Open AccessSilos and warehouses complexes in five locations in Tanzania – case studies
Author(s) -
Paweł Maria Kulczycki
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/869/5/052070
Subject(s) - tanzania , silo , information silo , agency (philosophy) , business , point (geometry) , operations management , process management , engineering , operations research , geography , environmental planning , mathematics , sociology , mechanical engineering , social science , geometry
In the end of 2016 National Food Reserve Agency of Tanzania (NFRA) ordered from Polish company FEERUM S.A. implementation of grain silo projects, production of designed silos, ensuring their transport to Tanzania, assembly and commissioning. Structure design of silo complexes was ordered from the design office, the subcontractor – TEK Projekt. The paper describes various aspects of data acquisition, design and execution of foundation works from the point of view of Central European contractor in Africa. In general it ends up with a kind of wake-up call to open designers eyes for situation of different countries and people, improving general knowledge about world problems.