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
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.
- Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC 2020)
- ACI 318 — concrete
- AISC 360 — steel
- Eurocode 2 and 8
Things that got built
- 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
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.
Software I use daily
- ETABS95%
- SAP200090%
- AutoCAD95%
- Revit / BIM80%
- SAFE (foundations)88%
- STAAD.Pro75%
- 2021 — now
Lead Structural Engineer
Delta Consulting Engineers
Runs a team of six. Signs off every structural drawing that leaves the office.
- 2017 — 2021
Structural Engineer
Coastal Design Group
High-rise residential design, plus the firm's first two bridge jobs.
- 2015 — 2017
Site Engineer
Meghna Construction
Two years on site, learning what actually gets built versus what gets drawn.
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.
Email me