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Assignment Name: Design
and Facilitate Training Session on Structural Design of Aggregate Sand Roads
with Appurtenant Rural Road Structures under Building Union Infrastructure
for Local Development (BUILD), Financed by CARE |
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Location within the
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All over |
Professional staff provided by our Firm: No. of Staff: 5 No.
of Staff-Months: 20 |
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Name of the Client: CARE, |
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Start Date
(month/year): March,
2001 |
Completion Date
(month/year): August,
2001 |
Approx.
Values of Services: Tk. 0.580 million |
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Name of the Associated Consultants, if any:
NONE |
No. of Months of
professional staff provided by associated Consultants: Nil |
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Name of Senior
Staff Involved and Functions Performed: 1. Mr.
M.A. Sobhan - Advisor 2. Mr.
Sabbir Siddique - Team Leader/ Design and Training
Specialist 3. Mr.
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Narrative
Description of Project: Building
Union Infrastructures for Local Development (BUILD) is an integral component
or project of Integrated Food Security Program (IFSP). It is a large rural
transportation infrastructures and capacity building project which combine
CARE experience in rural road development and union parishad strengthening efforts.
BUILD works with LGED to select and improve the condition of rural roads
type-1 (R1) by Aggregate Sand (AS) technology. Necessary drainage structures,
earthwork and slope protection by rip-rap are also implemented to make the
rural road (R1) continuous and passable all the year round. The
major activities of BUILD project are: i) Use aggregate sand technology to
upgrade road surface ii) strengthen slope protection of roads iii) Repairing
and construction of bridges, culverts and approaches iv) Earthwork for
maintaining the design width of rural road type-1 (R1) v) Environmental
management to make the road development work sustainable |
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Detailed
Description of the Actual Services Provided by our Company: The
objectives of this consultancy is to prepare a training curriculum on
structural design of Aggregate Sand (AS) Road Using AS technology including
alternative flexible and rigid pavement designs and structures up to 20
meters span and conduct training sessions in order to develop the technical
expertise of LGED and CARE Engineers. The major tasks of the consultant
are: i) Review CARE-LGED implemented AS roads and structures in field and
office, ii) Develop structural design of flexible pavement with Aggregate
Sand (AS) technology for rural road type-1 (R1), iii) Develop structural
design of flexible pavement alternative to existing design considering cost
effectiveness with respect to traffic volume for rural road type –1(R1),
iv) Develop structural design of rigid pavement rural road type-1 (R1), T-beam
bridge with pile foundation up to 20m span, multi-vent box culvert, u-drain
with and without surcharge and pipe culvert, (v) explore the possibilities of
introducing pre-cast units in different rural road structures, (vi) prepare a
training curriculum based on the above mentioned structural design step by
step with detailing, (vii) facilitate one TOT training course of 4 to 5
days long with preparation of necessary training materials (computer
aided presentation/transparency sheets, handouts etc.) |
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Firm’s
Name:
Design Planning & Management Consultants Ltd.