Ing. Ferdinand Boateng Boakye(FGS, PE-GhIE, MWAIMM)

IAMGOLD Essakane mine TSF phase 3 and 4 construction supervision

Senior QA/QC engineer-Burkina Faso

• Set controls to ensure that the TSF construction is performed to design and construction specifications
• observed, reviewed and certified all QA/QC tests performed on the project
• Ensured that all activities are performed in compliance to acceptable, codes, standards and legal framework
• Reported daily and weekly construction activities to all stakeholders.
• Identified deficiencies and discussed with the design engineer and EOR
• Adhered to timelines to meet quality assurance targets.
• Assessed scope and requirements to assist with project design determinations.

Nordgold LEFA mine TSF 2 stage 1 construction

Senior site supervisor-Guinea

• Construction management: lead the technical team on site and managed resources including equipment, prject cash and human labour on a daily basis.
• Construction supervision: Lead the team in constructing a 350m long dam, managed borrow pit operations, and constructed the entire compacted clay liner basin floor.
• Client relations: represented the company at all technical meetings with the client and consultants

Sering Ingeneria GARID project

Senior technical supervisor- Ghana

• Supervised a field geotechnical site investigation programme along the entire stretch of the odaw drain including 25 boreholes, 20 SRTs, a Ground penetrating radar surveys(GPR) and 10 multi-channel analysis of surface waves(MASWs)
• Managed the laboratory testing programme for the project.

• Geotechnical Site Investigation: Performed a geotechnical site investigation with a team of engineers and drillers to assess the integrity of existing structures and the possibilities of constructing new structures close to pre- existing buildings for the British high commission in Ghana
• Quality Assurance and Quality control: Managed a quality control programme on laboratory testing of soil and rock samples from the Essakane project in Burkina Faso, the Mikaels wind farm project in Ghana, and Mine Engineers Incorporated’s Lola graphite project in Gunea
• Laboratory testing and design parameter estimation: Assisted in the determination of geotechnical design parameters from laboratory and field-testing results for DRA MET CHEM’s infrastructure design on the Lola graphite project in Guinea
• Slope stability and specification design- Assisted with the slope stability and specification design for the construction of the SGS office complex foundation in Tarkwa
• Foundation design: Managed the foundation design project for the SGS office complex in Ghana and the DRA MET CHEM infrastructure design project in Guinea.

Chirano Gold Mine TSF 1 North Extension construction

QA/QC Engineer-Ghana

• Instrumentation supervision: supervised the installation and monitoring of vibratory wire piezometers before and after the construction of the TSF's buttress
• Soil liner conditioning and construction: Performed quality control on the permeability, water content and dry density of clay soil liner materials for the basin of the dam by performing falling head permeability tests and nuclear density gauge tests during construction
• Embankment construction: performed tests on placed materials and supervised survey works to ensure that soil materials and slopes of the embankments are engineered to the requirements of the specification design
• Determined and scheduled priorities as required to progress engineering work.
• Monitored installation of materials and equipment for compliance with drawings and specifications.
• Recommended improvements for design, construction means and materials based on field or changing conditions.

Golden Star Resources Limited

QA/QC Engineer-Ghana

• Supervised survey works to design new drains from the downstream face of the existing embankments.
• Examined rock waste materials from the mine’s pit to select rock materials that are suitable for a proposed buttressing for a tailings storage facility raise.

Technip OCTP Project

Project engineer-Ghana

• Geophysical subsurface investigation: Supervised an onshore proposed gas pipeline route at Sanzule geophysical site investigation project for the