Client: Ministry of Budget and Public Finances of the Republic of Gabon
Project location: South of Gabon
Project term: 3 months
Project start: 03/2017
By modernizing its street network, Gabon wants to promote the diversification of the country’s economy, and further develop tourism and agriculture. This is also intended to mitigate the negative impact of the low oil price on the national budget. The first steps in this direction had been taken as early as 1992 within the “Road Network Expansion Program”. In 2010, the strategic plan “Gabon Emergent” with the resulting national infrastructure master plan was developed.
After the realisation of a number of road construction projects with a total length of more than 1,000 km, the product costing analysis revealed that the average price per kilometer of asphalted road was far above average, both by international comparison and by regional comparison with neighboring countries.
GAUFF Engineering was contracted by the Ministry of Budget and Public Finances of the Republic of Gabon for performing a technical analysis, evaluation and study in which the planning and construction services of eleven sample projects were to be reviewed in terms of quality and volume. The following projects have been reviewed:
The purpose of the technical audit was the definition of service areas in which quality needs to be improved in future projects, as well as the identification of possibilities in which building investment costs can be reduced by increased efficiency. One big challenge for GAUFF Engineering was the task of performing a comprehensive recording and assessment of eleven projects spread all over the southern half of Gabon in less than three months. With an international team of 15 experienced engineers, we were able to accomplish this task in due time while maintaining our high quality standards.