Strategic management of critical projects (Oil roads).

Abstract

The Government of Uganda and its Oil Partners through the Lake Albert Basin Development Committee (LABDC) set a target to achieve First Oil by 2020. In order to achieve this target, key enabling infrastructure, such as road network, must be in place. Accordingly, Government together with the Oil partners identified the Oil Roads required to be upgraded in order to achieve the 2020 target. The total length of the identified Oil Roads is approximately 700km. This Project report outlines the Strategic arrangements, my role on the Project, guidelines and status for the upgrading of the Oil Roads in five chapters, general introduction, Implementation and Management Strategy, Project Details and Status, Project Financing, challenges, conclusions and Lessons learnt. The identified Oil Roads were packaged into six packages 1-6 to aid implementation. Procurement of the first three packages were undertaken by Uganda National Roads Authority to meet the priority needs of the Oil Partners and were expected to be funded by Exim Bank of China. The Oil Partners in consultation with Uganda National Roads Authority identified all the bottlenecks and prioritized in the implementation of works to provide enabling infrastructure within a period of one year to enable the JVPs transport the logistic and construction materials once FID has been concluded. Additionally, the contract documents were to include pre-financing of the works for a period reasonable for GoU to secure funds for re-paying the contractors and also the remaining works. UNRA in-house team handled project: Preliminary design, procurement, and some Package Supervisions. EPC lump sum turnkey Contracts, as in multi-lot projects were packaged awarding contracts to prequalified contractors.