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Assignment Name: Planning & Design of Canal System to Improve the Drainage of Storm Water in Dhaka City, Financed by GoB; Client: DWASA Duration: May, 1990- September, 1992		Country: Bangladesh
Project Location within Country: Dhaka City		Professional Staff Provided: No. of Staff: 4 No. of Man-months: 11
Name of Client: Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA)
Start Date (dd/mm/yy): May, 1990	Completion Date (dd/mm/yy): September, 1992	Approx. Value of services: Tk. 1.10 million (Current US $ .048 million)
Name of associated firm if any: Associated Consulting Engineers (Bangladesh) Ltd.		No. of Man-months of professional staff provided by associated firm: 12
Senior Staff involved and functions performed: Mr. S.A. Bhuiyan - Team Leader Mr. A.K.M. Shahidullah - Sr. Design Engineer Mr. Ezazul H. Biswas - Sr. Survey Engineer
Detailed Narrative Description of Project: Dhaka City is surrounded by rivers on all sides. Within the city a large numbers of canals are flowing into the rivers carrying internal waste water, rain water and flood water out of the city. Due to rapid and unplanned urbanisation, most of these canals have been encroached, filled up, diverted and developed which caused obstruction to smooth flow of water to the rivers ultimately creating water logging in the city. As a result GoB feel it is essential to re-establish the original width and alignment of the canals in proper shape and form to ensure easy flow of rain and flood water through these canals. As first step to this end 11 most important canals have been taken up for reform and development under this project.
Detailed Description of the Actual Services Provided by our Company: (i) Survey of existing Canal System and locate them in map, (ii) study all previous related reports to coordinate with the proposed work, (iii) conduct Topographic Survey, (iv) estimate the catchment area and peak discharge, (v) prepare master plan map showing all the khals in one or two drawings, (vi) prepare design of individual khal including sectional and longitudinal profile, retaining wall and bank protection measures, Box-culverts/Pipe culverts and related structures, cost estimates, tender document & tender evaluation, (vii) supervision of works including certification and preparation of as-built drawings.

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