Howard Humphrey

Leadership
Board of Directors
Bernard Ochieng
Director
Civil Engineering, 25 years experience
Bernard Ochieng is a registered civil engineer, and his field of expertise is water supply and sanitation. He has been involved in several urban and rural/community water supply and sanitation projects in the eastern, central and southern Africa countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Somalia and South Africa. Bernard has a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering (Public Health Engineering) and has worked as a Water and Sanitation Engineer for 25 years
Key Experience
  • Project Management
  • Project Leadership
  • Feasibility studies
  • Engineering design of water and sewerage infrastructures
  • Contract documentation, administration and management
  • Construction supervision of water and sewerage infrastructures
  • Technical Audits for water and sewerage infrastructures
Peter Wachira
Director
Civil Engineering, 35 years experience

Peter Wachira a registered consulting engineer with the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) has 35 years of working experience as astructural/ bridge design engineer and supervision engineer in major projects. He has worked in several countries in Africa including Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania. Knowledge gained in various projects includes feasibility studies, engineering design / design reviews, tender documentation, contract management as well as decommissioning. At design stage, he has been involved in preliminary and detail design for projects with diverse aspects of engineering.

Key Experience
  • Project leadership and technical direction
  • Contract management
  • Foundation design including piling
  • Feasibility studies
  • Drainage design
  • Structural design of buildings and highway structures including bridges and overpasses;
  • Tender documentation and administration
  • Construction supervision of civil engineering works
Kanwal Syan
Director
Civil and Structural Engineering, 35 years experience
Kanwal Syan is a Director of Atkins East Africa. In his tenure with the firm, he prides himself to have built and grown a successful, hardworking and very united team, delivering excellence to many clients in the region. He has extensive experience of successfully leading multi-disciplinary complex Commercial projects including Kengen on the Olkaria II Geothermal project, Ministry of Energy and Kenya Power Lighting Company. He has participated in the Geothermal Conferences arranged by the Electricity Regulatory Board. He is commercially savvy having been Commercial and Financial Director of the Group Business in East Africa (1976-1999). Kanwal is dynamic with proven ability to plan and manage large projects forming excellent working relationships with clients and collaborative partners. He has previously been in-charge of the business and commercial management of the Practice in East Africa from 1980 – 2000 and Director of the Kenya practice with effect from 2000.
Peter Wachira
Lead Mechanical and Electrical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer, 17 years experience
Key Experience
  • Feasibility studies
  • Engineering design
  • Tender documentation
  • Tender/Contract administration
  • Construction supervision
  • Costing
  • Project management and technical direction
Eng. Mwai is a senior mechanical engineer with 17 years’ experience in design and construction supervision of mechanical engineering building services including air-conditioning systems; mechanical ventilation systems; cold water distribution systems; hot water distribution systems; hot spa / Jacuzzi installations; LP gas installations; sanitary fittings; internal drainage systems; laundry equipment installations; solar water heating systems; swimming pools; compressed air systems; kitchen equipment installations; kitchen extract systems and fire protection installations for building projects in educational institutions, banks, shopping malls, industries, multi-storey office buildings, hospitals, residential apartments, recreational facilities, airports, military barracks, police camps, kitchens and prisons among others. He has vast experienced in carrying out consultancy services including feasibility studies, preparation of facility / building condition reports, preparation of preliminary and detailed designs, cost estimates, tender documentation and administration, contractistration and construction supervision, preparation of interim and final payment certificates as well as final inspection at the end of defects liability.