Transport consulting design share company (TCDSCo) is a full fielded state owned consulting firm that deals with the design and construction supervision of road, bridges and airports. The company is established in august 1987. Before its establishment as an independent consulting firm TCDSCo had been a division under Ethiopian roads authority.
The main purposes of its establishment are the following:-
To engage in the activities of surveying and designing of transportation works. The company has now diversified its activities to include design of buildings, water works and other civil engineering works.
To engage in construction material testing and geotechnical investigation for building dams etc…
To render consultancy services in construction supervision and contract administration.
To engage in any other related activities necessary for the attainment of its purposes.
TCDSCo is located at the center of Addis Ababa around Mexico, behind Ethiopian road authority (ERA). The company has attained more than 40 years of experiences particularly in photogrammetry, surveying, design, materials investigation and testing and, construction supervision with regard to roads, bridges and airports. It has also acquired substantial experience in design of buildings, water works and other civil engineering works.
The firm has extended its efforts to give better services with technically advanced systems and equipment. Besides, it has a total staff of 466 among which most of them are qualified professionals with various disciplines of engineering.
TCDSCo is registered as an independent consulting firm by:-
International bank reconstruction and development (world bank, Washington D.C)
United nation development programmer (UNDP: New York)
African development bank (ADB, Abidjan)
Islamic development bank (IDB, Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia) and
European commission (EC)
1.1. VISION OF THE SHARE COMPANY
To be one of the leading international