February** Dynamic Incentive Program
Ethiopia, known as the "Roof of Africa".
On February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, at 7:30 a.m., when the dawn of the New Year was sprinkled on the Ethiopian plateau, the project site of the Ethiopian NBE Bank Building of the group company was already a lively and busy construction scene thousands of miles away.
Zhang Ronghua, the person in charge of the on-site construction, completed the roll call early and conducted a safety inspection on the site, accompanied the foreign supervisor to inspect the processing of steel bars and the binding of steel bars, and made a work disclosure to the local foreman on the site, emphasizing the precautions for construction during the Spring Festival.
Although it is the first day of the Lunar New Year, the construction progress of the site after the New Year cannot be delayed. Wang Yu of the Ministry of Materials said. The NBE Bank building project is located in the city of Avasa, but the cement needed for construction needs to be purchased from the capital Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa's cement production cannot meet market demand, coupled with the long transportation distance, which increases the uncertainty of materials. On this day, Wang Yu made an appointment with a cement merchant to negotiate the contract and make material reserves in advance.
NBE Awasa Branch Building is one of the four branches of the National Bank of Ethiopia, covering an area of 12,000 square meters, with a construction area of 21,348 square meters and a building height of 334 meters. The whole project is a single building, including a basement vault, G+M floor, 6 floors above ground and a sunken open-air plaza. The implementation of the project is an important milestone in the development of the banking industry in Ethiopia and Awassa City, and is of great significance to promoting the economic and social development of Ethiopia. At the same time, it will also provide broader prospects for China-Egypt cooperation.
From the landing of the project in January 2023, I learned about the local market little by little, looked for a station, organized domestic personnel to enter the site, inspected the local team, organized the procurement and delivery of domestic materials, and officially started construction four months ago. But what is worth being happy is that everything is basically on the right track, and the construction of the reinforcement formwork is proceeding in an orderly manner. The next step is to truly integrate and serve the local community, and demonstrate the construction advantages and management capabilities of our Chinese team as soon as possible. Liang Jie, the project manager, confidently introduced the plan for the new year.
Although overseas, there is no lack of strong New Year's flavor in the project. At the residence of the NBE project department, the comprehensive department organized a variety of activities such as sticking Spring Festival couplets, pasting blessing characters, hanging lanterns, making dumplings, connecting with family members to send blessings, sending red envelopes to send blessings, table tennis, etc., so that every overseas employee can feel the atmosphere and warmth of the Spring Festival. A series of activities brought a strong New Year atmosphere to the project, and everyone sent blessings to each other at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, welcoming the new year in laughter.
For overseas staff, the Spring Festival is not only a traditional Chinese festival, but also carries the homesickness of overseas wanderers, the desire for a happy life in the future, and the longing for the prosperity of the motherland. Bidding farewell to the old years, in 2024, the NBE project team will have dreams and expectations, make persistent efforts, forge ahead, and lick bricks and tiles for the railway construction brand on the "roof of Africa". (China Railway 24th Bureau).