The following are some of the projects taken up by this consultancy or by the individual working team members in the past.
Commendable Project Undertaken
One of the biggest and most prestigious contributions made by the Norlha Engineering and Management Consultancy was that of survey for off-grid to on-grid project undertaken un 2015-2016 over a spread of 6 six months. The assignment was undertaken through Department of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs with funds from ADB.
The assignment was carried out in terms of the following:
a) Survey coverage for over 1500 households in 20 Districts that too in remote areas such as Bumdrak in Paro, Singye Dzong in Lhuntse, Merak and Sakteng in Trashigang etc. where places were not accessible to grid electricity.
b) Involved over 9 experts in conducting the survey and also to carry out different levels of analysis.
c) Conducted data analysis on technical, economic and environmental data.
d) Carried out detailed Bill of Quantities (BOQ) for different villages, Line diagram for the rural electrification and load flow analysis to determine the loading of the different electricity supply lines.
e) Carried out GPS/GIS to determine the feasibility of the proposed lines and also to plot on the map.
f) Carried out social and environmental analysis of each of the supply lines to the respective villages.
Management
- Gender policy, Environment and Social safeguard policy, Bhutan Development Bank as per the accreditation requirement for GCF (March-April 2020)
- Development of Procurement Manual, Royal Monetary Authority (Jan-March 2020)
- National Biogas Implementation Strategy, Department of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs (Jan-March 2020)
- Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Program Impact Study, Public Health Engineering Division. Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health in collaboration with SNV and UNICEF ( Dec 2019 to March 2020)
- Rural Revenue Mobilization Strategy under EU Technical Assistance Complementary Support Project (EU-TACS)-Bhutan, through DAI Brussels to Department of Local Governance, MoHCA, Thimphu (Dec 2019-Feb 2020)
- HRD Master plan and organizational development exercise including Organizational climate survey, Natural Resources development corporation limited, Thimphu (July-Sept 2019)
- Value Chain analysis on Maize, Department of Agriculture and Marketing Cooperatives, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Thimphu (Sept-Oct 2019)
- Development of HR procedures Manual and organizational assessment , Bhutan Trust
Fund for Environmental Conservation, Thimphu (Sept-Oct 2019) - Evaluation of the project: Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technologies in the Building Sector of Bhutan-Enabling Environment, UNDP in coordination with GNHC, Thimphu (June-July 2019)
- Evaluation of CSMI Action Plan (2015-2018) and development of CSMI Action Plan (2019-2020), Department of Cottage and Small Industry, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Thimphu (May 2019)
- Development of National Housing Policy, Ministry of Works and Human Settlement, Thimphu (June 2018-May 2019)
- Evaluation of ECHO-Save the Children Projects in Bhutan, Implemented by Department of Disaster Management, Thimphu Thromde, Department of School Education, Royal Education Council and Paro Dzongkhag with Technical Assistance from Save the Children (December 2018)
- Terminal Evaluation of the Project for Addressing the Risks of Climate-induced Disasters through Enhanced National and Local Capacity for Effective Actions (PIMS 4760), UNDP, Thimphu (August 2018).
- Carried out Salary Survey for Service Contract Personnel, UNDP, Thimphu (July 2018)
- Carried out development of National Sports Policy, executed by the Department of Youths and Sports, Ministry of Education (October 2017 to May 2018)
- Organizational Development Exercise and Performance Management System, Penden Cement Authority Limited, Gomtu, Bhutan (May 2018)
- National Action Plan on Child Protection and Wellbeing, National Commission for Women and Children (May 2018)
- Evaluation of Ecotourism Programme, Gross National Happiness Commission (May 2018)
- Development of Industrial Clusters and Linkages, Department of Industry, Ministry of Economic Affairs (June 2018)
- Carried out assessment of organizational and technical capacities of Lhak-Sam and developed strategic plan (2018-2022) (February 2018)
- Development of Carried out “Evaluation of Capacity Building Project of Royal Audit Authority funded the Austrian Development Agency (December 2017)
- Terminal Evaluation of Low Emission Capacity Development (LECB)/ LECB Enhanced support / Intended Nationally Determined Contributions project (INDC) implemented by UNDP and executed by the National Environment Commission (NEC)-November 2017
- Provided technical assistance to develop detailed project proposal for securing land on lease (for large scale organic farming) for long term sustainability of HIV and LGBT programme, Lhak-sam (October 2017)
- Development of Business Plan for Wangdue Eco Lodge to order to assess the sustainability of Lodge as 4 star hotel with investments from Singapore through Foreign Direct Investment (September 2017)
- Development of Community Based Tourism Action Plan for Zhemgang Dzongkhag under Rural Livelihood Programme (RLP III), Department of Forests and Park Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests in collaboration with HELVETAS Bhutan, Thimphu
- Development of National Intellectual Property Strategy (2017-2024) and Action Plan (2017-2018), Department of Intellectual Property, MoEA, Thimphu
- Rapid assessment of organizational capacity and development of business plan, Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited
- Documentation of Sanitation and Hygiene best practices, Public Health and Engineering Division, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health
- Development of Value chain for Broom Business at Sarpang and Tsirang Dzongkhags, Helvetas-Swiss Intercooperation, Thimphu
- Assessment of Governance Practices in Public Institutions in Bhutan, Bhutan Transparency Initiative, Thimphu
- National Survey and study for Off-grid to On-grid Rural Electrification Programme funded by ADB, Department of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Thimphu
- Development of staffing and job responsibilities for YDF including HR policy covering the aspects of capacity building, recruitment, performance management system, salary and other aspects of retaining the talent and to make the YDF attractive for employment through, ADB, Manila, Philippines
- Evaluation of School Agriculture Program (SAP), Council for RNR Research of Bhutan, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Thimphu
- Service Contract Salary Survey, United Nations Development Programme, Thimphu
- Corporate Strategic Plan (2014-2018), Construction Development Corporation Limited, Thimphu
- Development of HRD Master Plan, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Thimphu, Bhutan
- Study on Manpower Rationalization Exercise, Royal Audit Authority, Thimphu, Bhutan
- Development of Technical Vocational and Education Training, Ministry of labour and Human Resources, Thimphu, Bhutan
- Strategic Framework, Service Conditions, Capacity Building and Infrastructure Development Plan, Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment, Ministry of Education, Thimphu
- Cost Benefit Analysis and Supply Chain Development for SNV, Thimphu
- Guideline for Ecotourism at Phojikha, RSPN, Thimphu
Engineering
- Building design including architecture, structural and electrical drawing for Wangchuk Resort at Taba and Monggar and about 5 office buildings in Thimphu and Phuntsholing
- About 30 residential buildings in Thimphu and Phuntsholing from G+1 to G+5 with and without lift system
- Design for Automobile workshop complex at Olakha
- Electrical design for remodeling of Lingkana Palace and Memorial Chorten including the compound lighting
- Power System Analysis, load flow analysis and design for the 10-year master plan
- Design, estimation and costing of lines and electrical substations 33KV and below
- Protection system, SCADA system and other O&M aspects
