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Baburam Bharadwaj Wagle

Summary

Highly organized and detailed oriented professional with over r 30 years of experience, with a wealth of expertise in conceptual design, planning, construction management, and supervision of large civil engineering projects. Hold a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering specializing in underground excavation and rock support design for tunnels and caverns with a focus on geotechnical zoning systems.

Have a track record of significant contributions for the advancement of hydropower projects, earning national recognition as a SME in various aspects including project identification, feasibility studies, detailed engineering design, hydrological studies, construction management, and supervision of hydroelectric infrastructure. Played instrumental role in leading successful delivery of projects ranging from dams and tunnels to underground power stations, access roads, camp facilities, and high voltage transmission facilities in Nepal.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Coordinator/Team Leader

SMEC International Pty
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  • My most notable alliance to date was, Ltd., in the capacity of Project, for 417 MW Nalgad Hydropower Project in Nepal
  • SMEC-MWH JV was awarded the engineering services contract for Updating the Feasibility Study, Detail Engineering Design (preparation of DPR) including updating Hydrological Studies, geotechnical investigations, environmental and social impact assessment studies and preparation of full set of EPC Tender Documents for the project
  • The proposed Nalgad HPP constitutes of a 248m high storage concrete arch dam along with a headrace tunnel of over 9 km length providing a maximum gross head of over 700m
  • The proposed project has an underground power station designed for 4 sets of Pelton turbines of 104.25 MW each
  • The annual generation is expected to be 1232 GWh
  • The electricity generated in the power station will be evacuated to the Nepal National Grid by a 112 km long 400 kV double circuit transmission line
  • The estimated cost (2021) of the project was USD 1.42 Billion.

Project Coordinator / Team Leader

SMEC International Pty Ltd, MWH JV
09.2020 - 01.2022
  • Coordinating with a large number of technical specialists of different discipline staying at different part of the globe at different time zones for updating the feasibility study report of a 417 MW high dam storage type hydroelectric project
  • It was an engineering services contract awarded through international competitive bidding and the contract amount was over USD 10 million
  • Addressing Client’s comments on the draft DPR, Draft Detail Design Report, Draft Tender Documents and Draft ESIA report
  • A large number of comments were served by the Client on Hydrology report especially on the adopted value of mean annual flow, the average monthly flow and the probable maximum flood and flood impact assessment
  • Due to lack of long term measured meteorological and hydrological data of the river the data from similar catchment river had been transformed
  • Five new meteorological stations were established and using the three years measured data from these stations HEC-HMS model was applied to determine mean annual flow and the average monthly flow
  • The PMF was also determined using HE-
  • HMS model
  • Carried out hydrological analysis and physical hydraulic modelling/design of dam and associated hydraulic structures, drainage design and integrated water management study
  • Carried out design of site access roads and bridges with properly designed drainage facilities
  • HECRAS software was used to determine level of flood water and sufficient clearance to pass design flood
  • Organising Client Consultant meetings; preparing agenda for discussion and recording the minutes of the meeting and circulating to concerned people
  • Follow-up the subject specialist to undertake actions decided in the meeting to ensure submission deadline are met
  • Organise periodical Project coordination meeting with the JV partners; prepare progress reports, record the minutes of meeting and implement the decisions made in the meeting
  • Prepare Power Point Presentation and present to the line Ministries and the Client’s Office
  • Coordination with the field investigation sub-contractors including Rock Mechanics Test (RMT) sub- contractor, water quality and sediment study sub-contractor, bridge and access road construction sub- contractor etc
  • A 320m long test tunnel was excavated to reach the proposed underground powerhouse location and 4 number of test adits, 2 on either bank of the river at the dam location were excavated at different elevations to carry out the Direct Shear Test (DST) and Plate Jacking Tests (PJT)
  • Each of the dam site test adits were 60m long
  • Coordinating the physical hydraulic model test of dam, intake and spillway structures
  • Timely preparation of contractual deliverables and ensure their quality & submission deadlines
  • Participate in the technical meeting with the Client’s Panel of Experts (POE) and the Review Consultant and resolve the issues brought in discussion
  • In this respect the POE had raised serious concerns about the stability of proposed underground power station due to the presence of alternative bands of inferior quality mudstone in-between sandstone layers
  • Hydro-fracturing Test (HFT) and Plate Jacking
  • Tests (PJT) were carried out to optimize the proposed UG Powerhouse location
  • From the results of the
  • HFT the direction of the major principal stresses of the rock was found out
  • While from the result of PJT the deformability index of the rock mass was determined
  • The proposed Powerhouse location was shifted to better/safer location avoiding the weaker mudstone band
  • Apply technical expertise through design and field work teams by engaging and directing works
  • Supporting drafting team with technical information and preparing design drawings and reports
  • Support the development and improvement of RMT procedures, standards, and guidelines
  • Planning and prioritising assigned tasks to ensure timely completion and delivery of quality output
  • Monitor and report on the progress of all issues regarding the detail design of civil structures and promptly notify any delay or lapses on completion deadline and its quality which could have a material adverse effect on the project
  • Manage continued development and learning on the job as well as via external training programs with the help of SMEC head office
  • Achievements
  • Have been a key contributor towards successful completion of the contractual scope addressing all the concerns and comments of the Client delivering a World Class Updated Feasibility Study Report
  • Hydrology Report, Detail Design Report, ESIA Report and full set of EPC Tender Documents that is acceptable to the Client
  • Have been key on driving the engineering and environment team staying at different part of the world in keeping every one of them in the same footing of progress
  • Have been a dependable member of the JV team in all Client-Consultant meetings
  • Have also helped the accounts and legal teams in settling all outstanding payments and claims.

Chief Executive Officer

Reliable Hydropower Company (P) Ltd
05.2016 - 05.2020
  • Providing specialist technical services regarding identification of potential hydropower projects, screening for feasibility study, applying for survey license, conducting field investigation works related to geological and geotechnical investigation, hydrological studies and environmental and social impact assessment studies
  • Responsible for overall management of the company including technical, administrative and financial management of the three hydroelectric projects Middle Budhiganga HPP (18MW), Upper Budhiganga-B
  • HPP (22MW) and Kuwadi Khola HPP (150MW)
  • Feasibility study, ESIA study and Detail Engineering
  • Design of these three projects was carried out under my direct leadership
  • Kuwadi Khola HPP is a Peaking Run-of-River (PROR) scheme
  • Carried out Feasibility level design of concrete gravity dam 58m tall from foundation bottom to deck level
  • The crest length of the dam is
  • Necessary dam safety instrumentations are properly designed and provisioned in the Detail
  • Engineering Design Report
  • It has Ogee shaped gated spillway, free overflow type emergency spillway, low level sluice and side intake arrangement
  • Appropriate grouting gallery has been provisioned at different elevations of the dam
  • An underground settling basin followed by horseshoe shape headrace tunnel connects to underground surge tank
  • It has 32cumec design discharge and a gross head of 517m
  • Estimated annual generation is about 780 GWh and estimated Project cost is about USD 206 million including interest during construction
  • Carried out detail topographical survey, surface geological mapping, Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), Seismic Refraction Tomography (SRT) and discharge measurement works
  • Responsible for appointing credible contractor for topographical survey, installation of gauging station and discharge measurement, sediment studies, ESIA Studies and surface geological and geotechnical exploration
  • Liaison with the line ministries and Departments towards securing government permissions
  • Preparation and submission of periodical progress reports to the line Ministry & Department
  • Calling Board Meeting, preparing agenda materials and distribution to Board Members, making presentations to the Board and recording minutes of meeting
  • Reviewing and updating financial reports and prepare supporting documents for necessary share call to the shareholders of the Company
  • Approving contractor’s invoices and arranging payments ensuring the intended quality of the work
  • Liaison with the district administration and district forest office for the smooth execution of field work
  • Thorough knowledge of the National Construction Code and Fidic Conditions of Contract
  • Writing high quality project reports including Financial Report and DPR for presenting to the potential lenders asking necessary loan for the development of the Projects
  • Preparing DPR and ESIA report for submitting to Ministry of Energy for the issuance of the Construction
  • License and to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for securing Power Purchase Agreement
  • Effective communication skills with colleagues, clients and stakeholders via email, phone, Microsoft
  • Teams and in person
  • Achievements
  • Have been a sole contributor to the identification of Project location and securing Survey License of three
  • Hydropower Projects; out of which two were of Run-of-river (ROR) type and one was of Peaking Run-of-river (PROR) type
  • Middle Budhiganga HPP and Upper Budhiganga HPP are ROR type and Kuwadi Khola HPP is a PROR type Project
  • Have a key contribution on the establishment of company goodwill and establishing sound relationship with Government and financial institutions.

Chief Technical Officer

Hydro Ventures (P) Ltd. Solu Khola (Dudhkoshi) HPP
09.2015 - 05.2016
  • Responsible for overall management of the technical works including management of detail engineering design, tendering, contract negotiation to appoint the most suitable consultant
  • Managing and supervising construction of access road to the project construction site
  • Carried out detail topographical survey, surface geological mapping, geotechnical exploratory drillings
  • Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), Seismic Refraction Tomography (SRT) and Multichannel Analysis of Surface Wave (MASW), hydro-meteorological studies including discharge measurement and water quality & sediment studies
  • Writing high quality project reports including Financial Report and DPR for presenting to the potential lenders asking necessary loan for the development of the Projects
  • Preparing DPR and ESIA report for submitting to Ministry of Energy for the issuance of the Construction
  • License and to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for securing Power Purchase Agreement
  • Solu Khola (Dudh Koshi) HPP is a Run-of-River (ROR) scheme
  • Carried out Detail Engineering Design of concrete gravity dam and other headworks structures
  • It has 19cumec design discharge and a gross head of 643m
  • Producing and interpreting engineering drawings and designs
  • Conduct reviews of design drawings, reports and supporting technical documentation to ensure compliance with relevant International standards
  • Attend Design Review meetings with consultant and facilitate effective communication between project design team and consultant
  • Developing technical report templates, Specifications and procedural guidelines
  • Achievements
  • Was a key contributor to tendering process for appointment of competent consultant for detailed engineering design (Consultant was appointed during my tenure).

General Manager (Technical Lead)

Nepal Water and Energy Development Company Ltd
06.2012 - 09.2015
  • Project (216 MW), Responsible for overall management of the technical works including management of detail engineering design, hydro-meteorological study, environmental and social impact assessment studies and tendering for various works
  • Upper Trishuli-1 HPP is a Run-of-River (ROR) scheme designed at Q51 discharge basis
  • Carried out detail design of concrete gravity dam 61m tall from foundation bottom to deck level
  • Necessary dam safety instrumentations are properly designed and provisioned in the Detail Engineering Design Report
  • It has
  • Ogee shaped gated spillway, free overflow type emergency spillway, low level sluice and a side intake arrangement
  • Appropriate grouting gallery has been provisioned at different elevations of the dam
  • An underground settling basin followed by horseshoe shape headrace tunnel 9715m long connects to underground surge tank
  • It has 76cumec design discharge and a gross head of 342m
  • Estimated annual generation is about 1533 GWh and estimated Project cost is about USD 630 million including interest during construction
  • Responsible for contract negotiations to appoint the Contractors for Test Tunnel excavation at
  • Powerhouse location and conducting Rock Mechanics Tests (RMT), Site access road construction
  • Employer’s camp facility construction, Worker’s accommodation construction and physical hydraulic model test for dam site facilities including dam, spillway, intake, settling basin etc., and appointment of
  • Panel of Experts (POE) in compliance with IFC Guidelines
  • Carried out detail topographical survey, surface geological mapping, geotechnical exploratory drillings
  • Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), Seismic Refraction Tomography (SRT) and Multichannel Analysis of Surface Wave (MASW), discharge measurement and water quality & sediment studies
  • Managing and supervising construction of access road to the project construction sites
  • Managing test tunnel excavation works and rock mechanical testing during the detailed design phase
  • Writing high quality project reports including Financial Report and DPR for presenting to the potential international lenders asking necessary loan for the development of the Project
  • Making technical presentations to International Financial Institutions including IFC, ADB, AIIB, Korean Exim Bank, KDB
  • Proparco, FMO etc
  • Preparing DPR and ESIA report for submitting to Ministry of Energy for the issuance of the Construction
  • License and to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for securing Power Purchase Agreement
  • Conduct reviews of design drawings, reports and supporting technical documentation to ensure compliance with relevant International standards
  • Attend Design Review meetings with consultant and facilitate effective communication between project design team and consultant
  • Dealing/Liaising with licensing authorities and off-taking utility
  • Developing technical report templates, Specifications and procedural guidelines
  • I was solely responsible for acquiring tree cutting permission and long term leasing agreement for the
  • Government land in the National forest and National Park area
  • These permissions and long term government land leasing had to be granted by the cabinet meeting
  • (Permission for tree cutting of 4760 trees and long term leasing of over 1800 hectare of Government land had been acquired).

Project Director / Chief Executive Officer

Upper Khudi A and Sudha Khola Hydropower Ltd
07.2011 - 04.2012
  • Identification and desk study of potential hydropower projects, securing the survey license, conducting feasibility studies with topographical survey, field investigation works related to geological and geotechnical investigation, hydro-meteorological study and environmental and social impact assessment studies
  • Responsible for overall management of the company including technical, administrative and financial management of the Upper Khudi-A and Sudha Khola Hydropower Project (27.8MW)
  • The survey license was awarded to me directly and I had sold majority shares to a group of investors who invested funds for conducting feasibility studies and EIA studies
  • Responsible for appointing credible contractor for topographical survey, installation of gauging station and discharge measurement, sediment studies, ESIA Studies and surface geological and geotechnical exploration
  • Liaison with the line ministries and departments towards securing government permissions
  • Preparation and submission of periodical progress reports to the line ministry
  • Calling Board Meeting, preparing agenda materials and distribution to Board Members, making presentations to the Board and recording minutes of meeting
  • Reviewing and updating financial reports and prepare supporting documents for necessary share call to the shareholders of the Company
  • Approving contractor’s invoices and arranging payments ensuring the intended quality of the work
  • Liaison with the district administration and district forest office for the smooth execution of field work
  • Carried out detail topographical survey, surface geological mapping, geotechnical exploratory drillings
  • Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), Seismic Refraction Tomography (SRT) and discharge measurement works
  • Writing high quality project reports including Financial Report and DPR for presenting to the potential lenders asking necessary loan for the development of the Projects
  • Preparing DPR and ESIA report for submitting to Ministry of Energy for the issuance of the Construction
  • License and to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for securing Power Purchase Agreement
  • Dealing/Liaising with stake holders including Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Forest & Environment
  • Achievements
  • Contributed to the identification of Project location and securing Survey License of Upper Khudi-A & Sudha Khola
  • Hydropower Project (27.8 MW)
  • Undertook Project Development Agreement with a group of 10 Investors selling shares of the Company to them
  • Formation of new Board of Directors
  • The new SPV funded for feasibility and EIA studies.

Education

Master’s degree - Water Resources Engineering

Institute of Engineering, T.U

Bachelor’s Degree - Civil Engineering

University of Roorkee, IIT
1985

Skills

  • Customer Service
  • Data Entry
  • Work Planning and Prioritization
  • Relationship Building
  • MS Office
  • Project Coordination
  • Scheduling and calendar management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Staff Management
  • Project Management
  • Budget Planning
  • Resource Allocation

Affiliations

I have participated in numerous professional advancement seminars, workshops, trainings, and academic conferences in the past. Also, I have received the following awards as a recognition to my academic brilliance. Awarded scholarship for Master studies in in Water Resources Engineering by Himal Hydro & General Construction Ltd., Nepal Awarded Scholarship for undergraduate studies (BE Civil) at IIT Roorkee by World Bank (UNDP), Participated in “Hydropower – 97”International Conference in Hydropower held on June-July 1997 at Trondhiem, Norway. Publications Some of my technical articles have been published in technical journals in Nepal and the USA. “Khudi Hydropower A model for village development” A technical paper published in New Business Age Monthly, March 2008, Nepal. “Some thoughts on Hydropower Development in Nepal” A technical paper published in Hamro Sampada National Monthly, Year 7, No. 10, Registered Engineer, Nepal Engineering Council (NEC), Registration No. 938 Civil Ä” Category Member of the Nepal Engineers’ Association Expertise, Skills and Competencies Project planning, Scheduling, Management and Construction Supervision of hydroelectric Projects. Has good command of professional and effective use of MS Project for monitoring and implementing Project Implementation Schedule. Coordinating with different stakeholders like contractors, consultants, lenders, promoters/developers, and liaison with concerned Government instrumentalities. Arranging project coordination meetings, periodical progress meetings, preparing agenda and recording the minutes of meetings. Feasibility studies, detail engineering design, tender documents preparation following FIDIC Conditions of Contract (the Red Book, the Yellow Book, the Silver Book and the Green Book) and conducting Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Studies of hydroelectric projects Project identification, inception and scheme capacity optimization from the available alternatives Geotechnical investigation and Rock Mechanics Tests including Hydro Fracturing Test, Direct Shear Test, Plate Jacking Test, etc. Hydrological studies and sediment management studies Underground excavation of tunnels, shafts and powerhouse cavern and rock support design & construction problem shooting following Norwegian Tunnelling Q-Method, New Austrian Tunnelling NATM and RMR Method Quality assurance procedures and quality control mechanism (QA/QC) Headworks design of a hydropower & water supply scheme including dam, intake, sediment sluiceways and spillways UNWAGE Analysis for rock support design AutoCAD, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Project, Microsoft Teams Interests Travel, Hiking and Table Tennis

Additional Information

  • Note: , Happy to relocate if required

Timeline

Project Coordinator / Team Leader

SMEC International Pty Ltd, MWH JV
09.2020 - 01.2022

Chief Executive Officer

Reliable Hydropower Company (P) Ltd
05.2016 - 05.2020

Chief Technical Officer

Hydro Ventures (P) Ltd. Solu Khola (Dudhkoshi) HPP
09.2015 - 05.2016

General Manager (Technical Lead)

Nepal Water and Energy Development Company Ltd
06.2012 - 09.2015

Project Director / Chief Executive Officer

Upper Khudi A and Sudha Khola Hydropower Ltd
07.2011 - 04.2012

Coordinator/Team Leader

SMEC International Pty

Master’s degree - Water Resources Engineering

Institute of Engineering, T.U

Bachelor’s Degree - Civil Engineering

University of Roorkee, IIT

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