ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTEMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Contract, Specification and Quantity Survey

(CENG 5101)

CHAPTER-1
General Introduction on the Construction Industry
October 2011
(NASIR B.)
CONTENTS
 Construction Project

 Construction Industry

 Life Cycle of Construction Project

 Main Parties in Construction Project

 Resource for Construction Industry

 Construction Management Process

 The Ethiopian Construction Industry

 Historical Aspect

 Current Status of the Industry

 Challenges in the sector

 Recent Trends and future prospects

1. Construction Project
 A construction is a process of constructing something by man for
one purpose or another. It may be a road, bridge, a dam, a dwelling
place, an airport, a commercial building, etc.
 In planning for the various types of construction, the methods of
procuring professional service, awarding construction contracts, and
financing the constructed facility can be quite different.
 The broad spectrum of constructed facilities may be classified into
four major categories, each with its own characteristics:
A. Residential Housing Construction:
 Includes single-family houses, multi-family dwellings, and high
rise apartments.
 The residential housing market is heavily affected by general
economic conditions, tax laws, and the monetary and fiscal policy.

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B. Institutional and Commercial Building Construction:
 Encompasses a great variety of project types and sizes, such as
schools and universities, medical clinics and hospitals, recreational
facilities and sport stadiums, retail chain stores and large shopping
centers, warehouses and light manufacturing plants, and
skyscrapers for office and hotels.
 Because of the higher costs and great sophistication in
comparison with residential housing , this market segment is
shared by fewer competitors.
C. Specialized Industrial construction:
 Involves very large scale projects with a high degree of
technological complexity, such as oil refineries, steel mills,
chemical processing plants and nuclear plants.

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1. Construction Project
C. Specialized Industrial construction:
 Long range demand forecasting is the most important factor since
such projects are capital intensive and require considerable
amount of planning and construction time.
D. Infrastructure and heavy construction:
 Includes projects such as highways, mass transit systems, tunnels,
bridges, pipelines, drainage systems and sewage treatment plants.
 Most of these projects are publicly owned and therefore financed
by either through bonds, taxes, grants or aids.
 This category of construction is characterised by a high degree of
mechanisation.

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2. Construction Industry
 Construction Industry (CI) is an industry which is involved in the
planning, execution and evaluation of all types of civil works.
 Construction Industry can be categorized into three major sectors:
i. Transport and Communication Sector - Road, Railway,
Airway, and Telecommunication related physical works.
ii. Water and Energy Works – Hydropower development,
transmission lines, wind power, irrigation projects.
iii. Buildings and Other Physical Infrastructures.
 CI is among the leading industry in producing employment and
contribute to the over all national development.
 CI is the most important enabler for social, economic and political
development of countries.

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2. Construction Industry
 CI specially in developing countries like Ethiopia consumes much
of the national budget.
World Total 3.41 Trillion $ 1. US $819 B (8.2%)
Asia 1,113 Billion $ 2. Japan $618 B (13.9%)
Europe 1,017 Billion $ 3. Germany $253 B (11.4%)
North America 885 Billion $ 4. China $181 B (17.0%)
Latin America 241 Billion $ 5. UK $109 B (7.7%)
Middle East 101 Billion $ Ethiopia $ 402 M(59.8%)
Africa 56 Billion $

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 CI – is the most important enabler for social, economic and political
development of countries.
 Specifically this fact is true for least developing countries like
Ethiopia because projects are:
 Inter-sectoral
 Demands huge capital budget

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 2. Construction Industry
 Inter-sectoral relationship

Sectors Building Other Civil Works

Agriculture Offices, Storages, Equipment Irrigation Schemes, Rural Access Roads
Shades
Education Offices, Stores Class rooms, Internal and External Roads and
Libraries, Laboratories, etc Installations
Energy Offices, Storages, Garages Hydro Power Schemes, Electricity &
Power Stations and lines
Industry& Factories, Offices, Workshops, Internal and External Installations
Commerce Storages
Health Offices, Clinics, , Hospitals Internal and External Roads& Installations
Transportation & Offices, Storages, Stations Airports, Roads, Telecommunication lines
Communication
Water Resources Offices, Storages Water supply & sewerage distribution
lines, Treatment plants
Defense Offices, camps, Training Defense Schemes
centers
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 2. Construction Industry
 Demand Huge Capital Budget
Sectors 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02
Economic 2581.7(89%) 2437.3(85.1%) 3496.6(90.7%) 2263.8(85.2%) 2254.8(79.5%)
Sectors: -
Ethiopian Road 99.4(32.7%) 1447.9(49.8%) 2344.7(60.8%) 1090.1(41%) 1594.1(56.2%)
Authority
Ethiopian Civil 265.7(8.7%) 397.3(13.7%) 344.4(8.9%) 411.8(15.5%) 31.8(1.1%)
Aviation Authority

Ministry of Water 90(3%) 84(3%) 82(2%) 315(2%) 143(5%)

Resource
Social Sectors 215.0(7.1%) 246.0(8.5%) 142.3(3.7%) 249.2(9.4%) 242.1(8.5%)

Ministry of 165.1(5.4%) 196.5(6.8%) 116.6(3.0%) 177.5(6.7%) 198.6(7%)

Education
Total 96.10% 93.60% 94.40% 94.60% 88.00%
Public 42.00% 62.40% 66.90% 59.80% 60.20%
Construction
Projects
Annual Average 58.20%
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2. Construction Industry
 Nature of Construction Industry:
 Requires big capital investment thus is highly affected by the
economy of the nation.
 Construction is a team output and requires motivated and
skilled workers.
 Uniqueness of Construction Industry:
 Fragmented Industry
 Long production cycle
 Transient organization nature
 Unpredictable work load
 Subject to Environmental Impact

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 3. The Life Cycle of Construction Project
 The project life cycle of a construction project may be viewed as a
process through which a project is implemented from cradle to grave.
Market Definition of project
demand or
perceived objectives and scope
needs

Disposal of Conceptual
Facility planning and
feasibility study
Fulfillment
Conceptual plan or
of useful life
preliminary design
Operation and Design and
maintenance engineering

Acceptance of facility Plans and specifications

Start up for Procurement
occupancy and
construction

Completion of
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4. Main Parties in Construction Project
 The practice of planning, designing, constructing, and operating a
facility is most usually a collective effort of different groups of
professionals and trades.
 Depending on the size, complexity, and purpose of a particular
construction project, the project team may include:
 A client or an owner: Individuals, government, real estate
developers etc.
 Financial institutions or other investors that provide the funding
 Local planning and code authorities
 Consultants or Licensed architects and engineers who provide
design work and prepare construction documents
 Contractors who provide construction services and install systems
 Marketing or leasing agents
 Facility managers who are responsible for operating the facility.
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4. Main Parties in Construction Project

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4. Main Parties in Construction Project
I. Client
 The client is the most important party who is active from inception to
completion and event to post-occupancy maintenance.
 Clients may be classified as Public sector clients and private sector
clients.

A. Public sector clients

 Central Government Offices (Ministries)
 Local Authorities (Regional or Town)
 Public Corporations

B. Private sector clients

 These are private individuals & private companies.

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Duty of the Client

 Demand for the product. For example for the building project:
 Availability and cost of land,
 Location & accessibility
 Price
 Required Infrastructure
 Legal constraints
 Current & future development
 Soil characteristics of land
 Site preparation (right of way)
 Permits

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4. Main Parties in Construction Project
II. Consultant
 The main role of the consultant is to interpret the client’s project
requirement into a specific design.
 The consultants’ team shall:
 Ascertain, interpret and formulate the client’s requirement into an
understandable project.
 Design the project to much requirements and constraints
(imposed by statutory obligations, technical feasibility,
environmental factors, site conditions, cost, etc)
 Assess client’s cost limit to decide on materials & the like.
 Prepare contract documents.
 Supervise the project and constantly inform the client on the
progress
 Approve payments
 Resolve contractual disputes
 Issue provisional and final acceptance certification
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4. Main Parties in Construction Project
III. Contractor
 These are groups established mainly as commercial companies, that
contract to construct development projects.
 Responsibility of contractors:

 Carry out a full site investigation prior to submission of tender,

 Submit tender,
 Plan, Program, Control the construction process.
 Notify the consultant about delays, discrepancies,
 Effect all payments to his employees, suppliers, subcontractors,
 Rectify all defects on completion of works, etc
 Provide post occupancy repair & maintenance if required.

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4. Main Parties in Construction Project
III. Public Sector Agencies

A. Statutory Authorities
 These bodies offer technical advice during design and
construction in their respective areas.
 E.g. EEPCO, AAWSA, Fire Authority - requires meeting their
specific requirements. Thus early information to these
authorities is required.

B. Municipalities and Government Authorities

 These bodies offer the basic Land permit and building permit.

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5. Resource for the construction Industry
 The following resources are vital for construction industry:

Human Resources (Labor or Workmen)

Financial Resources ( Fund)
Information Resources
Physical Resources ( Materials, Equipment and Other Assets)
Services and Management
A. Human resource (Labour or Workmen)
 These include professional, skilled, semi skilled and unskilled
laborers.
 Human resources can be understood in two values: Capacity and
Capability.
 Capacity - refers to the quantity of labor for the scope
defined.
 Capability - refers to knowledge, technology know-how and
skill as per the demands of the scopes ability.
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5. Resource for the construction Industry
A. Human resource (Labour or Workmen)

 Construction Managers need to be capable of:

 Communication- Inter-personal, group interaction-skills
 Problem solving / Conflict resolution / Negotiation Skills
 Facilitating / Decision- making Skills
 Writing skills for Proposals / Reports / ToRs / MoUs; and
 Hard Skills- Planning, Implementing, Leading and Monitoring
tools.
B. Financial Resources (Fund)

 Usually funds are available from among Governmental institution,

Private institutions and Donors in the form of loan or assistance.
C. Information Resources

 Information can be understood in two terms: data whether processed

or not; and its technology.

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5. Resource for the construction Industry
D. Physical Resources

i. Materials
 Material covers 55-70% of the total construction cost.
ii. Equipments
 Though their initial cost is high using equipments are far more better
than using labor.
iii. Other assets
 Physical Infrastructures and Owned Land are assets which can be
collaterals for capital base enhancement and credit facilities and are
useful to develop the scarce financial resources and getting into
business access.

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5. Resource for the construction Industry
E. Service and Management
i. Service
 Services such as acquisition of land, provisions of water supply,
electric power, communication systems, etc., are very much
necessary in the construction industry.
ii. Management
 Management has come to employ a disciplined approach to the use
of available resources.

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6. Construction Project Management Process
 Project management is the Planning, Organizing, Monitoring and
Controlling of all aspects of a project, to achieve the project’s
objective.

Project
Project Scope Project Time
Integration
Management Management
Management

Project Human
Project Cost Project quality
Resource
management management
management

Project Project
Project Risk
Communication Procurement
Management
Management Management
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1. Project Integration 2. Project Scope 3. Project Time

Management Management Management

• Develop Project • Scope Planning • Activity Definition

Charter • Scope Definition • Activity Sequencing
• Develop Preliminary • Create WBS • Activity Resource
Project Scope Estimating
Management • Scope Verification
• Scope Control • Activity Duration
• Develop Project
Management Plan Estimating
• Direct and Manage • Schedule
Project Execution Development
• Monitor and Control • Schedule Control
Project Work
• Integrated Change
Control
• Close Project

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6. Project Human
4. Project Cost 5. Project Quality
Resource
Management Management
Management
• Cost Estimating • Quality Planning • Human Resource
• Cost Budgeting • Perform Quality Planning
• Cost Control Assurance • Acquire Project
• Perform Quality Team
Control • Develop Project
Team
• Manage Project
Team

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7. Project 9. Project
8. Project Risk
Communication Procurement
Management
Management Management
• Communications • Risk Management • Plan Purchase and
Planning Planning Acquisition
• Information • Risk Identification • Plan Contracting
Distribution • Quantitative Risk • Request Seller
• Performance Analysis Responses
Reporting
• Risk Response • Select Sellers
• Manage Stakeholders Planning • Contract
• Risk Monitoring and Administration
Control • Contract Closure

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7. The Ethiopian Construction Industry
7.1 Historical Aspect: The Construction Development
 Previous monarchies had contributed to the development of
constructions in Ethiopia.
 Historic chronicles of the 17th and 18th centuries showed that there were
a number of small roads, palaces and river improvement works.
 Among the Emperors Atse Fasil, Atse Theodros and Atse Menilik were
noted for their major contributions.
 Modern construction however had started during the region of Emperor
Menilik II (The road from Asmara to Addis Ababa).
 Italy during its invasion (1936-1941) had also contributed to the
development of the construction industry. It had constructed about
6000km of roads.
 After Italian invasion, the first Ministry called “Ministry of
Communication and Public Works’’ was established during the
Imperial regime.

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7.1 Historical Aspect: The Construction Development
 The construction development can be reviewed into five distinct
periods based on the historical paradigm shifts in the construction
industry in Ethiopia:
i. Pre 1968: Foreign Companies dominated construction
Industry.
ii. 1968-1982: Emergence of Small scale Domestic construction
companies,
iii. 1982-1987: Parastatal companies dominated Construction
Industry,
iv. 1987-1991: Fragmentation between Design services &
Construction works,
v. 1991-2001 Parastatal Domination legally abolished, and

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7.1 Historical Aspect: The Construction Development

I. Pre 1968: Foreign Companies II. 1968 – 1982: Emergence of

dominated construction Small Scale Domestic Construction
Industry companies

• The construction industry was • This period was recognized by the

dominated by foreign contractors. then Imperial government together
• Most civil works were procured under with foreign financiers’ commitment
International Competitive Bidding and initiative towards building the
(ICB). capacity of the construction industry.
• Public Institution including Ministry • Conductive proclamations for the
for Public Works (MoPW) and the construction industry were
Imperial Highway Authority (IHA- promulgated.
1951) were established. • BERTA Construction Plc., National
Engineers Plc., Ethiopian Building
and Road construction, Ethiopian
Earthmoving Equipment were
established.
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7.1 Historical Aspect: The Construction Development
III. 1982-1987: Parastatal IV. 1987 – 1991: Fragmentation
Companies Dominated between Design and
Construction Industry Construction
• Confiscation of developing domestic • The period was characterized by the
private construction companies and establishment of consultancy offices
became under state control in 1982. for the design and contract
• This led the promotion of state-owned administration services as
construction companies aggressively. independent entities.
• Number of state-owned construction • The Design Bid Build procurement
enterprises were established under the method had its roots well founded
defunct MoC: under this period.
• EBCA, ETCA, BNCE, BtCE, • Small scale private consultants and
NE&C, BERTA Construction. contractors emerged due to the change
• Competitive construction industry of economic policy.
was crippled. • Building Design Enterprise (BDE in
1985) and Transport Construction
Design Enterprise (TCDE in 1986)
were established.
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7.1 Historical Aspect: The Construction Development

V. 1991-2001: Parastatal Dominated construction Industry was

Legally Abolished

• Local and foreign private investors were allowed to participate in all areas of
construction activities
• State-owned construction and consulting companies were reorganized as
autonomous enterprises for subsequent privatization
• Regional governments established their bureaus for works & urban
development
• Direct awards to state-owned construction companies were minimized to
create competitive environment which was an encouraging development
• A new ministry called Ministry of Works and Urban Development
(MoWUD) was established.
• Ethiopian Building Codes and Standards (EBCS 1 – EBCS 11), 1995 was
formulated
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7.2 Current status of the construction sector
 Current status of the construction industry is distinguished by:
i. Lack of clear developmental objectives for the industry;
ii. Inadequate co-ordination of planning between the industry and
infrastructure programs in the various sectors of the economy;
iii. Heavy dependence on foreign resources such as materials,
equipment and expertise, which continue to be supplied to a
major extent by foreign consultants and contractors;
iv. Transport bottlenecks to the distribution of construction materials
and equipment;
v. Control of the construction sector by small-to-medium sized firms
and parastatal construction enterprises operating at low levels of
capacity and with inadequate working capital;
vi. inadequate and ineffective organizations representing the interests
of contractors, consultants and engineers;
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7.2 Current status of the construction sector
vii. inadequate numbers of suitably qualified and experienced
personnel, at all levels: engineers, technicians, mechanics,
operators and foremen etc.;
viii. inadequate relevant local construction regulations and standards
ix. inadequate consideration given to the use of local resources
(including community participation in labor-based works); and
x. little consideration given to the concept or cost of maintenance as
a component of investment costs.

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7.2 Current status of the construction sector
 The general state of the domestic construction industry in Ethiopia is
characterized by the following five major deficiencies:
I. An inadequate capital base;
II. Old and limited numbers of equipment;
III. Low levels of equipment availability and utilization;
IV. Deficiencies in technical, managerial, financial and
entrepreneurial skills; and
V. Insufficient and ineffective use of labor-based construction
and maintenance technology.

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7.3 Challenges in the construction sector
 Some of the major challenges faced in the Ethiopian construction
industry are:
Lack of equipment and material
Obstacles posed by government regulations
Scarcity of finance
Big projects off-limits to domestic firms
Inefficient custom and clearance
Lack of skilled labor
Construction project delays: Delays are endemic to
construction projects in Ethiopia.

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7.3 Challenges in the construction sector
 Cement Crisis:

Retail prices of cement from Mugher, Messebo and Imports (May 2008 - May 2009)

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7.4 Recent Trends and Future Prospects
I. Road Construction
 The Road Sector Development Plan (RSDP) has been implemented
over a period of thirteen years and in three separate phases, as follows:
 RSDP I – Period from July 1997 to June 2002 (5 year plan)
 RSDP II – Period July 2002 to June 2007 (5 year plan)
 RSDP III – Period July 2007 to June 2010 (3 year plan)

Phases of the Program Financial (in Million % Physical ( in km) %

ETB)

Budget Disb. Plan Acco.

RSDP I (Five Years ) 9812.9 7284.5 74 8908 8709 98
RSDP II (Five Years) 15985.8 18112.8 113 8486 12006 142
RSDP III (Three Years) 34643.9 34957.8 101 20686 19250 93
Total RSDP (Thirteen
Years ) 60442.6 60355.1 100 38080 39965 105
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7.4 Recent Trends and Future Prospects
I. Road Construction
 RSDP IV is prepared as part of Governments’ overall Growth and
Transformation Plan.
 Implementation of RSDP IV is major strategic pillar of the Growth
and Transformation Plan.
 RSDP IV consists of:

 Rehabilitation of 728 kilometers of trunk roads,

 Upgrading of 5,023 kilometers of trunk and link roads,
 Construction of 4,331 kilometers of new link roads
 Heavy maintenance of 4,700 kilometers of paved and gravel
roads and
 Routine maintenance of 84,649 kilometers of road network
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7.4 Recent Trends and Future Prospects
I. Road Construction
 The program also consists of the following regional and Wereda road
components
 Construction of 11,212 kilometers of new rural roads through the
RRAs; and
 Construction of 71,523 kilometers of Wereda roads through the
Wereda road offices
 Cost Estimate

 The total cost of implementing RSDP IV is estimated to be ETB

125,276.7 million.

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7.4 Recent Trends and Future Prospects
II. Railway Construction
 Officially several Railroad projects have been launched by Ethiopian
Railway Corporation (ERC).
 ERC is presently managing a 5,000 km proposed national railway
network study and the Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit (AALRT)
Project.
A. Addis Ababa Light Rail transit Project (AA LRT):
 The 1st Phase of the LRT project comprises an East-West line from
Ayat to Torhailoch (17.35Km) and a North-South line from
Menelik II Sq. to Kality (16.90 Km).
 The Total Length of Phase I will be 34.25 Km.
 Cost: 3 milion USD per Kilometre

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II. Railway Construction

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7.4 Recent Trends and Future Prospects
II. Railway Construction
B. Federal Railway Projects
 Ethiopia has launched the construction of a 5,000 Km railway complex
which aims to link the capital, Addis Ababa, to various regions of the
country.
 According to the GTP 2,000 Km of the total will be constructed in the
next five years.
 The first phase of construction will be the construction of five railway
tracks, which will create job opportunities for over 300,000 citizens
nationwide, and will cost the nation an estimated 6 billion Birr
(US$336 million) annually.

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II. Railway Construction
Project Route Via Distance
Phase (Km)
Phase I Route 1 Addis Ababa (Sebeta)_Mojo_Awash_Dire Dewa_ Djibouti 656

Part of Route 3 Addis Ababa(Sebeta)_Ejaji_Seka_Bedele 366

Part of Route 6 Weldia_Mile_Djibouti_Railway 256
Part of Route 5 Awash_Kombolcha_Mekele 556.2
Phase II Route 4 Ejaji_Nekemt_Asossa_Kurmuk 460
Route 2 Mojo_Shashemene_Konso_Woyito_ Konso_ Moyale 905

Route 7 Wereta_Azezo_Metema 244

Part of Route 5 Mekele_Shire 201.2
Part of Route 6 Fnoteselam_Bahirdar_Wereta_Weldia 461
Route 8 Adama_Indeto_Gasera 248
Extension Extension to Sudan Via Boma (not part of the project) 115
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II. Railway Construction

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7.5 Recent Trends and Future Prospects
III. Hydropower Development
 The Ethiopian government has for long recognized that economic
progress will depend principally on the development of the
hydropower resources of the country.
 Ethiopia has a vast hydropower potential, which is estimated to be
about 45,000 MW.
 Even though Ethiopia considers itself the Powerhouse of Africa, so far
very little percentage (less than 5%) of the vast potential has been
harnessed.
 In 2009 less than 10% of Ethiopians had access to electricity and the
country was plagued by power outages.
 In order to overcome this situation, the government has embarked on
an ambitious dam construction program.
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7.5 Recent Trends and Future Prospects
III. Hydropower Development
 Three hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 1.18 GW were
commissioned in 2009 and 2010 alone, more than doubling the
previous installed capacity of the country.
 The financial costs of large dams that have been completed since 2009
and are scheduled to be completed until 2014 is estimated at about
US$ 6 billion, or about 20% of annual GDP.
 The construction of even more large dams is foreseen in a Master Plan
that aims to bring the capacity to 15 GW.

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 III. Hydropower Development
Name Installed Commissio Basin Contractor Financing Cost
Capacity ning
Fincha 134 MW 1973 Fincha (Blue Nile)
Gilgel Gibe I 180 MW 2004 Omo river Salini (bid) World Bank $331m
Tekeze 300 MW 2009 Tekeze (Atbara) Sinohydro Chinese $365m
Corporation (bid)
Beles 460 MW 2010 Lake Tana (Blue Nile) Salini (no bid) Ethiopian
government
Gilgel Gibe II 420 MW 2010 Omo River (no dam, Salini (no bid) Italy and EIB Euro 370m
fed by GG I)
Gilgel Gibe III 1870 MW 2012-13 Omo river Salini (no bid) Italy Euro 1.55bn

Fincha Amerti 100 MW 2013 Fincha (Blue nile) China (CGGC) Exim Bank of $276m
Nesse (FAN) China
Halele Worabese 440 MW 2014 Omo river Sinohydro FairFund? Euro 470m
Corporation
Gilgel Gibe IV 2000 MW 2014 Tributary of the Omo Sinohydro Chinese $1.9bn
River Corporation
Chemoga Yeda 278 MW 2013 tributary of the Blue Sinohydro Chinese $555m
Nile, near Debre Corporation
Markos
Genale Dawa III 256 MW Awarded in between Oromo and Chineese (CGGC) Chinese $408m
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III. Hydropower Development
 Other projects included in the 25-year Master Plan of the national
power utility EEPCO are:
 Genale IV Project, with 256 MW electric power generation capacity;
to be completed before 2015, project cost 296 million Euro.
 Geba I and II projects, with 366 MW electric power generation
capacity; to be completed in 2015, project cost 384 million Euro.
 Gojeb Project, with 150 MW electric power generation capacity; to
be completed in 2015
 Karadobi 1600 MW; prefeasibility study by Norconsult-Lahmeyer
financed by a grant from Norway is complete; the dam will be
located on the Blue Nile and it is expected to export power to Sudan
and possibly to Egypt , project cost 1548 million Euro.
 Mandaya 2400-2800 MW, located on the Blue Nile, project cost
1920 million Euro.
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III. Hydropower Development

Possible interconnection
lines with neighboring
countries

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7.4 Recent Trends and Future Prospects
IV. Wind power Development
 EEPCo has been planning the implementation of wind parks since 2005
in several areas, which are estimated to comprise of up to 200 MW to
the year 2012.
 EEPCo has decided to use wind power for the several advantages that it
posses:
 Being renewable,
 Being reliable and affordable,
 Being complementary to hydropower plants: rainy season – low
wind; dry season – high wind potential, and
 combining wind and hydro adds value to the hydro plant, i.e. longer
operation time, also at the end of dry season (water saving through
wind).
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7.4 Recent Trends and Future Prospects
IV. Wind power Development
S. No. Name of the project Electric power Year of
generation capacity in completion
MW
1 Ashengoda Wind Power Project 120 (€210 million ) 2012
2 Adama Wind Power Project 51 ($117 million) 2011
3 Adama II Wind Power Project 51 2013
4 Assela Wind Power Project 100 2013
5 Ayisha Wind Power Project 300 2012
6 Debre Birhan Wind Power Project 400 2013
7 Messobo Wind Power Project 42 2012

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IV. Wind power Development

The four major

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VI. Irrigation Projects
 Based upon the various river basin master plans and land and water
resources surveys, the aggregate irrigation potentials of Ethiopia have
been estimated to be 2,523,000 million hectares, net.
 The total area irrigated till 1991 was 176,015 ha, this figure had
increased to 197,250 ha in 1998.
Small-scale Large- and medium-
Description schemes scale schemes Total area

Short-term 1st 5 years: (2002-2006): 40,319 13,044 53,363

Medium-term 2nd 5 years: (2007- 2012): 40,348 39,701 80,049
Long-term 3rd 5 years: (2012-2016): 46,471 94,729 141,200
Total area to be developed during 2002-
2016: 127,138 147,474 274,612
Currently developed (approximate): 98,625 98,625 197,250
Grand total irrigated area by 2016: 225,763 246,099 471,862
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VI. Irrigation Projects
 The Federal investment plan for the short, medium and long terms
would require a total investment of US$ 1,114.3 million over 15 years.
Project Type ST (US$) MT (US$) LT (US$) Total
1. Federal Projects 114.7 268.1 700.9 1,083.7
1.1 Implementation 90.6 223.0 686.7 1,003.0
1.2 Studies & designs
a) Program Scheme 8.0 16.3 4.3 28.6
b) Nile Initiative Schemes (w/o Tana Shore 16.1 28.8 - 44.9
Schemes)
c) Multi-purpose Schems - - 9.9 9.9
2. Regional Projects 193.2 188.8 217.4 599.4
2.1 Implementation 188.3 184.0 211.9 584.2
2.2 Studies & Designs 4.9 4.8 5.5 15.2
Total 307.9 456.9 918.3 1,683.1
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VII. Housing Developments
 Currently nearly 11.7 million people, which are 16% of the total
population, live in urban area.
 The annual urban population growth rate is estimated to be 4.3%.

 When the housing development was first launched there were shortages
of 900,000 houses.
 In order to alleviate the acute shortage of housing the Federal
government in its Hosing Development Projects (2006/07-2009/10) had
set a target to construct 400,000 houses in five major regions, Dire
Dawa and Addis Ababa with a total budget of 15.8 billion birr within 4
years time.
 The government has achieved to construct only 151,043 houses, which
is half of what has been set in the target.

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VII. Housing Developments
 Number of blocks to be constructed for housing in the next five years

Project Year No. of Blocks to No. of Consulting No. of No. of Small

be constructed office required contractors Scale
required Enterprises
2010/11 30,000 32 1,922 4.306

2011/12 30,000 32 850 1,455

2012/13 35,000 32 850 1.455

2013/14 35,000 32 850 1,455
2014/15 40,000 32 1,000 2,243

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VIII. University Capacity Building Projects
 The Ministry of Education (MoE) slotted a staggering eight billion birr
for the construction of ten new universities in the country.
 This addition will raise the number of universities in the country to 32
from the current 22.
 Number of blocks to be constructed in the new universities

Project No. of Blocks No. of Consulting No. of No. of Small

Year to be office required contractors Scale
constructed required Enterprises
2010/11 676 7 666 420
2011/12 325 7 370 280
2012/13 150 7 415 280
2013/14 110 7 415 280
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