Engineers:
The Institution of Engineers of Kenya ( IEK )provides a service to its members by means of seminars, lectures, publications and training, to enable them to keep up to date with technical and industrial developments, management aspects of engineering, changes in technology and relevant developments in Kenya and elsewhere.
The Kenya Engineers Registration Board indicates that there are 1,323 registered engineers. There are a further estimated 5,000 graduate engineers, meaning that the country has about 6,323 engineers serving a population of 40 million.
The country still requires engineers with experience in road construction and maintenance.
Architects:
The Architectural Association Of Kenya of Architects, together with the Board of registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors of Kenya, are the two professional institutional bodies for architects in Kenya. The corporate membership body today stands at 3147 members including active practicing architects as well.
Equipment:
The local road construction and maintenance companies lack capacity to acquire and maintain the road equipment. The cost of essential machinery is often far more than start-up companies can afford. The expenditure of heavy ‘plant’ like bulldozers is well beyond the reach of smaller contractors. These unaffordable equipment costs are widely regarded as the main barrier to small companies gaining a foothold in the roads industry.