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After completing his GCE – A-Level examinations at St Mary’s College, Darren Marc Sirju entered the University of the West Indies in 1992 to pursue his Undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering. During his time there he won the David Key Prize for the best student in Structures in Year 3 and graduated in 1995. He entered the Construction Industry as a junior Project Manager for the Expansion and Upgrade of The Falls Shopping Center (formerly West Mall) and in 1996 he joined KS&P Ltd and served as Client site representative for the construction 2040 STPD Farmlands Misschem Ammonia Plant in Pt Lisas. He also worked on the structural engineering design of blast-resistant process buildings for the Atlantic LNG Plant in Point Fortin among other facilities.

In 1998, he traveled to London UK to complete his Masters in Structural Engineering, studying the Analysis and Design of Structures for Hazards; a course specifically designed to understand analyze and design structures for extreme conditions such as Earthquakes, Fire, Hurricanes and other high wind conditions, Waves and Offshore conditions and Hydrocarbon and denotative blasts.

He returned to KS&P Ltd in Trinidad in 1999 and continued the in the field of Structural Engineering design working on a multitude of residential, commercial, institutional and industrial structures namely various campus buildings and facilities for the University of Trinidad & Tobago, Regional Sporting Facilities, structure and foundation design for process plant equipment, RIBA award-winning residence in the Northern Range and many others.

For over a decade, Darren, through his career experience, has taken a keen interest in the Management of Construction Projects and has successfully delivered medium and large scale commercial, institutional and industrial projects for both public and private sector Clients.

Darren has been a director of KS&P Ltd for over 20 years and is committed to using his experience in the industry for the continual improvement and efficiency in the execution and delivery of Construction projects locally and regionally.

He celebrates his 20+ year marriage to his wife Coromoto every day and they have three children pursuing education in their own unique fields of interest at various levels.

Currently a director of KS&P Ltd, Savitree Singh has been involved in the Engineering profession for the past fifteen years. After graduation from the University of the West Indies in 2005 she joined KS&P Ltd as a Graduate Engineer, working on projects such as the University of Trinidad and Tobgao, Wallerfield Campus. More recent works include the Trincity Village Center Shopping Center, the Victoria Keyes Housing Projects, Toyota San Fernando Showroom and Irwin Park Sporting Facility.

She entered Imperial College London, UK in 2008 and completed a Master of Science degree in Structural Engineering in 2009. She is a member of APETT and is a Registered Engineer with the Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago.

Savitree is the recipient of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago Outstanding Young Engineer 2013. She also received the Niherst (National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology) Ranjit Kumar Aware for Junior Scientist in 2013.

Savitree has been involved in the Caribbean Regional Group of the Institution of Structural Engineers for the last ten years. She is currently the Young Members Group chair person and Treasurer. She also successfully passed the IStructE chartered membership exam in 2016.

In her leisure time she continues to aspires to be a tennis player, persevering in that pursuit with limited success.

Eng. Keith Sirju is a founding partner of KS&P Ltd, formerly Keith Sirju and Partners, a company established over forty years ago that provides consultancy services to the construction industry in the fields of Civil and Structural Engineering. Keith has been responsible for the design and management of design teams on landmark projects in Trinidad and Tobago such as the country’s Hall of Justice, the Arthur Lok Jack School of Business, the Institute of Marine Affairs, the Gateway and Amphitheatre in St. James and more recently, the UTT Campuses at O’Meara and Wallerfield.

His sphere of contribution in the field of structural design is not only limited to buildings of national significance but also includes a number of private sector structures as well such as Citibank’s Headquarters, Republic Bank’s Operations Centre, offices for Ernst and Young and the restoration of the Blue Haven Hotel in Tobago. He has over forty-five years of experience in the civil and structural engineering fields of practice which began as an Engineer in the Ministry of Works.

He has also worked as a Design Engineer and Director at Trinidad Engineering Research Ltd on the Mount Hope Maternity Hospital and the Eric Williams Financial Complex. Keith has also had international experience working at Building Design Partnership in London where he led the design of a one thousand seat theatre for the Buckinghamshire County Council in Aylesbury. Keith, a Chartered Engineer, has an MSc in Concrete Structures and Technology from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, University of London and a BSc in Civil Engineering from The University of The West Indies, where he has lectured and mentored aspiring engineers for over ten years in the field of Structural Analysis and Design.

Keith is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago, where he also served as Chairman of the Journal Committee. Appointed as APETT's nominee on the Commission of Enquiry into the Piarco Airport Development Project in 2002, Keith gave national service as a Member of this Enquiry. He later served as Chairman of the committee appointed by the Prime Minister to investigate the collapse of the Caroni Bridge. Recently, he was the chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission.

In his spare time Keith enjoys playing golf, travelling with Gail, his wife of over forty five years and spending time with his two children themselves engineers, Toni, Atlantic’s Vice President of Corporate Operations and Darren, a Director at KS&P and with his six grandchildren.