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Contents

Sudan Report

African Essays

Ray's Curriculum Vitae

Kimao Dam

East Africa Schools

East Africa Children

Flamingo, Rhino, & Zebra

Rift Valley

Africa Travel

Blasting

Highways & Roads

World Food Programme

Sudan

United Nations

Overseas Logistics

Construction Manager

Shrimp

Hotel Map

Ray Chisholm graduated from the University of Virginia with a BS in Civil Engineering.  His undergraduate thesis was: "Cost Estimating with a CPM."  He studied for his MBA at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech)(Unfinished.)  He has been in a management capacity for well over one billion dollars (US$) of construction.

Currently has pre-qualified and tendered for the design, leasing and construction of 60 houses for the senior staff of the US Embassy in Nairobi , Kenya .  Chisholm recently was Project Manager for 830 km of Road Construction and Repair for the United Nations World Food Programme in Southern Sudan .  He also designed and supervised the construction of the Rumbek, Sudan airstrip that will accommodate United Nations C-130 Hercules aircraft.  Chisholm was Project Manager for the 66 km Kisii Chemosit Road in Kenya for H.Z. Company.  In July 1998 he completed the 25-meter Kimao concrete dam in the Rift Valley in Kenya .  He transformed the job from behind schedule and budget to ahead of schedule and budget.  He eliminated corruption on the job.  He was also a consultant to The United Nations World Food Programme for the construction of five 5,000-ton warehouses in Eritrea .  In October of 1996, he took over 135 km of reconstruction of the Nairobi-Mombasa road for H.Z.  The job was 40% complete after six months.  He finished the remaining 60% in three months, during the “Short Rains”.  He also redesigned drilling and blasting operations at the HZ quarries and increased production while cutting costs by 75%.  Chisholm has over 25 years of experience in Construction Management, Mining Management, Dam, Railroad and Highway Construction and Real Estate Development and Management.  He has worked in Construction Management or Mining Management in Sudan , Uganda , Kenya , Eritrea , Singapore , Indonesia , and Vietnam , as well as eight states in the United States .  He understands the difficulties of working in Third World Countries.  He gets along well with all peoples and governments.  He has worked for international companies such as Fluor, Brown and Root, Raymond International, and H.Z. & Co. LTD as well as the United Nations and smaller privately owned companies.  He was one of the youngest superintendents ever promoted at Raymond International.  He has finished every construction project he supervised ahead of schedule and below budget.  His titles have ranged from cost engineer to project manager to president.  He owned his own coal mining company and was a contract miner for A.T. Massey, division of Fluor International.  He can operate most heavy construction equipment and has trained equipment operators.  Chisholm is a drilling & blasting expert and has trained drillers & blasters.  He was nominated by U.S. Senator John Warner to be Secretary of the Bureau of Mines.  He speaks some Spanish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Swahili.  He is a speed-reader.  Chisholm studied Tai Chi for ten years.

In Sudan Chisholm not only designed and supervised the construction and budgeting of 830 km of road, he conducted sensitive negotiations between rebel commanders in Sudan and SRRA civilian leaders in Nairobi concerning taxes and the implementation and security for the road projects.  He was instrumental in helping the contractor maintain a good working relationship with his men who were from several tribes and who were 45% Ugandan and 55% Sudanese.  The Sudanese people call him father and seek his advice for many problems.  He instigated and negotiated an agreement between the Ugandan Government and the Sudanese rebels that would allow them to jointly repair a severely damaged and heavily mined section of road on the Ugandan side of the border.  He has been instrumental in solving many tax, customs, and security problems.  He has published several documents outlining the infrastructure condition and the needs of the Southern Sudanese.  One of his documents was used in testimony before a Congressional Committee.  You may examine this document on his web site, www.chisholm.org.

Ray Chisholm has represented the Virginia Professional Engineers in Construction as Governor for the State of Virginia on the National Society of Professional Engineers Board of Directors (NSPE).  He is a Vietnam Veteran and served three years in the U.S. Army.  He was offered a direct commission in Vietnam .  He received the rank of E-6 in only 18 months.  After Vietnam he taught Concrete Mix Design & Construction Procedures at the Army Engineering School at Ft. Belvoir .

Mr. Chisholm is very computer literate and started one computer intensive business, which he sold to MacLean Hunter (MH is a $1 Billion per year company).  He has prepared many financial analysis and feasibility studies for real estate projects as well as schedules and estimates for construction projects.  He also tested and reviewed CPM (scheduling) software for the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research (VCCER) for the Coal Industry.  He completed VCCER research that resulted in new coal mining legislation by the Virginia General Assembly.

Mr. Chisholm has been very successful in the Real Estate Development business.  He owned 50% of a 60-unit apartment building (which he developed and then constructed), a share of a $10 million shopping center under construction (which he developed) and other valuable real estate.  In Nairobi , Kenya he has tendered for the construction and leasing of 60 houses for the US Embassy.  He was a planning commissioner for Town of Blacksburg and has held a Virginia Real Estate Sales license.  He completed Ivy Gardens , his sixty-unit apartment complex, in 84 days. 

Mr. Chisholm has excellent writing and communication skills.  He gets along well with people of all nationalities.  He has a unique ability to relate to all peoples and gain their trust and respect.  He is an excellent writer and speaker and has had articles published in national papers.  He has been written about in national magazines and been featured in dozens of regional newspaper stories.  He has been able to negotiate contracts or settle disputes where many others have failed.  He has been very successful in obtaining governmental approval for his projects. 

EDUCATION    B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Virginia - 1973
MBA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Unfinished)

CERTIFICATES/ LICENSES Professional Engineer, Order of the Engineer, Licenses: Kenya Blasting, 
West Virginia Blasting, West Virginia Surface Mining, Kentucky Mine Foreman and Virginia Real Estate. 
Certified Planning Commissioner, HAZMAT Phase I & II.

DAMS

HIGHWAY &    ROAD

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

OIL and GAS

WASTE MANAGEMENT

FOUNDATION, INDUSTRIAL and PILE WORK

 

ADDITIONAL COURSES:

International Logistics and Transportation, United Nations WFP

United Nations Security Awareness Training, United Nations WFP

Equipment Costing for Contractors, The Fails Management Institute

Construction Cost Estimating and Bidding, Gates-Scarpa and Associates

Time Management, Franklin Quest Corporation

Current Blasting Practice, Precision Blasting Services

Soils Testing & Instructor Training School, U.S. Army, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia

Construction Surveying, U.S. Army, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Welding, Buckhannon-Upshur Vocational Center

Non-Commissioned Officer Short Course, Vietnam, U.S. Army

Municipal Waste Combustion Course, U.S. EPA/A&WMA

Effective Speaking and Human Relations, Dale Carnegie Courses

Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning Course, Virginia Dept. of Emergency Services

Principles of Real Estate, Mosley-Flint

Hobbies:             Tai Chi, hiking, bridge, fishing, computers, photography, 
                            swimming, reading, and travel

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