SAFPROM – MAF Facilities Development and Lead Engineering Consultancy Services

OSM Consultants, in association with PAWA Architecture Pty Ltd (Australia/PNG), was engaged by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), Government of Samoa, to provide Concept and Preliminary Design services for the new MAF Headquarters facility at Salelologa, Savai'i, together with associated packhouse and fisheries training facilities under the Samoa Agriculture and Fisheries Productivity and Marketing Programme (SAFPROM), a World Bank-financed programme. OSM served as Lead Consultant, responsible for structural and geotechnical engineering, engineering sign-off and overall project engineering coordination, while PAWA provided architectural design and documentation. The completed scope included the Inception Report, Concept Design Report for a new two-storey MAF facility incorporating administrative, laboratory and conference spaces, Preliminary Design Report with supporting structural and geotechnical documentation, design services for packhouse facilities at Atele and Salelologa, and design services for the proposed Fisheries Training Facility at Mulifanua. Design development progressed through review stages in consultation with MAF and the World Bank review team.