Technical Activities in Malakal

Environmental View:

Malakal lies to extreme north of south Sudan; with a low land plateaus where black cotton soil dominates the ground. the environmental life is poor for crop vegetation; with a lot of dead soil that request specialist in the economy.

Construction Industry:

the construction industry is limited due to very many reasons; among other,the following identified:
1/the type of the soil is poor and needs experts to design relevant types of foundation
2/the skills found within the communities is poor
3/ the area being black cotton soil; local materials are not located near or within the area and transportation of this materials becomes expensive
4/ the imported materials comes in through river transport and in dry season the water level is now for heavy steamers to come faster from the north
5/the community within are cattle keepers not accepting coming to worker in the construction industry and this makes it difficult to bring workers from far communities
6/ in summer or wet seasons, roads are not passable and work stops due to inadequate materials at the sites
7/ cattle raiding interrupts construction activities
8/ Lack of communicating language is also a barrier to the skill workers brought from far communities.

Those are identified constraints hindering construction industry in malakal.
solutions and recommendations:

1/research must be carried through out the area of malakal by experts to find suitable type of foundation design for construction industry in malakal
2/ on site skill training be conducted to the communities within malakal
3/ soil survey get conducted to find possible means of getting local materials within; areas like Nasir and Renk
4/ Land roads linking malakal and the neighboring towns be built
5/ community social education be carried out in malakal
6/ social security campaign be carried throughout malakal communities

other issues shall be corrected when one or two of the above points are put ground to function.
I am optimistic that my four years period of study here will enable me to reach a lot and find other solutions to suggest. currently; I am just circling a small parameter.