RODECO Consulting focuses its attention on infrastructure and institutional development in particular in the following fields:

 

Water Supply and Sanitation, Hydraulic Engineering

• Design and construction of urban and rural water supply and sanitation facilities
• Master planning, feasibility studies, preparation of tender documents, site supervision, procurement and commissioning
• Rehabilitation of urban water supply and drainage facilities
• Water treatment plants, hydraulic calculation of distribution networks
• Waste water treatment plants, sewage networks, storm water drainage
• GIS and network management
• Leak detection, metering, operation & maintenance
• Community mobilisation and participation
• Sanitation and hygiene awareness campaigns

 

Water Resources Management and Soil Conservation

• Integrated water resources management
• (Transboundary) River basin management
• Hydro-meteorological networks
• Watershed management
• Water quality and quantity management
• Soil conservation and erosion control

 

Capacity Building - Public Utility Management

• Commercialisation, consolidation, private sector participation (PSP)
• Organisational development and change management
• Management information systems (MIS)
• Business plans, financial management, tariffs
• Asset evaluation, workshop organisation, store management
• Public relations, customer services
• Water sector reformes/local government structures
• Good Governance

 

Environmental and Natural Resources Management – Climate Change

• Impact of climate change on water management
• Environmental studies and EIAs
• Environmental regulations and legislation
• Environmental monitoring and laboratory systems
• Renewable energies, climate adaptation measures
• Solid waste management (strategies, landfill design, capacity building)

 

Cross Cutting Issues

• Establishment of academic and training institutes
• Training needs assessment, HRD
• Development of curricula and didactic material
• Workshops and training courses, study tours
• On-the-job training of skilled staff
• Training of trainers
• Consulting and management support to set out universities and pedagogic institutes