

make this into an advert or poster. 8M CONSTRUCTION DIGEST www.8mdigest.org | mwesigwa8m@gmail.com | +256 772 431465 TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS IN DEVELOPMENT Uganda's Technical Leadership: A Living Record Technical professions are: Planning, Surveying, Architecture, and Engineering. All deal with the Built-Environment, where, without each other, nothing sensible happens. In the early 1990s, these professionals created the Uganda Association of Technical Professionals (UATP) and elected Arch. John Sekaziga. Let us record our great technical professionals for posterity. EXPRESSION OF INTEREST — INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE 8M Construction Digest | TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS IN DEVELOPMENT Series THE STORY THAT MUST BE TOLD Uganda has been built — literally — by technical professionals. From the colonial era infrastructure that opened up the interior, to the great post-independence dams, roads, hospitals, and industries that defined our national development, to the complex projects of today: technical professionals have been at the centre of it all. Yet the names, careers, and achievements of the men and women who led this profession — as presidents of their relevant bodies, ministers, permanent secretaries, heads of government departments, and captains of private enterprise — remain largely unrecorded for posterity. 8M Construction Digest is determined to change that. We are compiling TECHINCAL PROFESSIONALS IN DEVELOPMENT — a definitive, multi-edition series dedicated to build