QS Allan A. Abwunza

Experience

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  Ufundi Co-operative Savings and Credit Society Ltd

  Feb 2002 - Jul 2003

  Investment Officer

  • Automated the investment register.• Ensured that all maintenance schedules for the fourteen-storey building were strictly adhered to.

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  Mulji Devraj & Brothers Limited

  Aug 2003 - Mar 2005

  Graduate Quantity Surveyor

  Gained useful experience in tendering and contract administration from a contractor's point of view.

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  Ministry of Roads and Public Works

  Mar 2005 - Nov 2005

  Assistant Quantity Surveyor

  Gained experience in procurement and contract administration of public building projects.

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  Self-employed

  Nov 2005 - Sept 2007

  Freelance Consulting Quantity Surveyor

  Handled several projects by providing freelance consultancy in quantity surveying to select firms in the country.

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  Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

  Nov 2005 - Dec 2022

  Teaching, Research, and Service. Specialising in the fields of construction law, construction dispute resolution, project management, and building economics/quantity surveying. Teaching, Research, and Service. Specialising in the fields of construction law, construction dispute resolution, project management, and building economics/quantity surveying. Assisted in Teaching, Research, and Service. Specialising in the fields of construction law, construction dispute resolution, project management, and building economics/quantity surveying.

  • Lecturer, Department of Construction Management

    Sept 2014 - Dec 2022

  • Lecturer, Department of Architecture

    Jun 2007 - Sept 2014

  • Tutorial Fellow

    Nov 2005 - Jun 2007
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  Anka Consultants Ltd (Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers & Arbitrators)

  Sept 2007 - Dec 2022

  Board Chair & Technical Director

  As a professional consultancy company specialising in quantity surveying, project management and arbitration, we successfully managed construction projects from inception to completion, closing majority of our project accounts within ±10% of the contract price.We managed construction claims to ensure that such claims do not escalate into disputes, with more than 97% of our project final accounts settled without any dispute.We also played a key role in resolving construction disputes referred to us. Show less

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  Northumbria University

  Dec 2022 - now

  Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Built Environment

  Teaching, Research & Enterprise. Specialising in the fields of construction law, construction dispute resolution, contract administration and digital construction.