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Prof.
Bannaga is currently the Chairman & Managing Director of the
consultancy firm “Bannaga Consult”, graduated from the University of
Loughborough with MSc and PhD in 1974 and 1977, respectively and granted
BSc from Faculty of Engineering, University of Khartoum in 1971.
Started
his practice in many international and national firms and institutions,
in his early stages of practice, worked at the reputable international
consultancy firm Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners Consulting Engineers in
London and supervised many international projects. Later he joined the
Saudi Arabian National Guard in Riyadh in 1979 where he managed and
supervised many housing projects for the Saudi National Guards,
especially, water supply, sewerage and storm water projects. After gaining
a great experience, he moved to the Arabian Centre for Engineering
Consultation. In mid eighties, Dr. Bannaga
joined the UN and worked as expert in Riyadh in UNDTCD and participated
in regional planning projects and other projects undertaken by the Physical
Planning Agency, Ministry of Municipal & Rural Affaires, and KSA.
In
1994 he was granted the Star of Achievement, the highest medal of the
state for officials as a reward for his outstanding performance. He
executed the giant Housing Plan of the Capital which paved the way for
all of the Capital's citizens to settle. One of Prof. Bannaga's
most known achievements in Khartoum is his great role in the construction
of the Salvation Bridge that links Khartoum and Omdurman cities and upon
its completion he was granted the medal of Sudan's Loyal Son in 2000, the
highest medal granted to the Sudanese by the state and he ranks number
seven of those granted since Independence Day.
It
is worth mentioning that he has been rewarded by international and
regional institutions; he was granted the Prize of The
British Institution of Water Engineers & Scientists in 1979, the Arab
Environmental Shield from Arabian Union for Youth and Environment, Arab
League in 1996, the Honorary Doctorate from the University of Juba, South
Sudan in 1999, and the Honorary Doctorate from the University of Khartoum
in 2001. Granted the prize of the best research in Transportation by the
Arab Engineers Union in 2016. In 2019 he was awarded professorship by the
University of Nottingham, UK
Prof.
Bannaga is a recognized engineer. He is a Fellow of the British Chartered
Institution of Water and Environmental Management- CIWEM, the Sudan
Engineering Society and Chairman of the cultural committee for two terms.
He is a member of the International Society of City and Regional
Planners- ISOCARP, the British Institution of Water Engineers and
Scientists- IWES, the British Institution of Public Health Engineers-
IPHE, and the American Society of Civil Engineers – ASCE.
He
published many papers in reputable scientific journals and publications
(outstanding work) and had been rewarded for some of them. He edited many
books which have been published by Zurich University (ETH: Swiss Federal
Institute) , and these include: Treatment of Squatter Settlements, Reorganization
of Villages and Reallocation of Urban Functions, Alingaz
Bridge , The Displaced and Peace in Sudan, The Homeless at Masses at
Home, Management of Islamic Cities between the Visions of Today and the
Islamic Doctrine, Land Right of Use and Management Paradigm
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