Wednesday, August 17, 2011

TRANSOXIANA-COMPANY AND GROUP PROFILE




with Prince Mohyuddin Baloch,Minister of Communications, 1983



A.Amin with Dr. Willy Kotiuga , SNC Lavalin Canada


A.Amin with his uncle Shahid M Amin , former Pakistani ambassador to Saudi Arabia

















Signing ceremony of contract of purchase of slip form paver with Mr Moser , worlds leading slip form paver expert

Below , supervision of under construction DI Khan Bridge as Director General National Highway Board,1983

MAJOR PROJECTS OF TRANSOXIANA

1-Staffing services to Servaer Uzbekistan in the pre bid stage for
Project Number: 37393 December 2005 Technical Assistance  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Preparing the Financial Market and Private Sector Development Program

2-Construct concrete tower foundations for Government of India Grant Uzbekistan –Kabul Transmission line.

3-Partner with SOFRECO France in Afghanistan Natural Gas Development Expression of Interest for Asian Development Project number:       AOTA: AFG 37085-01 Project name:        Natural Gas Development Project- January 2006 to mid 2006


http://www.scribd.com/doc/102866166/EoI-ADB-AFG-Natural-Gas-Dev-Project


4-TA No. 4696-AFG / Preparing the Commercial Agriculture Development Project
Provision of Horticultural expert to Servaer Uzbekistan which was sub contractor of Landell Mills

Provided agricultural experts to Servaer Uzbekistan which was sub contractor of Landell Mills for ADB Agro project.The participation was cancelled due to issues between Servaer and LML but LML retained our expert Mr Stanikzai.

5-ADB TA6308 REG: Scaling Up of the Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction as sub contractor with Servaer Uzbekistan which was sub contractor with Halcrow Fox
This contract was signed with Servaer Uzbekistan on 19 August 2006 – Sub contractor with Servaer Uzbekistan which was subcontractor with Halcrow Fox for Preparation of the Country Report for Afghanistan as part of the ADB TA6308 REG: Scaling Up of the Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction. I

6-Afghan Toll TA No.6308-REG Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction ADB Project Country Draft Report was completed and submitted successfully in March 2007.
 7-Organising and managing Supply of crush and aggregate to Aydeniz Insaat Turkey constructing military portion of Kabul Airport

June 2006 to August 2006 Supply of crush and aggregate to Aydeniz Insaat Turkey constructing military portion of Kabul Airport as contractor for ISAF.

8-July 2006 –supply of cold mix to Aydeniz Insaat for Kabul Airport.

9-Supply of Bitumin Grade 60-70 to Aydeniz at Kabul Airport.

10-Consultant with NATO client for IED survey in Afghanistan from May 2006 to October 2006.

Work dealt with IED logistics, how to interdict IED logistics and anti IED countermeasures at the strategic, operational and tactical level.

11-Survey of 22 Km Road from Nad I Ali to Camp Bastion with Pro Sima Lebanon.

Pre bid survey for USACE bid for Pro Sima Lebanon in a highly dangerous insurgent dominated area.

12-Pre bid preparation of National Emergency Rural Access Project ,Project ID No.: P103343 for Servaer Uzbekistan-March 2007.

13-Pre bid preparation of Project Number: 37393

Worked as staffing sub contractor with Servaer Uzbekistan but did not get the project. The objective of the proposed project was to provide year-round access to basic services and facilities in rural areas of Afghanistan covered by the project. 

14-Pre bid proposal preparation of MOA/507 , Facilitating Partner to support the Horticulture Production Component,March 2007 to May 2007

15-We prepared the financial and technical proposal for a client company but did not succeed in getting the project. The HLP project sought  to support the Afghanistan Government implement its Agricultural Master Plan through building local capacity developing both germplasm and improved planting materials, introducing new technologies and assisting local producers to adopt Best Management Practices (BMP). The expected result  of these investments was  a reinvigorated horticulture and livestock sector that enables rural economic development to grow at the target of 5% per annum in order to reduce rural poverty.

16-Asian Development Bank TA Project Number: 40537-CASA 1000- First Attempt as sub contractors of UBI Uzbekistan which was subcontractor of SNC Lavalin Canada- June 2007 to November 2007
This project was not a success as sub sub contractor rate of Afghan Toll was extremely low and it was difficult  to implement the project. Canadian team specially flew in from Canada to Pakistan and pre survey training for Afghan staff was held at Lahore Head Ofiice of NESPAK.However when the Afghan staff was sent into field data collection was not successful because of various logistic issues.

17-was not successful because of various logistic issues.
CONSULTANT HUSNAIN COTEX LIMITED-MARCH 2008 TO JUNE 2009
1.     Bid preparation Panjsher road bid USACE- February 2008 to March 2008.
2.     Bid preparation Sangtuda Pul I Khumri Transmission line
3.     Bid preparation Pul I Khumri Doshi Road.
4.     Bid preparation Bala Murghab Leman Road.
5.     Project Management preparation Benazir Bhutto International Airport
6.     Operation of Hot Recycling machine
7.     Operation of Cold Recycling machine

18-PRE BID SURVEY OF ADB CONSTRUCTION BID OF SANGTUDA PUL I KHUMRI TRANSMISSION LINE

Transoxiana made a pre bid survey of Sangtuda Pul I Khumri Transmission line construction bid for a client who did not get the project in March-April 2008.

19-Realignment of CASA 1000 at Salang Pass Study  for SNC Lavalin Canada –December 2009 to February 2011-This was a World Bank Project.

20-Threat perceptions for various foreign NGOs working in Pakistan.

21- Evacuation of more than 200 plant and machinery from dangerous areas in Balochistan.

22-Carried out World Bank High Level Desk Top study for Uzbekistan Afghanistan Pakistan Electric Transmission line as sub contractor of SNC Lavalin Canada.

23-Carried out study of electric line from Uzbekistan to Chitral Pakistan for SNC Lavalin Canada.The study was discontinued in the middle when SNC Lavalin discovered that there was no compatible grid station in Chitral.

24-Provided System Planning Specialist, Power Transmission Expert); and Social Safeguard Expert to provide certain consultancy services to Fichtner Germany as sub contractor of UNICON United Kingdom for Asian Development Bank TA No. 7637: Power Sector Master Plan in Afghanistan
Staffing partner with Unicon UK which was sub contractor of Fichtner Germany for Asian Development Bank project TA No 7637.

25-THREAT PERCEPTIONS FOR VARIOUS NGOS AND ORGANISATIONS-2008-2012
1-Threat Perception Quetta-Zhob DI Khan area.
2-Threat Perception Balochistan
3-Threat perception KP and FATA
4-Threat Perception Karachi


26-TA 7853 (REG) Afghanistan Turkmenistan Regional Power Interconnection Project
 Carried out alignment social Impact Assessment, resettlement and environmental survey now for Turkmenistan Afghanistan Electric Transmission line. An ADB project where TRANSOXIANA
Was  sub consultant with FICHTNER Germany in the ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TA 7853 (REG) Afghanistan Turkmenistan Regional Power Interconnection Project.

CV OF CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

Summary

Company Profile

http://strategicus-inc.blogspot.com/2011/08/shifting-of-180-pieces-of-plant-and.html


Consultants firm dealing with civil ,electrical,mechanical,chemical engineering and social,environmental, political,security studies and assessments.

Professor of Survey and Astronomy at Military College of Engineering Risalpur.

I graduated from US Army Engineer School Fort Belvoir in 1964.

Served in Military Operations Directorate as principal officer dealing with war plans.

Served as Director General National Highway Board from March 1981 to March 1987.

Looked after operations of Nazir and Company in Libya from 1987 to 1992.

Successfully negotiated Fourth Highway Loan with World Bank.

World Bank Consultant on Highways in Nigeria-1988.

Member Operations National Highway Authority Pakistan from April 1992 to June 1994.

Director General Punjab Highway Authority from November 1994 to January 1997.

Looked after operations of Nazir and Company in Iraq from 1997 to 2004.

Chief Technical Officer of Transoxiana from 2007 May till todate.
TRANSOXIANA
TRANSOXIANA

Experience




CEO

Trans Frontier Consultants
Pakistan
Civil Engineering Consultants



Chief Technical Officer

Transoxiana
Pakistan
Consultants firm dealing with civil ,electrical,mechanical,chemical engineering and social,environmental, political,security studies and assessments.

Transoxiana worked with top international firms like SNC Lavalin Canada Fichtner Germany etc



Civil Engineering Arbitrator

Civil Engineering Arbitrator
Pakistan
National Highway Authority Versus Hakas Private Limited for Islamabad Murree Expressway Dispute

Sambu Construction Company versus National Highway Authority Pakistan

AM Construction Company Versus Taisei Corporation Japan

Various other civil engineering disputes



Advisor

Nazir and Company Private Limited
Pakistan,Saudi Arabia,Iraq,Libya,Senegal
Civil Engineering and Project Management Consultant



Advisor

Husnain Cotex Limited
Pakistan
Civil Engineering and Project Management Advisor



Director General

Punjab Highway Authority
Pakistan
Introduced concept of BOOT in building highways in Pakistan.

Conceived Lahore Ring Road project and Faisalabad Pindi Bhattian BOOT project of which the latter was unjustly taken over by Pakistans Federal Government from Punjab Government in 1999.

Lahore Ring Road was to be constructed by private sector but the PPP Government sabotaged the project in 1996 and the project was finally given to National Logistic Cell without bidding by Musharraf regime and later by Punjab provincial government in 2008 at 35 % higher than engineer estimate without any bidding ?



Member Operations

National Highway Authority
Pakistan
Supervised all operations of the NHA.

Supervised construction of Lahore Islamabad Motorway



Partner

EPMC
Pakistan
Engineering Planning and Management Consultants



Advisor

Nazir and Company Private Limited
Pakistan,Saudi Arabia,Libya,Iraq,Senegal
Civil Engineering advisor for projects in Pakistan,Saudi Arabia,Libya,Iraq,Senegal.

Offered post of Military Advisor to Colonel Qaddafi which I declined to accept

Iraq operations came to an end when President Saddam Hussain without assigning any reason confiscated all our assets in August-December 1990.



Consultant on Highways

World Bank
Nigeria
Highway supervision of workd bank financed highways in Nigeria



Director General

National Highway Board
Pakistan
Construction of National Highways in Pakistan.

Successfully negotiated highway loans with various prime donors like World Bank etc.

Lahore Sahiwal Road

DI Khan Bridge

Khairabad Noswhera Peshawar Road

Peshawar Mardan Road

Introduced concept of BOOT Highways in Pakistan in 1982 which was unfortunately sabotaged by the Secretary General Ghulam Ishaq Khan who later became President of Pakistan.

Negotiated Fourth Highway Loan with World Bank in 1987



Brigadier General

Pakistan Army
Pakistan
Independent Field Engineer Company officer

Instructor Survey and Astronomy at Military College of Engineering

Adjutant 4 Engineer Battalion

US Army Engineer School Fort Belvoir 1964

Garrison Engineer Runway Pakistan Airforce Karachi

Command and Staff College-1968

Commanded Engineer Field Company in Neelam Valley

General Staff Officer Grade Two 16 Infantry Division Quetta-1969-October 1971.Planned and supervised the record movement of 16 Infantry Division from Quetta to East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in six days

Commanding Officer 6 Engineer Battalion October 1971 to March 1972.Laid the famous three layer minefield in Shakargarh bulge measuring 120 miles in one months record time

General Staff Officer Grade One Engineer in Chief Directorate General Headquarters

General Staff Officer Grade One (Plans) Military Operations Directorate-1973-1974

Armed Forces War Course-1974-75

Commanding Officer 105 Engineer Battalion -1975-1977

First officer in history of Pakistan Army to be promoted direct brigadier without intervening rank of colonel from the corps of engineers

Commander 4 Corps Engineers 1977 to 1979

Attended and qualified Administrative Staff College 1978

Commander 491 Brigade Group from June 1979 to March 1981



Commander

491 Brigade Group
Jaglot Farm,Northern Areas Pakistan
Maintenance of Silk Road also known as Karakoram Highway from Havelian to Khunjerab Pass.

Construction of Skardu Road.

Defence of Chinese Border where a Northern Light Infantry under my command was deployed.

Wrote Bridge design book which is standard text book in Corps of Engineers Pakistan Army

Introduced arch bridge in Pakistan using Chinese design

Expert in explosives and controlled blasting

Skills & Expertise

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Education

Administrative Staff College, Lahore

Project Management

National Defence College

Armed Forces War Course

Bachelor of War and Defence Studies

Command and Staff College Quetta

Command and Staff College

US Army Engineer School Fort Belvoir,Virginia

Military Engineering Basic Course, Military Engineering

School of Infantry and Tactics Quetta

Officers Weapons Course, Junior Officer Leadership Course

Military College of Engineering Rislapur

Basic Officers Military Engineering Course, Military EngineeringexplosivesminesAlpha

Punjab Engineering College Lagore

Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Civil EngineeringAlpha

Now known as UET Lahore

Gordon College Pindi

Intermediate Degree

Dennys High School

Matriculation








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Supervising construction of DI Khan Bridge as Director General National Highway Board 1982
  1. Commissioned in corps of engineers Pakistan Army in 1955 Brigadier Khalid Mohammad Amin served in various command and staff positions finally rising to rank of brigadier in 1976.
  2. He graduated from US Army Engineer School Fort Belvoir in 1964.
  3. He served as Director General National Highway Board Pakistan (1981-87).
  4. Served as consultant with World Bank Consultant Highways Nigeria (1988).
  5. Served as Member Operations National Highway Authority Pakistan (1992-94).
  6. Served as Director General Punjab Highway Authority Punjab Pakistan (1994-97).
  7. Consultant Nazir and Company Pakistan in Iraq,Libya and Pakistan (1987-92) & (1997-todate).
  8. In addition he is dispute resolution expert with various reputable companies including SAMBU Construction Korea and Husnain Cotex Group A.The last arbitration that he attended was at Singapore in between Taisei Corporation Japan and AM Construction Pakistan.


Trans Frontier Consultants assists clients with preparing and analyzing construction claims. Owners and contractors who realize the potential for disputes and conflicts rely on the firm's construction claims experts who are experienced construction managers and engineers.Our professionals possess unique skill sets that enable us to prepare and analyze claim issues promoting timely resolution. Clients depend on our specialized knowledge and expertise of construction claims to efficiently and cost effectively produce persuasive position statements for favorable and informed settlements.


Our consultants assist clients with claim issues including:--

1-Liability Identification2-Document Analysis and Segregation3-Contract Analysis4-Cause/Effect Relationship Analysis5-Damage Assessment6-Claims Management7-Cost Analysis8-Schedule Impact Analysis9-Delay Damages10-Cardinal Change11-Constructive Change12-Construction Defects13-Defective Contract Documents14-Delays15-Differing Site Conditions16-Directed Change17-Construction Disputes18-Implied Warranty19-Force Majeure20-Maladministration21-Owner Provided Items22-Superior Knowledge23-Suspension Termination24-Claims Evaluation25-Labor Productivity26-Value Appraisal27-Claim Preparation28-Claim Analysis29-Educational Seminars30-Dispute Resolution31-Schedule Acceleration

List of Civil/Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Services

Process Design


Our process design group can execute a wide range of basic and detailed engineering activities. Basic Engineering:--
1-Process SimulationHeat and Material Balances
2-Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)
3-Piping and instrumentation Diagrams (P&lDs)
4-Utility and Effluent Summary
5-Hydraulic Calculations
6-Heat Exchangers
7- Thermal Design and RatingEquipment
8-Sizing Process Data Sheets
9-Cause and Effect Diagrams
10-Detailed Engineering:P&lDs (AFD to AFC)
11-Utility Distribution Diagrams
12-Fire Protection Systems
13-Pressure Relieving.
14-Flaring, and Depressurizing Calculations
15-Operations Manuals (compilation)
16-As-Built P&IDsPiping Design

The piping design group specializes in the following:--

1-Plot Plans
2-Conceptual Piping Studies and Layouts
3-Piping PlansIsometrics
4-Project Specifications / ProceduresBill of Materials / Bill of Quantities
5-3D Modeling with PDSPipeline Design
6-Mechanical Design

Our mechanical design group provides :---

1-Specifications
2- Material selection
3-Mechanical design
4-Detailed engineering, and shop fabrication drawings for:--Pressure Vessels , Heat ExchangersProcess Related Mechanical EquipmentStorage Tanks and Silos
5-LPG Road Tankers
6-Electrical and Instrumentation
7-Designwide range of electrical and instrumentation (E&I) design services are provided.
8-Electrical Design
9-Area Classification Drawings
10-Single Line Drawings
11-Schematic and Wiring Diagrams
12-Specifications and Data Sheets
13-Cable Layouts and Routing Diagrams
14-Communications Systems
15-Control Valve and Orifice Plate Sizing
16-Civil Design

Our civil design group specializes in the following:--


1-Modeling using PDS
2-Steel and Concrete Structures
3-Tank Foundations
4-Compressor and Turbines (including dynamic analysis)
5-High Rise Buildings
6-Elevated and Underground Tanks
7-Underground Services for Plants
8-Highways
9-Industrial Facilities and Process Buildings
10-Pipe Racks
11-Table Top Structures
12- Elevated Structures
13-Warehouses
14-Bridges and Culverts
15-Equipment Foundations
16-Pile Foundations
17-Fire Alarm Systems
18-Heat Tracing Systems
19-Instrumentation
20-Design Instrumentation
21-Specifications and Data Sheets Logic / Loop Diagrams and Termination Drawings Hook-up and Installation Drawings Control Room layout and Arrangement Drawings Panel Specifications and Arrangement Drawings DCS and ESD Specifications

LPG Services

1-LPG Storage Vessel
2-LPG Bowsers
3-LPG Domestic & commercial
4-Cylinders Process Equipments like
a. Heat Exchanger
b. Catalytic Reactor
c. Pressure vessel
d. Storage tanks
e. Dispensers

We are providing turn key solution for Plant Design Project Management Detail Engineering Procurement Fabrication, Erection & installation.Other Areas of business:--


  
2-Electrical ,Mechanical,Civil and Environmental Engineering
3-Logistics
4-Marine Charter and Marine Cosnultancy
5-Insurance Investigation
6-Special research/verification
7-Human Resource of all types including specialised trades.
8-Military Professional Resources.
9-Energy Sector,Pipeline, Mineral Exploration Afghanistan & Pakistan.
10-Geopolitical Research,Analysis,Security Appreciation,Intelligence Appreciation
Past and Present Clients
1-SOFRECO France with Afghan Toll for Consultancy bid in Afghanistan in 2005-2006 for bid number TA 4666 Natural Gas Development Project.
2-Aydinez Turkey with Afghan Toll for supply of materials including aggregate,asphalt in 2006.
3-SNC Lavalin Canada for CASA 1000 Transmission line survey in April-June 2008 .With Afghan Toll .We did the environmental as well as social study as well as alignment study.
4-SAMBU Construction Korea for various arbitrations with National Highway Authority Pakistan.(Brig K.M Amin) .
5-Husnain Cotex Group A for various construction disputes (Brig K.M Amin).
6-Surefire Logistics UK with Afghan Toll.
7-Viking Consut Germany for various construction projects and elevated expressway in Pakistan.
8-Al Raza Logistics Afghanistan for fabrication of LPG dispensers and bowsers.
9-Hillwest Inc USA
10-Teralite USA for IT and communications.
11-One of the NATO countries in Afghanistan for security .2006.




 Concrete Foundations for Kabul Hairatan Transmission line 2006







STRATEGICUS  AND ALLIED COMPANIES AND PARTNERS


  1. TRANSFRONTIER STRATEGICUS AVIATION JV
  2. SECURITY AND LOGISTICS
  3. JACOBI MARINE CONSULTANTS
  4. OIL AND GAS TRANS FRONTIER

3-Anti Piracy Security Assessment for a leading shipping company.
4-Insurance for cargo moving from Karachu Port and Port Qasim Pakistan to/from Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics.
5-Various oil and gas/mineral exploration jobs in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
6-Supply of aviation crews to various state clients.
7-Oil and Gas jobs including all types of surveys,data analysis , setting up of surface and offshore rigs.


We specialise in :--
1-All types of security consulting.
2-Surveys of all types.
3-Military Professional Resources of all types.
4-Verification of all types.
5-Logistics ,air land and sea.
6-Human resources of all types.

Strategicus Inc is a also security consulting firm.

Presently the firm is being re-designated as Strategicus Inc.
To date we have carried out the following assignmens for various state and international clients:----
1- IED Survey for a NATO country in 2006.
2-Initial survey of road from Nad i Ali to Camp Bastion for Pro Sima Lebanon in 2006.
3-Supply of construction materials to Aydinez Turkey working as sub contractor for NATO at Kabul International Airport in 2006.
4- CASA 1000 Transmission line survey for SNC Lavalin Canada , as sub sub contractor of Asian Development Bank,World Bank and Islamic Finance Bank in 2008.
5-Can provide security guards,Gurkhas and all security consultancy services in Afghanistan,Pakistan and Central Asian Republics.
6-Re-alignment of CASA 1000 Transmission line as sub contractors of SNC Lavalin Canada in January 2011.The main client was the World Bank and we were sub contractors of World Banks consultant company SNC Lavalin Canada.
Ongoing Jobs:--
1-Provision of MI 8 crews to a US company working in Africa.
2-Import of LPG from Central Asia to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

RECOMMENDATION LETTER FROM SNC LAVALIN WORLDS FIFTH LARGEST AND CANADAS LARGEST CONSULTING ENGINEERING COMPANY FOR SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMING WORLD BANK/ADB FUNDED CASA 1000 TRANSMISSION LINE SURVEY IN AFGHANISTAN











ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MY BOOK FROM COMMANDANT US MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT




INVITATION FROM US ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY TO SPEAK ON AFGHANISTAN WAR




ACQUISITION NUMBER OF MY BOOK IN US ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE FORT LEAVENWORTH LIBRARY and US ARMY WAR COLLEGE LIBRARY CARLISLE





WITH DR GREG WEARY OF SNC LAVALIN CANADA DISCUSSING ENVIR0NMENTAL ASPECTS OF CASA 1000 TRANSMISSION LINE

















INTRODUCTION NOTE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TALIBAN FACTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
TITLE OF  BOOK AUTHORED BY CEO STRATEGICUS PUBLISHED BY EDWIN MELLEN PRESS , LEWISTON , NY IN FEBRUARY 2010









Security escort in adverse security areas


Light Machine Gun Vehicle






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