CEPZ, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Assignment Name:

Feasibility study, Detailed design, and Construction Supervision of Inland Container

Depot cum Container Freight Station at CEPZ, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Name of the Client:

K & T Logistics Ltd.

Location:

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Year of Completion:

November 2001

Description of the Project:

To supply adequate containers to the EPZ area, K & T Logistics Ltd. has undertaken the implementation of a container depot project to meet the container demands of the EPZ. Recently, K & T Logistics Ltd. has conducted a feasibility study for the combined container depot project for the Chittagong Port Area, Township area, and EPZ area. Accordingly, K & T Logistics Ltd. has prepared a PCP and submitted it to the Govt. Later, the Govt. has decided that BEPZA would implement container facilities separately for the EPZ area, duly funded by K & T Logistics Ltd. as a ‘Deposit Work’. The project includes the construction of a soft yard, fifty feet wide internal road, including an entry-exit road. Warehouse with Mezzanine floor, excluding the pre-fabricated building portion. Water treatment plant, Surface Drainage around the building areas. Internal electrification work of the warehouse & workshop building with a telephone system and other related civil works for the container depot.

Services Provided:

Feasibility study, preparation of master plan, and land development plan. Detailed structural analysis and design of container yard (rigid & flexible pavement), pre-fabricated steel structures of workshop building, warehouse, etc. Soil investigation, analysis of soil parameters. Design of utility services, roads, pavements, and a water drainage system. Value engineering exercise for cost effectiveness with respect to construction volume. Detailed design of structures, preparation of drawings. Preparation of tender documents, bill of quantities. Cost estimation and economic evaluation of the project. Project management and continuous supervision for monitoring the progress of work and coordination of the owner-consultant and contractor meeting.