Our Facilities
Rural Focus Ltd has the following facilities which it is able to utilize for its projects:
General
- Purpose Built Offices in riparian area of Nanyuki (Kenya),
- Training Hall with multiple group work sites and on-site kitchen,
- Water Quality Laboratory,
- Fully equipped branch office in Nairobi,
- Fully equipped vehicle garage,
- Fleet of well-serviced 4WD vehicles,
- VHF and HF Radio communications,
- Satellite Phones for remote field work,
- Full set of field camping equipment.
Surveying, Mapping, and GIS
- GIS Workstation with A1 digitiser and A1 plotter,
- CAD workstation,
- Total Station (TOPCON TS212)- an electronic theodolite, with data logger, capable of accurate measurements upto 1.5km,
- Thales Promark 3 GPS Survey System ( 1 x Base Station, 2 x Rovers) accurate over 25km radius,
- Handheld Garmin GPSs,
- Dumpy Levels,
- Full Set of 1:50,000, 1:100,000, 1:250,000 Maps of Kenya,
- Software: Licensed copies of ArcGIS/ArcView, Magellan Map Source, Golden Software Surfer, Intellicad 2008, ProGEEarth (DTM), Thales Mobile Mapper and Thales GNSS Solutions Software.
Materials Testing and Water Resource Surveys
- Portable Water Quality Analysis Equipment, covering EC, pH, temperature, turbidity, and reagents for different chemicals,
- Paqualab for microbiological analysis of water samples,
- Electronic temperature controlled oven,
- Electronic scale,
- Current meter,
- Sediment sampling equipment.