Proposed Urban Commercial Building at Rubavu District: Project Details

Proposed commercial building at Rubavu District Plot No1156 Gisenyi/Rubavu Client : UNION DES COOPERATIVES ARTISANALES DUKORE(UCOAD) Project Brief Prepared by : Eng.HAVUGIMANA Juvens Date : February 2017

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PROJECT BACKGROUND Project Location The project will be located in Gisenyi town . WESTERN PROVINCE District : RUBAVU Sector : GISENYI Cell : KIVUMU Village : GIPONDA Plot No : 1188 Project owner The project is owned by UNION DES COOPERATIVES ARTISANALES DUKORE (UCOAD) Project location The plot measures about 2443 m2 and it is bordered by Two roads of its four sides Google images showing project location

Project location Neighbourhood context The project is located in an area with new developments as well as others that have been there for long time ago. The plot neighbors is the old residential houses in the East., and South , and the Roads to the north and west 3 4 NEIGBHOURING PLOTS 2 1 -1- Proposed project s plot 2- Petrol station 3- Gisenyi Airport 4- Neighbor bar(peace corner) 5- G+1 commercial building 6- School (GASS) 5 6

Project analysis Area (m2) 291 Level Ground floor 7 shop+3bathrooms First floor 7shop Usage 291 TOTAL 582 This area includes all the circulations. The total number of rooms : - 14 shops,3bathrooms At maximum Capacity, the Project shall hold 50 persons Number floors: 2 FLOORS (G+1) Plot area :2443sqm Building coverage : 291sqm Total floor area : 582 sqm Number of parking :6 2

The project comprises of G+1 Access for Pedestrian is from the front side of the plot direct into the building. and for the right side

Interior architectural comments 1. all the shop rooms accessing to the natural Light and fresh air. Doors are transparent. 3. The fire escape stair has an exit door on the ground floor.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT The main objective of the project is the Construction and operation of an urban and modern commercial. MAIN OBJECTIVE

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES -Providing commercial buidings -Supporting the need for modern infrastructure in Rwanda; -Job creation for people that will be employed by the project; -Increasing revenues and investments of the owner.

COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS Environmental regulations and Project magnitude according to environmental laws: Ministerial order N 004/2008 of 15/08/2008 establishing the list of works, activities and projects that have to undertake an environmental impact assessment: Article 2 and the appendix of this Order specify the works, activities and projects that have to undertake an environmental impact assessment. The present project is not classified among construction of large public buildings which hold more than a hundred people per day. Therefore, the EIA is not mandatory for this G+1 cialcommrbuilding project since it will hold only 50 personsat maximum Capacity.

SITE ANALYSIS Hydrology, Soils and land cover and land tenure The elevation of the site is 1410 above sea level The soils of the site are composed of loamy soil with sandy soil in some places. There are some small trees within the plot limits along the road. There is no more natural vegetation on the plot because the whole area has been prepared on for a long time. The surrounding area is comprised of buildings and roads.

TARGET GROUP The target customers for the buildings is because its in commercial area the shop will receive the customers

Socio-economic status The main economic activity that takes place within the vicinity of the site is typical of the city activities of commercial operations including shops, offices and hotel facilities. The Gisenyi Sector, in which the project is located, has a population, who should be classified in medium low income revenue. The main activities include small business with small shops, pubs within their residential areas and some of residents are employed in public or private institutions in City centre.

RENTABILITY OF THE PROJECT Clients (Market) The commercial building is a rentable shop , commercial business has recently experienced rapid growth. The developer wants to establish a large regular customer base, and will therefore concentrate his business on local people who needs rentable shops. In addition, International clients are also expected to the less extent. High visibility and competitive service are critical to capture this segment of the market.

Service delivery The project shall offer commercial facility of high quality. The building will be internally finished with high quality materials. The project shall cater to all of its customers by providing each customer all the related services like water electricity, etc at all the times to suit customer down to the smallest detail.

ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURES Water Supply / Sanitation The main water supply in settlements surrounding the study area is from the network managed by WASAC. Like the most of Rubavu city buildings , the project area does not have a centralized sewerage network. The secondary water supply will be from the RC under ground water tank and plastic tank second floor. Power Supply Like the existing houses the project has a direct connection to the national electricity grid managed by REG. It will be supported by a owner s standby generator in case of power cut off. Access road The project has a direct access to the two asphalt road.