Eng. Mohsen Salah – AC Chairman welcomed the Delegation from
Uganda Engineers' Registration Board (UERB)headed by Eng. Dr. Michael M. Odongo aiming
at activate the signed cooperation protocol between the Ugandan delegation and
the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate in the fields of exchanging technical
expertise and training of engineers, supervisors and technicians in various
engineering fields. The delegation
praised the Arab Contractors Company as one of the major companies in Africa
which has a wide spectrum of experience in training, besides its various
activities and its existence in Uganda which enhance this cooperation. The
meeting was in the presence of Major General Mohammed Nasser -Member of the
Supreme Council of the Syndicate and Head of the Technical Office, Dr. Mohammed
Youssef – AC Boar Member and Supervisor of the Training, Eng. Amany Khodeir –
Head of Africa Projects Follow-Up, Eng.
Ahmed Hesham - Rapporteur of the
Commission on Africa in the Syndicate, Eng. Ayman Afifi and Eng. Mohammed Maher
– the members of the committee in the Syndicate and Eng. Amr Aboul Atta –
Supervisor of the Technical Affairs in Africa Sector. On the other hand, Eng.
Ibrahim Mabrouk - Head of Africa Sector declared that the company, under the
supervision of the Egyptian Irrigation Ministry, accomplished the First phase
of Cassese Region Protection Project in Uganda from the destructive floods with
a total cost 2.7 million US$. He pointed out that this project crowning the
bilateral relation between Egypt and Uganda in the field of water resources and
irrigation. The Second phase of the project is under preparation at a cost of
1.8 million US$. Recently, The Arab Contractors Company executed the Renovation
and Rehabilitation of Hala Plaza Administrative Building and the construction
of a new building as an extension for a building, 2 storey garage and landscape
works with a total cost 620,000 US$. The company is currently carrying out 2
road projects, which have been awarded recently by the Uganda Roads Authority
(URA). The 2 projects are about the development and modernization of a 67 km
sand road to an asphalt road which is 200 kilometers from the capital, Kampala
(South-Eastern Uganda); the 2nd road with a total length 44km in
addition to the drainage and industrial works along the road.