Chapter one

1. General back ground of the company

DESALEGN ASRADE B.C. is a BC 1 building and water works construction contractor. It is established
at Addis Ababa in 09/01/1993 E.C as a class BC Five contractor. In the past years the company has
performed different constructions as BC-1 building contractor and now the company has completed all the
legal processes and became a grade one building contractor. Since its establishment the company has
shown rapid growth and currently the company is undertaking a multi- million construction projects. The
company is legally registered by ministry of trade and industry. It is also registered by ministry of works
and urban development as BC One.

The company has executed various construction activities through which it has achieved very rich and
extensive experiences. The company is managed by highly qualified professionals with long years of
experience. It is fully dedicated to serve the nation and to work to the complete satisfaction of its partners
and clients.

1.1. brief history of company

Dessalegn Asrade Construction PLC is a Grade-1 Building Contractor which was established as
a sole proprietor in 1991EC owned and managed by him. The company becomes among the
giants in the field of construction of Building, Road, Real Estate, and Water works. Backed by a
strong management team and skilled man power that strive for the satisfaction of customers, the
company is pride in declaring that the projects handled by its management till date, are
completed successfully, timely and utmost satisfaction of its clients and consultant. The
corporation is active in industrial, commercial and residential construction.

1.2. Vision
Desalegn Asrades vision is to constantly improve as a highly respected, world-class construction
company, with a strong identity which earns the devotion of its customers. By adapting Quality
based workmanship and new technology in construction and    becoming internationally
competitive contractor in Africa.
1.3. Mission
 Dessalegn Asrade strives to provide the highest quality products and customer service
with the goal of creating lifelong Dessalegn Asrade customers. Anchored by a strong
commitment to its corporate values, Dessalegn Asrade forms close partnerships with all
stakeholders, and together they work to consistently exceed its customer’s expectations.
 To provide sufficient equipment for the construction industry of our country
 We   establish useful machineries in rental basis as well as to use for our construction
activities.
 Providing quality service to the society and ensuring continuous improvement of the
company in all aspects.
 Developing, monitoring and implementing of new techniques and methodologies for our
company’s Financial Management,    Procurement procedures, and construction
managements plan and evaluate the proper implementation of these techniques more over
introducing of new software for different applications which we currently using.

1.4 Objective of the company

 Maintain maximum level of customer satisfaction
 Ensure the financial endurance of the company
 Keep providing high quality services to satisfy his clients
 Ensure the professional development of its staff
 Contribute to the development of the construction industry by providing safe
constructions

1.5 Main products or services and strength of the company

1.5.1 Main product or service

Dessalegn Asrade Construction Company, as grade 1 building contractor provides the following
services;

 Building constructions
 Road constructions
 Bridge construction
  Infrastructure works
 Design reinforcements for structures
 Workshop activities;
 Produce cementations products, like HCB, precast beams, ribbed blocks, different size of
concrete pipes…..

1.5.2 Strength of the company

 At this time the company is strengthen by professional project manager, site
engineers, office engineers, administration and it is equipped with high level of
machineries.
 A unique strength of Defense construction enterprise is that it works in
natural and artificial unsecured and unsafe areas.
 The other strength of this enterprise is not focusing in earning high level of
profit, where as it focus on quality and development

1.6 Main customers or the end users of its products or services

Our internship hosting company, Dessalegn Asrade Construction Company, has many
governmental and non- governmental customers. Starting from its foundation our company takes
control of many projects. The company’s clients and the project costs, starting from its date of
establishment will be summarized by the following two tables, Followed by the overall
organization of the company starting from the owner. The company has different sites in
progress including our site.

Main product (Service) and Strength of the company include

 Building construction of sidama zon at hawasa B+G+10(our site)

 Jinka airport construction
 Building construction of stadium and dormitory at Wolkite University
 Building Construction of civil service at hawassa G+5
 Construction of condominium bole at Adiss Abeba G+9
 Military residential buildings of B+G+9 at Hawassa
 Bridge construction at wondo genet,
 Construction of police college at Yirgalem
  Construction of Bui hospital at wolkite

1.7 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

BOARD

GENERAL MANAGER

FINANCE & AUDIT

ADMINISTERATION

SUPPLY PERSONNEL ACCOUNTING

ENGINEERING
MANAGER

CONTRACT
ADMINISTERATION

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT PROJECT FOLLOW QUALITY

PLANNING ADMINISTERATION UP & CONTROL &
COORDINATION SAFETY

Figure 1. Showing Organization Structure of DESALEGN ASRADE B.

1.8 Work flow of the company

Clint

Consultant
Contractor

Residential Supervisor
Engineer

Site Engineer Project Manager

Administration

Office Engineer Finance

*General
Foreman
*Administrator
*Carpenter
*Data *Accountant *Time Keeper
Foreman
collector *Cashier *Chef Guard
*Carpenter
*Quantity *Purchaser *Shift Leader
*Mason
Surveyor
*Daily Laborer
*Surveyor

Figure 2: work flow of the company

Duties of some staff members

  General Manager: - would be accountable to the company operation would head the
firm based on his authority depicted on memorandum and job description.
 Project manager: - is the person who manages and controls the overall activities in that
project. All the departments are responsible to the project manager and they should
present weekly and monthly reports of their company. It’s also responsible for
 Approves payment to sub contract workers.
 manages the whole site work execution
 analyses the work processes
 executes sub-contracting agreements
 approves material request
 Review and check the report made by the office engineer.
 Site engineer: - Is a person who directly manages and controls the man power and
construction activities on the site. Also
 Checks and reviews any sub-contract payment
 Schedules weekly or monthly work implementation
 Quantifies any materials on request.
 Prepares daily laborers output report
 Organizes the monthly reports to be sent to head office etc.
 Office engineer:- The main responsibility of this staff is preparation of weekly and monthly
reports of the activities on the project and delivered the report to the project and delivered the
report to the project manager and head office some responsibility of office engineers
 preparation of weekly and monthly expense for man power machine
equipment’s and construction materials
 preparation of payment certificate
 Preparation of direct cost i.e. cost related to a specific project activities.

 Forman: - The Forman coordinates the workmen according to their particular activity like
masons, carpenters bar benders, and daily labor on the site order and control them. In general
the Forman
 Keeps the work moving ahead daily as the project engineer has planned it?
  Organizes and directs the work done by skilled and unskilled labors.
 studies the working drawings in detail before starting the work
 checks whether skilled or unskilled labor, materials, is sufficient or not for the
given work schedule
 executes the order that come from the project engineer
 Reports any challenged of work Procedure and their execution major
construction equipment’s next to the human factor the most important element
for any construction firm is to carry out its works efficiently is the availability
of construction machineries, equipment’s, and vehicles

Table 1.1 construction equipment and machinery

Chain excavator 3 - An excavator is a high power equipment for

excavating soil and removing from its original
position
Dozer 3 - A powerful tractor with broad curved blade for
clearing ground
Concrete mixer (750ltr) 3 - Is used to prepare concrete and mortar
Concrete Mixer (500ltr) 5
Concrete mixer 250ltr 6

compactor 5 - Used to Compacted the selected back filed soil

roller or material.

vibrator 4 - Used to compacting the concrete during filled

of reinforced concrete
Dump truck (8m3 capacity) 5 - Used to transport materials such as cement
aggregates and reinforcement to a construction
site
Service 7 - To transport workers
 Tower crane 2 - A crane is suspending objects or materials with
cable
Aggregate crusher 20t/hr 3 - Used to crush aggregates in to smaller pieces

Lift crane 3 -it Is lifting machine that can be used for lifting
and down ward materials

Fig 1.3: chain excavator

Figure 1- 3

Fig1.4: dozer

Fig1.5: track concrete mixer