CARES Liberia Known for its quality work in maritime, engineering and environmental issues has officially launched and opened its office in Liberia following six years of operations in the country.
The launching ceremony held at the company’s office in the upscale Mamba Point community brought together scores of business people, officials of government, dignitaries and influencers.
CARES is an international engineering, environmental, water resources, security and maritime consultancy with a variety of past projects and clients worldwide which was established in 2002 in the United Kingdom.
Speaking during the launch of the event, Africa Director of the CARES Group, Steve Smith, said they have maintained a steady presence in Liberia over the last six years since the company made an entry into the country in 2014 on the cusp of the Ebola outbreak.
Director Smith said CARES has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technical challenging and time-critical oil & Gas projects and it is global company adding, “Our people bring significant value to our clients, harnessing and unrivalled breath of skills and deep technical expertise to produce outstanding solutions to the most challenging problems.”
“Our Extensive experience within Oil &Gas, power, refining petrochemical and chemical company that enables us to provide comprehensive services to meet the full spectrum of industry needs. We assist our clients through all stages of development including planning and feasibility, engineering and design, project management of operations, maintenance and turnarounds, commissioning and demolition and where necessary in resolution of claims and disputes,” Smith said.
Also speaking, the Country Manager of CARES-Liberia, Isaac Yaw Asiedu-Addo, said six years ago the company had a diverse portfolio of operation in Liberia and added, “In Liberia, we are engineering consultants with emphasis on maritime, environment and civil works.
“We have done some work for UNICEF; we did WASH in school assessments with them; we’ve worked with TRANSCO CLSG; we also did an HSC (health and safety) manual for them because they are a network of four countries working together for the power lines,” Isaac explained.
The last six years, he added, has seen the company building a stellar credibility in the country noting, “We have got the track record now and we’ve built a good network to be able to say we have a full-fledged office.”
He furthered that the work of the CARES Group has touched the lives of many Liberians mentioning, “For instance the project we did for UNICEF was a WASH in school project for which we did an assessment for a 120 schools across Liberia from Lofa to Bomi to everywhere.”
“And what we sought to do was to find suitable, portable facilities where some communities you educate them on how not to use the streams and other water bodies and that they should use it the right way,” the Country Manager of CARES-Liberia stated.
He said when it comes to doing business in Liberia, the CARES Group understands the business climate and the people explaining, “Out of which you can structure your mode of operations, because you cannot take your experience from Ghana and bring it directly to Liberia. The climate, the people and the economy are different.”
CARES, the global based engineering, Maritime, oil & Gas with water environmental expertise has offices in Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania
With focus on Africa CARES is an international engineering, environmental and maritime consultancy trusted by its clients to deliver technically correct, sustainable solutions and supports clients in the development and management of their water reassures throughout the water cycle, from abstraction and treatment of raw water to the safe disposal of treated effluent.
CARES provides services throughout the whole project life cycle, from initial inception and project feasibility to implementation, operation and maintenance, monitoring and evaluation, and the eventual closure and site remediation ask about experience in water resources.
CARES also places environmental management and engineering at the heart of service by helping its clients deliver in time resource and cost savings by bringing together the disciplines that are needed to deliver a tailored solution.
They range from ecology to civil engineering, chemistry to geology, planning to complex modeling, all provided to reduce clients’ exposure to environmental risk and liabilities having its strength in the integration of a unique mix of scientists and engineers working together to resolve problems.
Under maritime management & operations, CARES provides maritime management and operations consultancy to the infrastructure industry including shipping lines, harbor authorities and port operators.
Its maritime consultants have a broad range of disciplines, with a strong track-record in program/project maritime risk assessment management maritime risk training, consultancy for VTMS and other Aids to navigation.
