About NEPS
Engineering The Nation's Development
Vision
To be a leading engineering organization serving for the
good of the people.
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Mission
● To practice engineering ethics and have
environment-consciousness.
● To be a quality oriented organization focusing the
sustainable development of society.
● To serve as a qualified engineering organization
fulfilling the country's needs.
● To hand over its experience and good aims to the
successive generations.
Background
National Engineering and Planning Services is a company
incorporated in Myanmar in 1998 specializing in planning,
design, construction and engineering consultancy. It is
established for the purpose of creating an institution of
specialist abilities and dependable services in the private
sector. With this end in view a group of professionals who
have extensive experience both national and international
has assembled to take leadership in the activities relating
to studies, development planning, design, construction and
supervision of works.
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Major Field of Works Undertaken
NEPS offers professional services in the following fields
bringing its clients the benefits of a cost effective and
comprehensive solution from the identification or
prefeasibility stages through final design to construction
and commissioning. ● Irrigation and water management.
● Drainage and flood control
● Water supply and
treatment plant
● Hydraulic structures
● Hydropower
and water resources development
● Hydrological studies
● Soil investigations and foundation treatment
● Roads
and rural infrastructures ( including bridge and jetty )
● Industrial and residential buildings
● River training
and erosion control
● Pile and pile foundation design
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Surveying, land-subdivision and landscaping
● Environmental and social impact assessment of infrastructure development project
The key personnel of the company have proven expertise and
experience over 20 years both local and abroad in the
various disciplines of civil engineering. NEPS is relatively
young but effectively matured in terms of knowledge and
experience. The firm is familiar with local conditions and
could merge international norms and standards while
maximizing the use of local skills and materials.
Embodying the values of professionalism and engineering
ethics, ensuring the enthusiasm, commitment and the strategy
to bring the vital elements of certainty and economy to the
project, NEPS tailors its approach to suit the exact needs
of the client.
NEPS has the resources and experience essential for the
successful completion of the significant size and complexity
of the engineering projects. Design techniques, study
methods and computer software are employed across its wide
range of discipline. Full use is made of in house or
affiliated company's technologically advanced facilities in
terms of computer hardware, monitoring equipment, data
collection devices and CAD, PC network system etc.
Highlights on some of the NEPS's works are presented below :
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Industrial Buildings
Significant structural works include the industrial building
at Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone, Yangon, a garment factory
for 300 sewing machines including office facilities, stores
and canteen. Detail design of structural steel and
reinforced concrete structure are the main features of the
project.
The noteworthy feature of the structure is the 80 feet span
steel roof truss designed and constructed by the NEPS
engineers. Layout of the complex , landscaping, parking
areas are also included in the project.
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Water Supply and Treatment Plant
Taking the task of Area 5 works of the 200 ton per day Pulp
Mill Project ( Thabaung ) in Ayeyarwady division shows
clearly the capability of NEPS in construction of special
concrete structures in a limited time. Area 5 works include
water intake pump station, supply water purification system
and effluent treatment plant which totalled about 22000 m3
of reinforced concrete works. NEPS has successfully
completed its task within the scheduled period of 21 months.
Most of the structures are water tight ones and the
performance was checked and assured by China Metallurgical
Construction Group (MCC) which is one of the ISO 9000
recognized organization. NEPS has involved not only in civil
works but also in some installation works such as
installation of 71 m long 920 φ intake pipe from river to
pump house which supply eight million gallons per day to the
mill.
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Hydropower Development
Tabak Hydropower Project of Kachin State is the power
project undertaken by the NEPS in power sector. It has an
installed capacity of 24 MW and is estimated to produce
173.6 GWh of energy annually, of which primary and secondary
are 115.8 GWh and 57.8 GWh respectively. This demonstrates
the typical optimal use of the natural endowment like hilly
terrain and perennial river of the Kachin State. Diversion
weir and intake, power canal including a state of the art
tunnel, forebay and powerhouse constitute the main features
of the project. The project cost is estimated to be US$ 24.5
millions.
This project also helps to demonstrate the ability in
dealing with the scarcity of data in hydrological studies.
Long term hydrological data is always essential if the risk
is to be minimized and the lack of it is not uncommon for
engineering projects especially when they are in remote
areas.
Thus, after measuring a year of daily stream flow data,
stochastic modelling algorithm was developed for simulation
of the water resources system. The shot noise mathematical
model was being derived from the filtered " Poisson Process
" to generate about forty consecutive years comprising of
daily inflow data at Washaung Weir. Subsequently data
transposition to the point of interest was done through
computerized linking with " Lag zero " correlation of mean
daily streamflow between " Washaung Weir " and the project
site.
Ultimately these long term generated daily inflows were used
to simulate the power output in the Tabak Hydropower
Project.
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Kun Hydropower Project
The feasibility study and detail design of Kun Hydropower
Project in Bago Division is another endeavour of NEPS in
energy sector. The Client of the project is Myanma Electric
Power Enterprise.
It has an installed capacity of 60 MW and is estimated to
produce an average annual generated energy of 180 GWh. The
project features a 220 feet high rockfill dam, a spillway, a
low pressure pipeline and a powerhouse among other
components.
NEPS carried out the hydrological and geological
investigations, engineering designs which include hydraulic
and structural designs of various structures and also
optimization and evaluation of the project.
The estimated cost of the project is about US$ 62 millions.
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Special Construction Works and Environmental Protection
Heap Leaching Pad Construction for Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper
Company Limited in Sagaing division demonstrates the
engineering capability of the NEPS to supervise and
construct the special type of structures and complete the
work according to the specifications within its time frame.
The works involve construction of 8 no of cells of 700 m x
80 m involving laying of impervious soil layer, HDPE liner,
cushion and drainage layer. Among the safeguards taken to
protect the environment, safe transport, storage and use of
harzadous chemicals, rehabilitation of land degraded by
construction activities and conserving all native plants and
animals are carried out as stipulated by the Environmental
Management Plan.
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Reclamation, Flood Protection and Irrigation in Upland Area
Reclamation and Agricultural Land Development in Letpandan
is the typical project where flooding occurs during monsoon
season making it almost impossible or high risk activity for
agriculture. The situation is totally different from tidal
area where drainage and protection from salt water intrusion
are of paramount importance. In this particular project
about 8000 acres of inundated land is reclaimed from
flooding of Myitmakha river by designing polders, diversion
and outlet structures, sluice gates and drainage canal
system. Pumps and irrigation canal system are designed for
irrigation purposes during the dry season using the water
trapped in low lying areas when the monsoon flood recedes
from Myitmakha river.
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Water Supply Scheme
NEPS took the task of investigation, design, quality control
and construction management for water supply by pumps. The
capacity of the pumps are 10,000 gph for a net head of 850
feet. The work was carried out for Pao
National Organization in Mongshu, Shan State.
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Surveying and Land Sub-division
NEPS carried out a topographic survey of about 10000 acres
of land in Tanintharyi division for oil-palm plantation.
Included in the survey works are land sub-division for pilot
plots, demarcations for land levelling boundaries etc.
NEPS was appointed by Katahira & Engineers International of
Japan to carry out the topographic survey for road
improvement work under the Kokang Rural Development Project
in Northern Shan State. The work involves the survey of the
existing road from Laokai to Konkyan (67.2 km) and Tar Shwe
Tan to Cha Zi Shu (6.4 km) and also the site of a small
hydropower scheme.
Differential
GPS was used to establish the position of the reference
stations while Total Station and conventional instruments
were used to run the traverse and locating the detail
features. To be in conformity with the existing map system
in Myanmar, the results of GPS in W.G.S 84 system are
converted into Lambert system in producing the map.
For that Project
Topographic map, longitudinal profile and cross sections of
the road are prepared by using CivilCAD version 5.5 and
AutoCAD Release 14 softwares.
All of Topographic map,L.S & C.S of road and canal,
Earthwork Calculation , Reservoir Capacity, Staking out
Survey could be carried out by Total Station and used the
Software of AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 ,
AutoCAD 2012.
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Consultancy Service for Construction of Buildings
NEPS undertook the consultancy service for quality assurance
and design improvement of reinforced concrete buildings
under construction for Leprosy Control and Basic Health
Services Project in Mandalay sponsored by JICA.
The buildings consist of a 45'x36' training hall , a
100'x40' dormitory and a 50'x30' special skin clinic.
The NEPS Engineers reviewed the designs and drawings and
field inspection trips were also made to the construction
site. Reports were submitted to JICA which include
suggestions and recommendations for improvement and remedial
measures to be taken for the construction works.
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Road and Infrastructure
Preliminary study and cost estimate for upgrading of road
and bridges from Pakokku to Copper Mine Site were carried
out by NEPS.
The work comprises survey of the extsting road including
bridges and assessments for upgrading and rehabilitation.
The road covers a distance of about 123 km involving 108
existing bridges. It also includes selection of site and
preliminary design of a jetty at Pakokku and a causeway at
Yama Stream.
Preliminary cost estimates were prepared for upgrading and
rehabilition of road and bridges and construction of
relevant structures.
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Work including Stakeholders Meetings and Public Consultation Meetings on Infrastructure Development Projects
Being composed of basically civil engineers, NEPS deals with nature and the environment, and devotes its focus on conserving the environment in conducting environmental and social impact assessments since 2006. Some of the impact assessment works carried out by NEPS are described in “some engineering services undertaken” at the back of this company profile.
Social surveys such as socio-economic study in the baseline study of development projects were carried out for all environmental and social impact assessment. Networking with key stakeholders by conducting KII (Key Informant Interviews) and PCM (Public Consultation Meetings) with all project stakeholders including local inhabitant beneficiaries are among the assignment activities for the environmental and social impact assessment work.
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