The Authority recently held a consultative meeting with the Association of Consulting Engineers of Kenya (ACEK). The discussions centered on areas of partnership and collaboration between the two institutions.
While welcoming the ACEK team led by the Chairperson Eng. Jane Mutulili, Ag. Chief Executive Officer Eng. Julius Mugun expressed his gratitude and called for cooperation with the Association noting that the objective of ACEK is to promote the advancement of the professionalism of Consulting Engineers by associating together for consultation and co-operation. This involves all engineering roles and providing facilities for Government, Public Bodies, and Associations. Representatives of Industry and Trade and others to confer with consulting engineers as a body and ascertain their collective views.
Following the deliberations, they agreed to initiate further discussions that would redefine the core areas of collaboration by aligning ACEK’s Vision with our mandate; initiate capacity building training programs; provide technical expertise & advisory services, plan for joint research & innovative sustainable solutions; and foster networking & collaboration.
Eng. Mutulili reiterated the role of ACEK in supporting Consulting Engineers with practical industry needs. It has a membership of 115 full members, 98 Consulting Engineering firms drawn from various engineering disciplines and 363 Future Leaders comprising of the under 40-year engineers.
This collaboration presents the opportunity to have joint technical teams visit our projects, participate in ACEK organized conferences where our technical staff would present papers and publish in ACEK publications with over 20,000 circulations.
Also present from ACEK included Eng. Dick Ndiewo, Council Member & Committee Chair, Finance and Conference; Eng. Paul Ochola, Council Member & Committee Chair, Research and Publications; Eng. Barbara Adhoch; Chief Executive Officer and Martha Mutei; Capacity Building & Training Officer. Team from the Authority comprised of George Nyabicha, Robert Nthenge, Paul Aswani and Wilfred Munyiri.
