Contact Details:
Head Office
address
Cityscape Ltd.
Website:
www.cityscape.gm
61 Kairaba Avenue (Pipeline Road)
Greater Banjul
Near the traffic lights
The Gambia
West Africa
Telephone number: 4395655
Mob: 9974880
Fax: 4395598
E-mail: cityscape@gamtel.gm
csa@gamtel.gm
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Principal Surveyor:
Mr M S Gaye was until December 1997 the Principal Surveyor at the
Department of Lands and Surveys under the State Department for Local
Government and Lands.
He has had 10 years post qualification experience and attained
Chartered Status in 1992, qualifying as a professional Associate of
the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. He practiced as a
Chartered Surveyor with Iffland and Associates in the United Kingdom
before his return to the Gambia in 1995. Mr Gaye was elected a
fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1994. Some of the
activities listed in his records of qualifying experience are as
follows:-
Jan 1998 to Present
- Principal Partner, Cityscape Associates
- Chairman Of The National Survey Board
- Professional Valuer - Standard Chartered Bank (G) Ltd
April 1995 to Dec 1997 (Principal Surveyor, Department of Lands &
Surveys)
· Carried out the review and revision of all the standard
application forms for Lease, Mortgage, Assignment etc to simplify
them and bring them into line with the provisions of the state Lands
Act and new administrative arrangements at the State Department for
Local Government and Lands.
· Was responsible for the final checking of all cadastral and
thematic surveys and for the approval of all Lease plans.
· Supervised the establishment and survey of the horizontal control
points of the Brusubi Layout (now being implemented) and the
detailing of all existing properties within the project site.
· Supervised the survey of the Kartong Sand Mining area, initially
required for the development of a mining management plan. Also
supervised the survey of mined areas to monitor the depth of
excavations viz-a-viz the ground water levels.
· Was secretary to the Land Survey Board appointed by the Secretary
of State for Local Government and Lands, which is tasked with
implementing the provisions of the Survey Act and Regulations and
the licensing of Private Surveyors.
· Supervised the survey and demarcation of Tanji Bird Reserve for
the Department of Parks and Wildlife Conservation.
· Was Secretary to the monitoring committee under the then Ministry
for Local Government and Lands for the construction of the Bundung
Tallinding Multi-purpose Recreational Park.
· Reviewed the Minerals and Mining Act of The Gambia for the
Department of Lands and Surveys, with particular attention to the
problems of overlapping/conflicting legislation viz-a-viz the State
Lands Act and the Lands Provinces Act Cap 103.
· Was Chairman of the Spatial Task Force Set up at the National
Environment Agency under the programme for the development of an
Environmental Information System (EIS) in The Gambia.
· Supervised the preparation of a working master plan to facilitate
the conduct of street naming exercises by the Kanifing Muncipal
Council.
· Supervised the Topographic/Engineering Survey of the Banjul
Cemetry Coastal Area, required to be used as a basis for coastal
protection Civil Engineering interventions.
· Drew up the terms of reference for the conduct of the Bafuloto
Quarry Survey, required for the development of a Management Plan to
guide gravel excavations.
· Developed a mapping project proposal for funding by the Government
of Japan aimed at densifying and extending the National
Trigonometric Control Network and at providing accurate and
up-to-date map Information at sufficiently large scale for all the
major growth centres of the country.
· Was the desk officer for most issues pertaining to environmental
management including the programme for Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA), and the Gambian Environmental Action Plan (GEAP).
In the case of the former, was a member of the EIA working group and
actively participated in the development of the EIA Procedures and
Guidelines. In the case of the latter, was responsible for the
collection/collation of the Land Use Planning indicators of the
GEAP.
· Was the Defacto Counterpart to three separate Netherlands
Management Corporation Programme (NMCP) consultancies for the
Department of Lands and Surveys. These were with respect to :-
- The computerisation of Land and Property Records.
- Institutional Capacity Building.
- The introduction of Digital Cartography and Geographic Information
Systems.
· Developed the terms of reference for the computerization of the
Department’s operations including the setting up of a Land Related
Information Centre (LRIC) to satisfy the overall information
requirements for efficient Land Administration.
· Played an active and crucial role in the running of the
Department, particularly in the areas of policy affecting staff
recruitment, training, acquisition of equipment and transport
management.
1989 - 1995 (Chartered Surveyor (1992), Iffland & Associates, UK)
A synopsis of his professional activities with Iffland & Associates
is as follows:-
· Topographical Surveys for Architectural planning and Design, and
natural resource planning, exploration and exploitation.
· Building Surveys (including elevations and sections).
· Engineering setting out, checking and structural surveys with
respect to road, bridge, harbour and building construction.
· Monitoring/Deformation surveys of buildings, bridges, Sea Defences
and Land Subsidence areas for relative and absolute movement.
Provision of Trigonometric control for photogrammetic mapping.
· Radiodection and location of underground services, service depth
estimation and setting out of drainage works.
· Site investigations and assessments as part of a
multi-disciplinary team in feasibility studies for land reclamation,
urban regeneration, coastal protection and other development
projects.
· Repair diagnosis, cost estimation and the monitoring of
improvement works for quality and cost control.
· Computer assisted collection/processing of data relating to the
above activities.
· Technical Drawing and report writing in respect of the above
activities.
1988-1989 (Senior Surveyor, Department of Lands & Surveys)
· Prepared the Justification for the introduction of new legislation
for surveying and mapping in The Gambia, including the introduction
of a well regulated Private Sector. Working with the GTZ experts at
the then Ministry for Local Government and Lands, He played an
active role in the development of suitable legislation to govern
land administration in The Gambia.
· Carried out the survey and demarcation of the Kotu South Layout.
1983-1984 (Senior Assistant Surveyor, Department of Surveys)
· Carried out the survey and demarcation of the Navigation Aid site
at Kuloro for the Department of Civil Aviation, required to be
precisely aligned with the 3.6km long runway centre-line and
directly underneath the flight-path of incoming and outgoing
Aircraft.
· Carried out the survey and demarcation of the Kotu West Layout
· Actively participated in the provision of both horizontal and
vertical control for the 1:1250 mapping of the major growth centres
of the Gambia, under the Urban Management Development Project (UMDP).
This was an urban photogrametric mapping project carried out by the
Department of Surveys of the Gambia in collaboration with J.A.
Storey and Partners of the United Kingdom.
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Company Profile:
Cityscape
Associates
(Division of the M . S . Gaye Group Limited) is a well established
architectural and civil engineering firm in the
Gambia, executing a wide range of studies and projects. Specifically,
the following services are on offer:-
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Architecture |
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Civil Engineering Design & Construction |
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Estate Valuation |
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Feasibility and Environmental Impact Studies for Development Projects |
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Land & Engineering Surveying |
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Land-use Analysis |
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Property Development & Management |
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Quantity Surveying |
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Training Services in any of the above listed professional areas |
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Urban & Regional Planning |
Cityscape Gambia Ltd has been involved in a number of major public
works projects working with the NEA, Gamworks, RRI Beller GmbH
Consulting Engineers (Germany).
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