Location: Doha, Qatar
Client: General Department for Technical Affairs, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture Qatar
Project Value: $5,700,000
Project Commencement date: November 2006
Project Completion date: November 2011
Associated Project Partners: SMEC International

The project involves the design, supply, construction, completion and maintenance of Solid Waste Management (SWM) facilities with a capacity of some 1500 tons p/day. The facilities comprise 4 new transfer stations, enhancement and integration of an existing transfer station, and a new Domestic Solid Waste Management Centre (DSWMC) comprising an entrance area, recycling/sorting area, biological treatment area for composting of biodegradable materials, an incineration plant, and a lined solid waste landfill.

• Verification of the contractors detailed design
• General and site supervision and quantity survey during the design, supply, construction and completion of the works
• Assistance in the preparation of the Engineer’s requirements for the contractor’s work, including all correspondence and Engineer’s instructions.

 Location: Sindh Province, Pakistan
Client: Sindh Cities Improvement Program, Government of Sindh (Asian Development Bank)
Project Value: US $1,882,500
Project Commencement date: 04/2010
Project Completion date: 06/2012
Associated Project Partners: SMEC International Pty Ltd (Australia), Engineering General Consultants (Pakistan)

Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (SCIP) is a 10-year, $400 million program to improve basic urban infrastructure in Sindh's secondary towns through (i) establishing local government-owned, professionally-managed urban services corporations (USCs); (ii) urban sector reforms and capacity development; and (iii) priority investment in water supply, wastewater and solid waste management infrastructure.  SCIP will be implemented in successive tranches, with Tranche 1 covering the Sindh towns of Sukkur, New Sukkur, Rohri, Khairpur, Shikarpur and Larkana.

Services provided by BCE include:

• Overall monitoring and evaluation of SCIP
• Developing and Implementing the Investment Program Performance Monitoring System
• Developing and implementing a PSU capacity development and training plan to develop skills in areas including finance, social and environment compliance, corporate governance, assessment, monitoring and evaluation, utility and tariff reform
• Implementing province - wide policy, regulatory and institutional change  including SCIP Action Plan for Reform
• Establishing and operationalising the Urban Unit within P&DD, including implementation of urban planning initiatives and reforms

Location: Manila, Philippines
Client: Regulatory Office of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage (MWSS-RO), Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR), and World Bank
Project Value: US$490,000
Project Commencement date: 02/2008
Project Completion date: 10/2008

Associated Project Partners: SMEC International Pty Ltd, Sustainable Ecosystems International Cooperation

The “Rate Rebasing” is an important Exercise for both Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and its concessionaires Maynilad Waters Services Incorporated (MWSI) and Manila Water Company Incorporated (MWCI), considering that this will determine the performance of the water utility concession and its future development. The outcome of this particular activity will have direct and indirect bearing on multifarious stakeholders who primarily depend on major service providers such as the government and private entities for their water supply and sewerage system in Metro Manila.

BCE undertook the following activities:

• Evaluation of historical (actual) Cash Flows vis-à-vis the preceding Rate Rebasing projected unleveraged cash flows, for prudence and efficiency of incurrence to establish possible disallowances, if there are any;
• Evaluation of concessionaires compliance to the service obligation targets per Business Plan submitted in the preceding Rate Rebasing and the determination of appropriate penalties or rewards;
• Evaluation of the concessionaire’s new Business Plan including Service Obligation targets for the following technical assumptions made, the propriety of cost estimate (future cash flow) of the required programs to meet the new set of Obligation Targets, the propriety of the required Operating Expenses, and other cost necessary in the operation of the concession business;
• Estimation of the appropriate foreign exchange rates to be assumed in the projection of the annual concession fee payments and other foreign currency denominated cost streams in the future cash flows; and
• Determination of an Appropriate Discount Rate (ADR) to be applied to the unleveraged future cash flows necessary to meet the requirements of the New Business Plan.

Location: Kiritimati Island, Kiribati
Client: Asian Development Bank
Project Value: US$445,000
Project Commencement date: 10/2007
Project Completion date: 01/2008

Associated Project Partners: Sinclair Knight Merz

Development of the agreed conceptual projects for water and sanitation into project designs and feasibility studies suitable for ADB financing. For the respective projects, this will involve, where appropriate (i) preparation of preliminary designs (ii) preparation of cost estimates and financing plan (iii) identification of procurement needs (iv) identification of project beneficiaries (v) environmental assessment (vi) social assessment (vii) identification of land needs and implications (viii) economic and financial analysis and (ix) institutional and regulatory changes required for each project. 

Services provided include:

• Review data and information in the draft Kiritimati Island Development Plan, assess, update and review.
• Prepare a Full Poverty and Social Analysis in accordance with ADB requirements.
• For the proposed investment projects carry out socioeconomic surveys and identify the beneficiaries of the project and ensure that their needs and perceptions are consistent with the project’s objectives.
• Assist in identifying socio social factors that may assist or hinder the project and input these into the project designs to ensure solutions are sustainable.
• Undertake income and expenditure profiles with a cross-section of the community to assist in identifying affordability levels and willingness to pay for agreed services including items purchased via the revolving fund.
• Design and implement a Participation and Community Awareness Program on key themes, issues and directions for the agreed projects. 
• Integrate the above into the project designs including economic analysis of agreed project proposals and development and contribution to the RRP including necessary annexes.

Location: Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
Client: Bureau of Landscape and Gardens / Guilin Municipal Government
Project Value: $1,000,000
Project Commencement date: June 2006
Project Completion date: June 2007
Associated Project Partners: SMEC; China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR); Individual consultants

Prepare an Institutional Development Plan together with supporting legislation for the sustainable development of China’s most famous tourist river – the Lijiang River. The project also required a review of existing water resource management practices as well as existing monitoring and data information systems. Activities included:

• Preparation of short, medium and long term Institutional Development Plans
• Preparation of supporting legislative framework
• Recommendation on data management and monitoring systems improvement
• Recommendations on water resource management and planning improvements
• Develop pilot programs for public consultation and provide recommendations for stakeholder participation
• Undertake procurement of office equipment and river monitoring facilities
• Undertake domestic and international inspections of best practice river basin management arrangements.

Location: Al Ain, U.A.E
Client: Al Ain Municipality
Project Value: $65,000
Project Commencement date: September 2005
Project Completion date: January 2006
Associated Project Partners: Maunsell AECOM Al Ain

The purpose of this consultancy was to review current practices to determine whether efficiencies and service delivery benefits are possible from contracting out services to the private sector, and if so, to assist the Municipality with the tender and contracting process.

The project involved the following specific activities:

• Review of existing Municipal waste services and facilities;
• Identification of opportunities for private sector involvement to improve cost & quality of service delivery;
• Assessing capacity of private sector to deliver services;
• Drafting performance-based outsourcing contracts for Waste Collection; Cleansing Services; and Pest Control
• Reviewing organisational structure to meet new contract management activities;
• Building capacity within Municipality management and staff.

Location: Sri Lanka
Client: Queensland Government
Project Value: $2,200,000
Project Commencement date: January 2006
Project Completion date: March 2007
Associated Project Partners: SKM

The Queensland Government provided A$ 2.2 million as part of its Tsunami Response to the victims of the Sri Lanka Disaster. The project management consultancy was granted to BCE as lead contractor and supported by SKM, to manage this funding commitment to construct and repair houses for the Village of Kalutara in the south of the Island and the Village of Kallady in the North of the Island. The main activities included:

• Plan and map the area for housing construction in the two Villages;
• Obtain approvals and Surveys of Sites
• Develop House designs to suit the sites & obtain GOSL and local community approval;
• Prepare Tenders and appoint Building Contractors;
• Supervise Building Projects with regular visits to sites and obtain GOSL Certification;
• Manage relations with Community Organisations in the Villages to build a suitable environment, including community facilities;
• Provide a liaison service for the State Government and The Sri Lanka Disaster Relief Fund Queensland.

Location: Al Ain, UAE
Client: Al Ain Municipality
Project Value: $185,000
Project Commencement date: June 2006
Project Completion date: June 2007
Associated Project Partners: Maunsell, Al Ain

This project was to provide specialist contract and project management services as part of a project team preparing, assessing and implementing tenders for the outsourcing of operations and maintenance of Municipal Parks and Gardens in Al Ain.  Activities included:

• Oversee preparation of tender documents;
• Coordinate and participate in tender assessment process and make recommendations on preferred tenderers;
• Work with the Project team members and those nominated by the Municipality to manage the negotiation, implementation and on-going monitoring of the outsourcing contracts;
• Develop a contracts management and performance monitoring framework and procedures;
  Meeting with private sector contractors in formal and informal contract review and performance monitoring sessions;
• Make recommendations to Higher Authorities regarding contractor performance and related payments and/or penalties

Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Client: Nairobi Water Services Board (World Bank)
Project Value: US1,400,000
Project Commencement date: 09/2005
Project Completion date: 09/2007

Associated Project Partners: SMEC International (Australia)

The Nairobi Water Services Board (NWSB), established as part of the Government’s comprehensive institutional reform initiative in the water sector, is responsible for infrastructure development and provision of water supply and sewerage services in Nairobi and 5 other municipal areas.  Following these structural changes in the sector, the Government, assisted by the World Bank, is implementing the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Institutional Restructuring Project with the objective to build strong governance and an institutional and service delivery framework that will enable efficient and sustainable delivery of water and sewerage services to the population of Nairobi.

BCE’s activities included:

Location: Xhariep Municipality, South Africa
Client: AusAID
Project Value: $126,000
Project Commencement date: March 2003
Project Completion date: May 2003
Associated Project Partners: SALGC; GSM

The object of the project was to identify options and models for waste management service delivery that have been used in Australia in similar conditions (mixed urban/rural) and adapt them as necessary, to test their applicability to the South African context, using the Xhariep Municipality as a pilot. The project looked at:

• Improvement in services, specifically solid waste management, to communities across the District.
• Identification of a range of options for organising and managing for delivering services and the means to choose the best option by engaging the private sector, trade unions, the community and other key stakeholders in the assessment of one or more of the potential models
• More effective and efficient service delivery.

Location: Dysart, Australia
Client: Broadsound Shire Council
Project Value: $25,000
Project Commencement date: December 1997
Project Completion date: April 1998
Associated Project Partners: Gutteridge Haskins & Davey (Australia)

Broadsound Shire Council is one of the largest coastal Councils in Queensland, Australia, occupying a land area of 18,474 km2. The project provided advice to Broadsound Council on the development of a solid waste management strategy:

• Review of current waste practices and status of solid waste disposal;
• Identification of strategies to improve existing operations;
• Development of a conceptual plan for future waste management options;
• Cost effectiveness and structures for regionalisation of waste activities;
• Identification of future landfill sites and recommendations of transfer station designs;
• Advice on waste minimisation strategies;
• Review of hazardous waste and greenwaste processes and options.

Location: Muscat, Oman
Client: Auscon Consultants
Project Value: $A 58,000
Project commencement date: September 1997
Project Completion date: January 1998

Brisbane City Enterprises were approached by the government of Oman to work on the preliminary master plan for the rebuilding of the Muscat sewerage system. The project involved an analysis of the requirements and preparation of the final report including: 

• Preliminary master planning
• Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed sewerage treatment plants
• Alternative plans and options for the current system of sewerage management
• Researching the local geography to find suitable locations for pumping stations

Location: Brisbane City
Client: Brisbane City Council
Project Value: $2,500,000
Project Commencement date: January 1997
Project Completion date: June 1997
Associated Project Partners: Lloyd Consulting

The purpose of the project was to facilitate the closure and remediation of a hazardous waste disposal site by working in consultation with all levels of government and private industry to establish alternate disposal options for the hazardous waste materials prior to the site closure.

• Establishment of consultative committees
• Establishing site monitoring and reporting programs
• Feasibility assessments
• Specification of design requirements and review of designs
• Construction supervision, contract administration,
• Preparation of cost estimates and cash flow models and budget preparation,
• Establishing environmental performance measures, Quality Assurance and operating procedures.