Consultancy and Research

Consultancy services have been provided to a number of projects of national importance. Some of them are listed below:

• Guided the Design Consultants in conducting Environmental Studies including EIA and SIA for the Design of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project as a Member, Panel of Expert (Environment), Bangladesh Bridge Authority, Government of Bangladesh.
• Provided Overall Guidance for conducting Environmental Studies including EIA and Resettlement Activities of the Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Project (the largest Infrastructure Project in Bangladesh), as a Member, International Panel of Expert (Environment and Resettlement), the highest Advisory Panel on Technical Issues.
• Preparation of the Environmental Management Action Plan (EMAP) complying with the co-financiers’ requirements for Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Project as Team Leader of a group of National and International Environmental Specialist and helped the Bridge Authority to implement the EMAP.
• Preparation of the Environmental Guidelines for the Construction of Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Project as Team Leader.
• “Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)” of Matuail Solid Waste Landfill, and “Conversion of Existing Dumpsite into a Semi-Aerobic Engineered Landfill at Matuail” including “Preparation of Operation Manual for the Landfill”, as Team Leader of a Group of BUET Experts, Dhaka City Corporation.
• Preparation of Coastal Environmental Management Plan for Bangladesh, as a Member of an Expert Group mobilized by UNESCAP, Bangkok.
• Environmental Aspects of Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter Program for Bangladesh as an Environmental Specialist, Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh
• Environmental Impact Assessment of Flood, 1988, Department of Environment, Bangladesh.
• Environmental Impact Assessment of Confidence Cement Factory, Chittagong.
• Environmental design of Shaheed Ziaur Rahamn Medical College and Hospital, Bogra, Public Works Department, Government of Bangladesh.
• Checked the design of Plumbing System of City Centre Building, Dhaka City Corporation
• Supervised the structural design of Bangladesh Shilpa Bank Building, the first high-rise concrete building constructed in Bangladesh.
• Checked the design of Dhaka WASA Building, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority
• Checked the design of Steel and Engineering Corporation Building, Bangladesh Steel & Engineering Corpn.
• Checked the design of East-West Electrical Inter-connector, Bangladesh Power Development Board

Coordinated or supervised several sponsored research projects

• Arsenic Project Support Unit, DFID research project on "Assessment of health risk of arsenic mitigation options in Bangladesh"
• BUET-MIT-UC research on “Arsenic release mechanism and its mobility in the aquifer”.
• BUET-UNU(United Nations University) research on “Treatment of arsenic contaminated water”.
• BUET-UNU(United Nations University) research on “Fate of arsenic in the environment”,
• BUET-Miyazaki University (Japan) research on “Community water supplies in arsenic contaminated areas”.
• WHO Research project on “Potable water supply in iron problem areas of Bangladesh”
• UGC Research on “Treatment of tannery waste”
• Supervised 26 Ph.D. and M.Sc. Engineering Research Projects in the field of Environmental Engineering as a requirement for the award of degrees.