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Rafiq Hossain

Structural Engineer

BSc Civil Engineering, MIEB, Chartered Engineer

I design the frame that holds a building up. Eleven years of towers, factories and bridges — finished on time and standing straight.

  • 11Years in the field
  • 68Buildings finished
  • 4Bridges designed
  • 0Structural failures
About

What I actually do

I am a structural engineer in Chattogram. I work out how a building carries its own weight, the people inside it, the wind that hits it and the earthquake it may one day have to survive.

Most of my work is high-rise residential and industrial sheds, plus four road bridges. I do the design, the drawings and the site checks, and I stay on the job until the last column is poured.

I design to these codes
  • Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC 2020)
  • ACI 318 — concrete
  • AISC 360 — steel
  • Eurocode 2 and 8
Selected work

Things that got built

4 projects
  • 18-floor apartment tower

    Harbour View Residences

    Chattogram

    Raft foundation on soft soil near the river. Designed the frame and ran site checks for all 18 pours.

    • 18 floors
    • 112 flats
    • Finished 2 months early
  • Industrial building

    Karnaphuli Steel Shed

    Chattogram

    A 90-metre clear-span steel shed with a 20-tonne crane running the full length.

    • 90 m clear span
    • 20 t crane
    • Steel frame
  • Road bridge

    Feni River Crossing

    Feni

    A 140-metre three-span bridge on pile foundations, built while the road stayed open.

    • 140 m long
    • 3 spans
    • Pile foundation
  • Strengthening an old building

    Agrabad Office Retrofit

    Chattogram

    A 1980s office block brought up to today's earthquake rules without moving the tenants out.

    • Built 1984
    • Jacketed 34 columns
    • Stayed occupied
Services

What you can hire me for

  • 01

    Building frame design

    Columns, beams, slabs and foundations for towers up to 20 floors. Concrete and steel.

  • 02

    Earthquake checking

    Making sure a building can take a shake, to the Bangladesh National Building Code.

  • 03

    Foundation design

    Reading the soil report and choosing the footing: pad, raft or pile.

  • 04

    Old building survey

    Checking whether an existing building is safe, and what it would take to make it safe.

  • 05

    Site supervision

    On-site checks at every pour, so the building matches the drawing.

  • 06

    Bridge design

    Short and medium span road bridges, including the approach structures.

Tools

Software I use daily

  • ETABS95%
  • SAP200090%
  • AutoCAD95%
  • Revit / BIM80%
  • SAFE (foundations)88%
  • STAAD.Pro75%
Experience

Where I have worked

  1. 2021 — now

    Lead Structural Engineer

    Delta Consulting Engineers

    Runs a team of six. Signs off every structural drawing that leaves the office.

  2. 2017 — 2021

    Structural Engineer

    Coastal Design Group

    High-rise residential design, plus the firm's first two bridge jobs.

  3. 2015 — 2017

    Site Engineer

    Meghna Construction

    Two years on site, learning what actually gets built versus what gets drawn.

Get in touch

Have a building to put up?

Send me the plot size, how many floors you want and the soil report if you have one. I will tell you what the frame needs and what it will cost to design.

Phone+880 1800 000000Emailhello@example.comBased inChattogram, Bangladesh
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