In urban areas of Bangladesh it is a very common practice to keep the ground floor of multi storied buildings open for parking facility. These buildings-are generally designed as RC framed buildings without considering ...

In Bangladesh, the water supply and sanitation sector has achieved commendable success over the last few decades. Overall about ninety eight percent of the rural population and almost the entire urban population now have ...

Industrial pollution is a growing concern of the present days. Various industries produce different types of effluents, which contain pollutants in a varying range. Among the industries, tannery industry is one of the ...

The preliminary cost estimate of a new building project is very significant which provides the basis for the clients' budgeting, funding and controlling the project costs. It is also the starting point on which the ...

The rapid growth of population in Dhaka City has led to a growing demand for transport. The city’s infrastructure, services, and management are insufficient to meet the demand and there is little scope to develop any new ...

The ability of vegetation to stabilize and strengthen soil is well recognized and this has been widely applied to the reinforcement of soil on unstable slopes. Main objective of the research was to develop a climate ...

Lanc-changing behavior models are important components of microscopic traffic simulation tools. Particularly, heterogeneity of traffic can significantly affect lanechanging behavior. The objective of this thesis is to ...

This study was to investigate the effect of foundation soil stiffness on dynamic behavior of a 5-story (low-rise), a 10-story (medium-rise) and a 20-story (high-rise) Reinforced Concrete (RC) frame building. Each building ...

Due to increasing water scarcity in many regions around the world new water sources are developed. Greywater is one of the most reliable new sources of water. It works excellent in reducing water demand in households as ...

The study was mainly concerned with the effectiveness of Sand Compaction Pile (SCP) in improving the density of alluvial soil deposits of Bangladesh. Miniature sand compaction pile device, miniature dynamic cone penetrometer ...