In asphalt roads, bitumen typically accounts for 30–50% of asphalt pavement cost.
Example: If bitumen prices increase by 30–50%, total road project costs may rise by 5–15% overall, depending on pavement design.
Potential risks for Asphalt roads contracts signed late 2025 when price of Bitumen was lower;
-Delays and Contract Variations
-Increased Maintenance Costs
-Pressure on Contractors’ Cash Flow
-Infrastructure budget overruns
Hope the war/escalation would end.
#Bitumen
Affordable housing locations really kill me. You can be driving in the middle of nowhere and look to your right, deep in bushes, right next to maize shambas there is a cluster of 6 10-storey buildings, closely packed together with only a slither of carbro separating them
@CallMeKulubya Do not impose your low standards upon us. We are demanding better because we pay taxes here. Your problems have nothing to do with us, so hold your own leaders to account
You’ll never flourish in the place where you grew up. The soil that raised you often refuses to feed the version of you that changed. Home remembers you as small. Growth feels like disrespect there.
Political drums have started in earnest. Those in government projects are feeling the heat. Two (2) questions you must have correct answers:
1. Can the employer exercise the Engineers powers?
2. Can you pick instructions from H.E the President?
If you are the Resident Engineer for a GoK project you will hear Presidential declarations to terminate projects, “huyo Contractor afukuzwe kazi mara moja!” Remember President Ruto got a very sharp memory.
Next is calls to assist the contractor expedite progress. Requests from the Client or Employer for front loading the Payment Certificate, to overlook Liquidated Damages, favorite recommendations on Certain claims, Pay for Materials on Site, allow the Contractor to progress with works without paying salaries/wages to project staff, or to go slow on certain Contractual Provisions.
Remember, as our people have fondly said, ‘a woman who carries her head on a rigid neck will never live for long with any husband’! You either shape in or ship out.
What will you do?