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Comprehensive consultancy services for planning, designing, and implementing water resources projects that promote sustainability and climate resilience.
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Comprehensive consultancy services for planning, designing, and implementing water resources projects that promote sustainability and climate resilience.
about us
Dhaka and then East Pakistan were restored to credible prominence under autonomy and self-control within the Pakistan Dominion, after revoking of Bengal Partition a whopping 57 years back. The most populous province and provincial capital Dhaka needed to cater for the burgeoning needs for amenities/facilities, structure-infrastructure and system of the enhanced economic activities as well as comfort, safety and prosperity of a long deserving and expecting populace. Establishment of Steel Mills (1952), Eastern Refinery (1963), Machine Tools Factory (1967), provided the assurance and impetus for embarking on large ventures in development. Seeing high potential and prospects, a group of four prominent engineers took the lead to found the first consulting entity by Bangalee Mooslims in Dhaka. The engineering pioneers, whose initial letters of their namesake led to its genesis and nomenclature, had been honorable Sanaullah Sheikh, honorable Professor Shamsul Alam, honorable Md. Rafiqul Islam and honorable Md. Abdul Majid, to initiate an entity that shot to gradual and steady prominence through dedicated and sincere services to the nation. Their able successors carried and have been carrying the flag, to encouraging efficiency.
SARM established way back in 1968, is a leading one-stop services consulting entity in Bangladesh with great reputation. The versatile nature of the company’s accomplished assignments coupled with the expertise and skills built off its capable top management, key professionals and highly qualified technical staff has resulted in a confident, resourceful ‘et al’ which has turned this organization into an outstanding Consulting Architectural & Engineering Firm in the South Asian pivotal country.
The full-time staff – experienced and qualified engineers together with architects, planners, other specialists and supervisory staff – provide a robust range of services from initial conceptualization through project completion and handover. These entail field surveys and preliminary engineering designs; architectural planning and design; detailed engineering designs and drawings; pre-feasibility and feasibility studies; environmental and social studies, preparation of contract documents; tender evaluations, contract award services; and project management and construction supervision services. Types of Projects which the firm has developed extensive capabilities and expertise for include Structures (Buildings); Infrastructure (Bridges, Culverts, Roads and Highways, Flood Control, Irrigation and Drainage, Town Protection and River Training, Water Supply and Waste Water Management, Urban Development Planning, Argo-socio-economic Studies, Environmental Studies, Management, Training and Advisory Services. SARM’s Clientele include International Financing Agencies & Aid Organizations, Ministries, NGOs, Autonomous & Semi-autonomous Bodies, Banks and Private Enterprises. The Firm owns modern computers, AutoCAD, Total Station Survey and copying, printing facilities.
The firm offers a comprehensive service in study, planning, design, documentation and outreach, contract award services, project management, supervision, training, environmental and social impact assessment and resettlement action plan of development interventions into nature and her processes.
The firm is totally independent of construction or manufacturing interests and functions in accordance with ethical standards of noble consulting services.
SARM renders professional services to provide Clientele with rational, economic and safe designs and workable recommendations based on theoretical and practical aspects of any project. We maintain a close relationship with the client to fulfill their needs in a timely manner within the earmarked/stated budget.
SARM takes pride in being one of the only few firms who have been contributing substantially to the development of Consulting Services and in that process, national development, in Bangladesh and of late in Afghanistan.
The firm is currently headed by Mr. H. M. Abdul Matin, Chairman. Seven Directors constitute the top management. They are assisted by heads of various project groups. All of them have considerable experience in their respective fields of operation.
The Firm is on the List of Consultants with ADB, DANIDA, DFID, FAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, ILO, JBIC, KFAED, NORAD, UNDP, US-AID, etc. It has been associated with foreign reputed consulting firms from Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Finland, India, Japan, Kuwait, The Netherlands, New Zealand, UK, USA, in a host of international financed projects.
SARM specializes and renders robust professional services in the following fields:
Engineers, together with architects, agriculturists, economists, planners and experts of other disciplines of SARM provide a robust range of services to Clients from initial concept to completion of work. The services include
SARM has provided Consulting services in various fields to a wide range of Clients which include Govt. Ministries, Autonomous and Semiautonomous bodies, Banks, International Financing and Aid Organizations and Private Enterprises. The Firm is on the list of consultants with the following Organizations.
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• International Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
• Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC)
• Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• US AID, DANIDA, DFID, IFAD, NDF
• The World Bank (IBRD)
• Banque Indosuez
• Bangladesh Lever Brothers Limited
• Bangladesh Textile Mills
• Jamiatul Falah Mosque & Islamic Centre
• Rupali Bank
• Uttara Bank
In a number of internationally financed pride projects SARM has been associated with the following foreign firms to render Consulting services:
• BCEOM French Consulting Engineers – France
• Camp Dresser & McKee – USA
• Carl Bro International a/s – Denmark
• Danish Road Directorate – Denmark
• DHV Consultant BV – The Netherlands
• Finnroad OY – Finland
• Hunting Technical Services Ltd. – UK
• Japan Overseas Consultants Co. – Japan
• Kuljian Corporation – USA
• Louis Berger International Inc. – USA
• Maunsell Limited – New Zealand
• Mott MacDonald – UK
• Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Limited – Canada
• Operations Research Group (ORG) – India
• Parsons Brinckerhoff Int’l. – USA
• Roughton International – UK
• Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation – Australia
• Wilbur Smith Associates – USA
• Worley International Ltd. – New Zealand
The firm owns modern in-house computers, CADD, plain paper copiers and printing machines to cope with word processing, engineering design and printing needs. SARM maintains a full-fledged architectural, structural, electrical and mechanical section equipped with the latest drafting facilities. SARM also owns Total Station and other survey equipment and machinery for undertaking engineering surveys
The majority of SARM’s full time personnel pool include academically high-qualified experienced Engineers (road, bridge, civil, structural, foundation design, soil material and quality control, quantity survey), Architects, Planners, Contract Specialists, CAD Specialists, Agronomists, Economists and other qualified professionals covering breadth and depth of disciplines which the firm operates in. The firm’s professional success is ensured by competencies, experience, expertise and of its qualified experts/professional’s as well as project personnel and key staff responsible for administrative support and co-ordination, to comply with the requirements.
A clear representation of our management hierarchy and functional divisions that ensure efficient coordination and effective project delivery.
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