My responsibility included management of the department in activities including field investigation, design, tendering and construction supervision of projects covering highways, water supply and waste water disposal, solid waste management, urban transportation and railway engineering. Some of the projects involved working with foreign consulting firms from as far as Britain, South Africa, Europe, South America, India, Japan and Australia.

My responsibilities included supervising maintenance of 975km of permanent and telecommunication and signalling systems with over 1070 staff comprising of engineers, technicians and support staff under three civil engineering districts and two telecommunication and signalling districts. I also was responsible for rescue operations after derailment/capsizement accidents and breaches resulting from floods.