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Harry Rosenberg, P.E.

 
Public Sector Management and Consulting Engineer,
Public Administration Service
 

 

 


Education and Supplementary Training:

B.Sc., Engineering, 1959
Facility of Installations and Utilities
Institute of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania

Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, courses in:

  • Fortran Computer Language (1969)

  • Statistics for Water Engineers (1970)

  • Design of Gravity Irrigation Systems (1970)

  • Treatment of Water for Potable Use (1974)

  • Wastewater Treatment  (1976)

Experience:
  • Director for Africa; Public Administration Service, 1989-present
  • Engineer and Director of Operations--Africa Division; TAHAL Consulting Engineers, Ltd., 1975-1989
  • Director of Projects, Francophone Africa; TAHAL Consulting Engineers, Ltd., 1986-1989
  • Director, Ghana and West Africa; TAHAL Consulting Engineers, Ltd., 1979-1986
  • Project Manager, Nigeria sewerage system; TAHAL Consulting Engineers, Ltd., 1978-1979
  • Research Team Member; IBRD Research Project, 1978
  • Project Manager, Nigeria water supply schemes; TAHAL Consulting Engineers, Ltd., 1977-1978
  • Head Planning and Design; UNDP/ WHO Rural Water Supply and Environmental Health Project, Ghana, 1975-1976
  • Water and Sewerage Engineer, Israel; TAHAL Consulting Engineers, Ltd. Water Supply Division, 1968-1975
  • Project Manager, Israel water supply schemes; TAHAL Consulting Engineers, Ltd., 1971-1975
  • Deputy Director of Planning, Water Supply Master Plan for the city of Tel Aviv; TAHAL Consulting Engineers, Ltd., 1968-1970
  • Head Plumbing, Water Supply and Sewerage Dept.; Technical Department - Ihud Hakibbutzim - Collective Settlements Organization, 1966-1968
  • Superintendent and Chief Superintendent of Works; Electromechanical Installations Contracting Firm - TRUST 21 INSTALLATIONS, Bucharest, Romania, 1959-1965

Membership in Professional Societies:

  • Registered Professional Engineer in Israel

  • American Water Works Association (AWWA)

  • Member of the Association of Architects and Engineers in Israel

  • American Society for Public Administration
Languages:

Reading, writing, and speaking fluency in the following:

  • English
  • French
  • Romanian
  • Hebrew
Mr. Rosenberg has over 40 years professional experience with about 25 years in Africa where he has worked in infrastructure and industrial projects within both industrialized and developing countries. In Africa (including East Africa and Tanzania) he has worked in large scale infrastructure projects covering a full range of services which include:
  • Planning and implementation, including project preparation
  • Reconnaissance and pre-feasibility studies
  • Master plans
  • Feasibility and planning studies
  • Design and preparation of specifications
  • Bill of quantities and contracts
  • Site engineering
  • Site and general supervision
  • Contract management

Mr. Rosenberg has worked in Eastern Europe, Israel, and Africa in urban and rural projects as well as in civil and industrial projects. Projects were financed by national or international funding agencies including the IBRD/IDA, AfDB, UNDP, WHO, USAID, KfW, and GTZ. He has designed and installed maintenance operating and reporting systems for a range of public works functions.  The majority of Mr. Rosenberg's assignments have included counterpart training and training sessions on selected topics. As part of these projects he has defined investment needs, alternatives and priorities analysis, establishment of budgetary frameworks, and technical assistance. He has exhibited excellent experience in international agencies procedures for procurement of goods, works and services.

He has performed evaluation of tenders for works, goods and services; also pre-qualification of contractors and consulting firms. Has managed consulting activities of US$ 1.4 million per year and managed staff of up to 25-30 professionals. He has excellent knowledge of FIDIC and ACE contracts. He has carried out long-term/residence assignments in Ghana, Romania, Nigeria, Israel, and short term assignments and Project overseen in Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Zaire, Tanzania, and Ghana, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Togo, and Cameroon.

 

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