Testing the project before the client spends on design or tender.

For public, county, institutional, SEZ, and industrial clients, this work is often the bridge between an idea and a procurable project. The report may also flag whether a transport assessment, geotechnical investigation, utility study, or phased infrastructure plan is needed before detailed design.

A feasibility report carries weight only if it answers the questions the buyer's eventual approval path will ask: county zoning and development permission (Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019); public-procurement evidence requirements where the buyer is a public body (Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015); the gazettement and licensing route for Special Economic Zone projects (Special Economic Zones Act, 2015); and a National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) screening or full assessment where the site engages the Second Schedule of the Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA).

Shomax undertakes planning and feasibility work where the client needs a technical basis for investment, procurement, relocation, or phased infrastructure delivery.

Service scope

• Master planning for estates, industrial parks, and Special Economic Zones
• Feasibility studies and project appraisal — technical, economic, environmental
• Due-diligence and technical audits of existing infrastructure
• Preliminary cost estimates and technical input to bills of quantities (detailed quantity surveying by registered QSs)
• Combined Environmental and Social Impact Study and engineering design instructions
• Approval-path review for county, NCA, NEMA, road-authority, and other statutory interfaces where applicable

Reference evidence

Gikondo Industrial Park to Kigali SEZ relocation, Phase I and II (USD 36 M), and the Vihiga Municipality infrastructure programme (KSH 1 B).