Orion Consulting Associates are professionals with complementing skills in transport and infrastructure development and maintenance in developing countries. OCA works with a small core group of trusted experienced consultants with whom we have long-standing relations and makes a point of working with experts from developing countries.
OCA is managed by a core team of consulting engineers / shareholders:
Rob is specialised in rural infrastructure development and access planning with over 25 years professional experience. He started his career in The Netherlands, working two years as a team leader and hydrologist in the private sector. Rob then switched to international development and worked from 1992 to 1997 for the International Labour Organisation in small-scale irrigation, transport infrastructure development and local level access planning, in Nepal and Malawi.
For many years now Rob has been on the forefront in community access and local level (transport) infrastructure development. He worked on assignments for international organisations and the private sector in over 25 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. As a technical implementer and as team leader Rob has been involved in all stages of projects and programmes, aimed at the most effective use of local resources. Rob has specialised in infrastructure project and programme preparation, design and implementation support.
Key qualifications include planning, design and supervision of rural transport and access infrastructure, application of local resources appropriate technology and mix of implementation and contracting methods. Expertise in various forms of procurement and contract documentation and administration and a specialist in labour-based technology, competent in applied training of local contractors and institutional capacity building related to the above subjects;
Rob is familiar with project cycles and procedures and procurement of World Bank, ADB, DFAT, EU, UN, DFID, Danida, Sida, KfW, AFD.
Rob is the Founder and Managing Director of the company.
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