officer Dept of
Construction Economics and Management
July-Sept 2010
Babcon Uganda Limited
Quantity Surveyor
June – Aug. 2009
Inter-Property Group, Nakawa
Trainee
June – Aug. 2008
Roko Construction Co. Ltd
Trainee
May 2005- Aug. 2006
Ngabo Academy, Mbarara
Teacher
May – Aug. 2005
Nicontra Construction Co. Ltd
Sub contractor
Sept 2004- May 2005
Uganda Technical College –Kichwamba
Lecturer
June-Aug 2004
Babcon Uganda Limited
Trainee
RESPONSIBILIETIES HELD
PERIOD
POSITION
INSTITUTION
2012 – 2014
Students’ leader and Class
Representative
Pan African University, Nairobi-Kenya
2006 -2010
Class Representative
Makerere University
Speaker
Makerere Association of Surveying Students
(M.A.S.S)
2003-2004
Deputy Guild Speaker
Uganda Technical College-Bushenyi
2003-2004
Legal Advisor-Nkoba Zambogo
Students Association
Uganda Technical College-Bushenyi
1998-1999
Vice Chairman School Council
Mbarara High School
1997-1999
Class Councilor
Mbarara High School
2008-2009
SKILLS
I aim at the four cores below:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Demonstrating integrity and accountability
Response to staff and client expectations
Innovativeness to create staff value
Professional (delivering excellent results)
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Sept. 2010 to Nov. 2012: Quantity Surveyor and projects coordinator at ASSPRO i.e. ASSociated
PROcurement Consultants Ltd, providing technical Supervision on behalf of the Ministry of Education
and Sports to ensure that the construction of upcountry USE schools is achieved as regards specifications,
time and budgeted costs. ASSPRO is supervising the Construction of USE Schools under UPPET in the
Western part of the Uganda. The Project is funded by WORLD BANK.
Sept. 2010 to Date: Teaching Assistant, Department of Construction Economics and Management,
School of Built Environment, Teaching Housing Development and Management, Building Science and
Building Surveying, construction technology, property studies, operations research techniques,
arbitration and alternative dispute resolution methods, alongside other course units. I am also
supervising students in the fields of Housing for their final year projects. On top of all that, I am the
Assistant Examinations Officer in the Department of Construction Economics and Management.
July- Sept. 2010: Site agent, Mbarara District Local Government (District Lands Offices at Kamukuzi,
responsible for day to day supervision of finishing works, maintaining a daily site diary, preparing the
progress reports and accountabilities working under Babcon Uganda Limited as the Contractors. In
addition to the above, I participated in preparing BoQs for the different projects including Tullow oil, Goal
Uganda, among others.
June-Aug. 2009: Trainee with inter-property group, Nakawa, for industrial training where knowledge
about the different construction procurement methods, preparing BOQs, tender evaluation techniques,
requests for expressions of interest, requests for pre-qualifications, pricing techniques, cash flow analyses,
among others, was obtained.
June-Aug. 2008: Trainee with Roko Construction CO. Ltd, on Industrial training in my second year at
the university, in quest for knowledge about the different construction techniques, materials used in
construction, different types of plants available, types of trades, human resource management on site,
interpretation of construction drawing and specifications as well as instructions, daily work schedules,
how to manage a construction project, team work, records of materials on site, time management among
others.
May 2005-Aug. 2006: Worked as a teacher of mathematics at Ngabo Academy in Mbarara. While
teaching, I would part time and do construction as is shown below.
May 2005-Aug. 2006: Subcontractor for steel works with Nicontra construction Ltd, Mbarara, under
engineer Stephen Ochwo, with a group of other members; we constructed concrete water tanks at Kateete
(Mbarara) and Birere sub county (Isingiro District) for supplying water to the locals. Works involved,
excavations, bending steel, tying steel, casting concrete, curing until well established. Also within the
same time, various structures were built, including extension of lake view hotel, Hon. Emma Boona’s
mansion, International Window Girls School (Mr. Kasangaki’s developments), Church of Uganda’s House
next to Caltex roundabout, all in Mbarara.
Sept. 2004-May 2005: Lecturer at Uganda Technical college-Kichwamba, after my diploma in Building
and Civil engineering, I taught at UTC-Kichwamba before joining the university, teaching quantity
surveying and land surveying that I died previously.
June 2003-Aug. 2004: Trainee with Babcon Uganda Ltd, Constructing Education Standards Agency at
Kamukuzi in Mbarara, on Industrial training for a Diploma in Building and Civil engineering at Uganda
Technical College-Bushenyi. Knowledge about general construction involving, site clearance, excavations,
concrete works, shuttering, brick work, concrete technology, plastering, painting, carpentry, roofing
techniques, timber technology, steel works, plumbing, electrical installations, stair case technology among
others, was obtained.