High rise building construction practice in Bangladesh

Abstract

The thesis work considers high-rise building construction practice in Bangladesh. The study has been carried out to evaluate the state of mechanization and techniques of high-rise building construction being practiced in Bangladesh. A field survey has been conducted among selected construction firms and individuals engaged in various high-rise construction projects in order to gather information about construction techniques being used by them. This has been further substantiated by direct surveying of construction sites in Dhaka city. To evaluate the state of mechanization, informations were collected about construction equipments available with various construction organisations. It has been observed that the level of mechanization in building construction practice in Bangladesh is still at a low ebb. Even proper and economic utilization of available equipments did not result due to lack of planned management. A wide scope has been found to exist for introducing modern building construction techniques and methods. Finally, it is concluded that proper mechanization and implementation of modern building construction techniques would bring significant economy in high-rise building construction by improving its quality and reducing construction time ..