{"id":7411,"date":"2017-01-10T11:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T10:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=7411"},"modified":"2017-04-12T16:38:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T15:38:21","slug":"beredugosir-youpele-orukalama","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/beredugosir-youpele-orukalama\/","title":{"rendered":"BEREDUGO,Sir Youpele Orukalama"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

civil engineer, consultant; b:July 5, 1934; hf: Okpoama; so: Bayelsa; m: AmieteOmbu,1961; nc:fived; cd: Government College, Umuahia, 1948-55; University College, Ibadan, 1953- 55;Queen’s University, Belfast, 1955-58,1959-62;Technological University. Delft,The Netherlands, 1958-59; University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1969-71. cr: DesignEngineer, Ilunerwadel andHaberli, Zurich, Switzerland, 1958;Post-graduateStudent\/Graduateasst, Queen’s University, Belfast1959-62; CivilEngineering asst, Ministry ofCommerce, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1962; Civil Engiitcer\/I lydrologist, Niger-Delta Development Board, 1962-63; Teacher, University of London, 1963-65; Lecturer,AhmaduBelloUniversity, Zari?, 1963-66; Special AttachmentSoil Mechanics Ltd.,London, 1965; represe ‘edAhmadu Bello University, Zaria atUniversityof London Examiner’s Meeting, London, 1965; Lecturer, Civil Engineering, University ofNigeria, Nsukke 1966-67; snr. Engineer, Federal Ministry ofWorksand1lousing, Lagpe1968-69; Graduate asst University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1966-71; Planning\/Field Engineer, Shell- British Petroleum, 1971 -73; ag. dir. School c\u00a3r\u2022-.’ V lg, Rivers State College ofScience and Technology, Port Ilarcourt, Y973-74; mm. GoverningCouncil, 1973-75; Deputy Rector, 1973-75; prof. Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Rivers State College of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, 1973-76; Principal Consultant Project Engineering Associates, 1976-89; dir\/ch. Board ofDirectors, Presal Nigeria Ltd., 1971- 89;Pabod Food Company, Port Harcourt, 1985,Bekado Nigeria Ltd.,Ikot- Ekpene, since 1977; ch. Board of Directors, 1977-80; dir. Haskoning Engineering Consultants Nigeria Ltd., since 1982; Principal Consultant, Project Engineering Associates, Port Harcourt, since 1993; Resident Electoral Commissioner, ChiefAccounting Officerofthe Commission in Rivers State, 1989; Kaduna State, 1989-1990; NigerState, 1991; Adamawa State, 1992- 1993; ch.Association ofUniversityTeachers, Ahmadu Bellobranch, 1965- 66; mm: RiversStateStudents’Advisory Committee, 1969; RiversState Students Advisory Council onEducation, 1973-74; ch.Rivers State Cricket Associatioe 1974; mm: Rivers StateSchools’Management Board, 1974-75; Federal Students’ Loans Board, 1974-76;Chief Interviewer, PortHarcourt Interview Centre, Nigerian Society of Engineers, 1974-87; Committee on Site Investigations, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 1978-82; external examiner in Soil Mechanics and Water Resources Engineering,Ahmadu Bello University, Zarie1978-80; Committee on Tropical Soils, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 1982-86; Rivers State Contracts Review Committee, 1984-85; Board ofTrustees, Christ Church, Port Harcourt, 1984-86; ch.Education and Training Committee, Nigerian SocietyofEngineers, 1985-87; mem. Governing Council, AkanuIbiam Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, 1985-89; mm:UNESCO Working Group onContinuing Education for Engineers and Technicians, 1986-89; dir.CODEC, University of Port Harcourt, 1988-89; mem.board, Faculty of Engineering, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, 1988-93; f:Nigerian SocietyofEngineers, 1979; mm:Council of Registered Engineers ofNigerie 1973; Nigerian Geotechnical Society, International Society of Soil Mechanics andFoundation Engineering, ah: Open Scholar, Government College, Umuahi’e 1948-53; Federal Government Scholar, Queen’sUniversity, Belfast, Ireland, 1955-58,1959-62; NUFFIC Scholar,Canada, 1958-59; CommonwealthScholar,Canada, 1969-71; sc: Rotary Clubof Port Harcourt; off: Bonklay House, 67 Rumuagholu Road, Rumuagholu, Obio\/Akpor, P.O. Box 966, Port Harcourt. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2399],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7411","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-engineer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7411"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}