Nihal Sooriyarachchi

Experience

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  Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau

  Mar 1976 - Aug 2009

  Senior Design Engineer of Water Supply and Drainage Unit mainly involved in building services designs of Hospitals, Government Office Complexes, Universities and Other high-rise buildings.• Carrying out the initial and detail designs for water supply schemes, waste water Collection and disposal projects, high and low rise building plumbing. • Design, preparation of technical specifications, preparation of tender documents, preparation of drawings and contract supervision of construction works Show less

  • Deputy General Manager (Water Supply and Drainage)

    Aug 2002 - Aug 2009

  • Specialist Engineer (Water Supply and Wastewater)

    Jul 1997 - Aug 2002

  • Senior Design Engineer

    Sept 1992 - Jul 1997

  • Civil Engineer

    Jul 1990 - Sept 1992

  • Civil Engineer

    Aug 1986 - Jul 1990

  • Design Engineer

    Mar 1984 - Aug 1986

  • Engineering Assistant

    Mar 1976 - Mar 1984
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  Research and Development International (Private) Limited

  Apr 2004 - Jun 2011

  Director

  • Coordinator for all building services designs and construction supervision.• Design of building Plumbing for high rise buildings such as Hospitals, Apartments Complex, hotels, etc. • Responsible for overall supervision and checking of designs carried out by other engineers.• Carrying out Feasibility Study Reports , Environmental Impact Assessment, Economic Analysis for new projects etc.

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  N S Associates (Private) Limited

  Jun 2011 - Nov 2015

  Director

  N S Associates (Private) Limited (NSA) is specialized Engineering, Consulting and Management Service provider in a wide range of fields of Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering and Information Technology. NSA ensures that the integrated engineering and management services are offered with high level of efficient project planning, programming, monitoring and control to gain the Multi-Dimensional project objectives. In achieving the above objectives, NSA is strengthened with key professionals for consultancy services & Engineering designs of Building Projects, Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal Infrastructure Development Projects having experience of managing complex multiple work types involving International and National Contractors. NSA has the experience in the fields of designs and Project Management Consultancy of buildings, while NSA key members also have hands on experience in handling country’s largest water resources management with hydropower utilization, water treatment and distribution facilities over a period of more than 30 years.The company provides services commencing from the pre-construction investigation services up to the handing over process, which includes the efficient post tender project management services. The Planning and monitoring of the Projects with necessary intermediate reviewing of original program will be continuously carried out with modern management tools.NSA work force and the experience of key professionals in various fields have contributed towards the success of the projects in accordance of environmental sustainability, technical feasibility, economic feasibility and project operative functionality. NSA believes in join hands with other leading consultancy organizations in relevant fields to enhance the capacity of the required fields for the ultimate benefit of the key stakeholders. Show less

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  Lanka Sugar Company Private Limited

  Jan 2015 - Nov 2015

  Chairman

  Lanka Sugar Company Private Limited is a fully government owned company under the Treasury of Sri Lanka. It is managed by the Ministry of Plantation Industries. The main focus of this Company is to be self – sufficient in sugar thereby saving a colossal amount of foreign exchange spent to import sugar to Sri Lanka. Further LSCL – Pelwatte and Sevanagala and Kanthale will be re-developed, managed and further developing Sugarcane Industry in other Agro – economic zones in Sri Lanka. To achieve this objective the Government of Sri Lanka has demarcated 130,000Ha of lands mainly in the Dry and arid zones of Sri Lanka where irrigation facilities are available.Developing the Sugarcane Industry will help rural farmers to uplift their socio – economic standards and development in this sector will generate employment opportunities in various supporting industries and associated Industries, service providers also will be benefited from the development of the Sugarcane Industry. Show less

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  Road Development Authority

  Nov 2015 - Nov 2019

  Chairman

  The RDA is a major Civil Engineering Organization with specialized skills in Highway and Bridge Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Highway Safety. The organizational structure is designed to carry out the functions assigned to the RDA and to achieve its goals and objectives.The RDA organization under the Board of management has the Director General as the Chief Executive Officer. The Director General is assisted by 5 Additional Director Generals and 18 Directors to carry out various functions.Currently the road network of Sri Lanka is divided into three categories as National Roads, Provincial Roads and roads governed by Local Authorities. The RDA also takes over roads that belong to the Provincial Councils and Local Authorities and enlist them into the National Road Network.The National Road Network consists of 12,210.36 km of Trunk (A class) and Main (B class) roads, 169.13 km of Expressways and about 4,662 bridges (span of more than 3m) as at January 2018. Road Development Authority is responsible for maintenance and development of the National Road Network and planning, design and construction of new highways, bridges and expressways to augment the existing road network. Show less

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  N S Associates

  Nov 2019 - now

  Senior Consultant

  Responsible for all aspects of design and planning associated with the Building Services Specializing Water Supply and Drainage and Coordinating with all other infrastructure and Electro –Mechanical works.