Abstract—The study considers the building construction technologies available in Bangladesh. It has been carried out to evaluate the existing situation of construction projects in the country and its aim to evaluate the current situation and make a comparison between the cities, i.e., Dhaka, the capital city and Sylhet, the fast rising city but located at the periphery of the country. The projects investigated in this study include both residential and commercial buildings and the survey works were done by visiting different construction sites and collected all possible and related information through interviews and questionnaires of the workers and engineers. Since technology is important in contrast of time, cost and quality, it is urgent need to evaluate the condition which will help for the respective authorities to take initiative for introducing modern technologies in construction industries. Study shows that periphery areas are far away from modern construction technologies compare to that of capital city, although the capital city also has so many deficiencies to use automation technology compare to that of modern word. Thus proper mechanization and implementation of modern building construction techniques would bring significant impact in building construction by improving its quality with reducing time and cost.

Index Terms—Building construction, Modern technology, Questionnaires, Dhaka

Cite: Muhammad Saiful Islam, Hasibur Rahman, and Md. Ashrafuzzaman, "Evaluation and Comparison of Building Construction Technologies in Two Major Cities of Bangladesh," International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 99-109, November 2012.