V.J.W. HOAD – CURRICULUM VITAE
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| Year of Birth | 1929 Married Children born 1958, 1961 |
| Educated at | Price's School, Fareham, Hants and The Municipal College, Portsmouth (University of London). |
| Qualifications | B.Sc.(Engineering) 2nd Class Honours 1949 |
| Membership of Professional Associations | Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
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| 1949–51 | Assistant under Agreement to the Engineer and Surveyor, Farnborough Urban District Council. Sewerage and sewage disposal, layout and design housing estate, roads including surface water drainage. |
| 1951–1953 | Flying Officer, Royal Air Force, Airfield Construction Branch. Served in Germany and Middle East. |
| 1953 | Returned to Farnborough Urban District Council as assistant engineer. |
| 1954–1955 | Assistant Engineer in Head Office – Sir William Halcrow and Partners. Employed on Volta River Project hydro-electric scheme. |
| 1955–1956 | Resident Engineer – Sir William Halcrow and Partners, 1,000,000 gallon R.C. reservoir for Benghazi, Libya, Site Investigation Benghazi Harbour Reconstruction. |
| 1956–1957 | Resident Engineer Giuliana Bridge – Sir William Halcrow and Partners. Two span prestressed precast concrete bridge at Benghazi Harbour. |
| 1957–1960 | Deputy Resident Engineer, Beida Buildings Project, Libya. Seconded from Sir William Halcrow & Partners to Libyan Government Organisation. £2,000,000 Residential and Office Buildings, roads, sewers, and water supply. At the same time responsible for direct labour harbour reconstruction work at the Port of Derna. |
| 1960–1963 | Senior Assistant Engineer, Benghazi Harbour Reconstruction, Sir William Halcrow & Partners. £5,000,000. Production of artificial concrete armour units, materials testing laboratory and concrete quality control. Survey and site investigations Benina Benghazi Highway. |
| 1963–1965 | Resident Engineer, Benina Airport improvements, Sir William Halcrow & Partners. £900,000. Runway, taxi-ways and apron extensions and strengthening. Airfield lighting and other facilities. Flexible pavements with asphaltic concrete surfacing. |
| 1965 | Returned to Sir William Halcrow and Partners, Head Office. |
| 1965–1966 | Resident Engineer, Dubai–Dharjah road £300,000. Sir William Halcrow and Partners. 9 miles of highway surfaced with asphaltic concrete. Acting Chief Resident Engineer for two months responsible for buildings, water supply and sea defence works. Preliminary site investigation for Dubai Deep Water Harbour. |
| 1967 | Returned to Sir William Halcrow & Partners, Head Office. Employed on road pavement design and other associated road works for the Trucial States and Pakistan. |
| 1967 | Served in Tanzania for six months for Sir William Halcrow and Partners as Chief Assistant Engineer on the later stages of the Nyumba Ya Mungu hydro-electric power station (8 m.w) by directly employed Government Labour. |
| 1967–1969 | Seconded by Sir William Halcrow and Partners to Government of Libya as Chief Engineer and Executive Director to the Beida Development Organisation. Responsible for the planning, design and construction of building and civil engineering work amounting to £50,000,000 under the Government 2nd Five Year Plan. In this capacity responsible for construction of office and residential buildings, roads and other services valued at around £20,000,000 over the two year period. |
| 1969 | Returned to Sir William Halcrow and Partners, Head Office. Employed on Port of Jeddah fee assessment for additional work. Preparatory works in connection with the commencement of Port of Mutrah – Stage I Contract. £2,080,000. Technical administration Cairncross Dockyard Project Brisbane, No.2 Tanker Berth, Tobruk, and Sharjah slipways study and design. Preparation of draft information and technical date sheets for Port of Jeddah, Port Rashid, Tanker Berths, Tobruk and Port of Mutrah (now Port Qaboos). |
| April 1970 – January 1971 |
Resident Engineer, Port Qaboos Stage I, £2.1 million, Mutrah, Oman. |
| February 1971– February 1973 |
Resident Engineer, Port Qaboos Stage 1, Mutrah, Oman, and Port Qaboos Extension Contract. £17.3 million. Co-ordinating feasibility studies for airfields and roads. Miscellaneous minor marine works at Bukha, Khasab and Sur. Military Camp at Midway, Dhofar. Acting as the Firm's Representative in Oman. Assisting with setting up organisation of resident staff for the Dhofar Development Programme. |
| March 1973 – March 1975 |
Continued as Resident Engineer, Port Qaboos Extension Contract. Chief Resident Engineer, Oman from August, 1973. Co-ordinating work at Midway including roads and buildings, Sur Harbour Improvements, Masirah Development, Dhofar Development Programme policy matters, Buraimi – Ibri Road, North-South Road miscellaneous work, Salalah Airfield extension and approach lighting to runway 35. Contract preliminaries for Salalah-Midway Road and Thumrait Air Base. Estimated total value of work in Oman since 1970 R.O. 120,000,000. Assisting Resident Partner, Oman from June, 1974. |
| April and May, 1975 |
Head Office duties involved Masirah Development and Port of Jubail. |
| July, 1975 | Appointed Associate. Chief Resident Engineer, Port of Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Senior representative in Saudi Arabia. |
| August 1975 to date |
Continued as Chief Resident Engineer, Port of Jubail comprising Commercial and Industrial Harbours. Current value of contracts in hand about £1500 Million including two dredging and reclamation contracts, and three harbour works construction contracts. Appointed Principal Associate and Partner in Halcrow International Partnership, May 1977. Two dredging contracts completed mid 1978 together with substantial completion Harbour Works Phase I. Work started on minor port works at Darin and Al Khobar. Commercial Harbour Complementary Works and Industrial Harbour Complementary Works in progress from 1979 and due for completion 1980/81. Miscellaneous planning for continued development of the Port of Jubail and the implementation of various ancillary works. |