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Assignment Name: Road Overlay and Improvement Project, Financed by ADB, Loan No. 1287-BAN (SF)

 

Country:  Bangladesh

Project Location within the Country:  Eastern Part of Bangladesh

 

Professional Staff Provided by our Firm:

Nos. of Staff:  5

Nos. of Staff-Month:  104

Name of the Client:  Roads and Highways Department (RHD), Govt. of Bangladesh

 

Start Date (month/year):

 

December, 1994

Completion Date: (month/year):

 

June, 1997

Approx. Value of Services:

 

Tk. 139.16 million

 

Name of the Associated Consultants, if any:

 

Beca Worley International;

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation  (SMEC); and

Engineering Science Ltd. of Bangladesh

No. of Months of professional staff provided by the Associated Consultants: 170

 

 

 

Name of Senior Staff Involved and Functions Performed:

 

Mr. Shahidul Alam                     -       Construction Superintendent

Mr. Azharul Islam                       -       Construction Superintendent

Mr. Md. Shahjahan                    -       Construction Superintendent

Mr. Amalendu Debnath              -       Construction Superintendent

Mr. Aminul Haque                      -       Construction Superintendent

 

Detail Narrative Description of the Project:

 

The project was under the Road Maintenance Programme financed by the ADB and comprises of asphaltic concrete overlays over about 450 km of road and seal coat with pea-gravel over 500 km road stretches in eastern part of Bangladesh.

 

A Road Master Plan was prepared which optimised the use of available funding for all aspects of road construction such as maintenance, overlays, seal coats, strengthening, widening, reconstruction and new construction. The Road Master Plan placed emphasis on the use of well designed overlays to conserve and prolong the life of the existing road network and this project was undertaken from this consideration.

 

Detail Description of Actual Services Provided by our company:

 

The services provided by the consultant include training of RHD technical staff and establishment of systematic procedure for planning, designing and programming of the works and detailed design supervision, quality control, progress monitoring, survey and measurement of the construction works and certification of contractors’ bills for payment.

 

 

Firm’s Name: Design Planning & Management Consultants Ltd.