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Consultancy Research and Testing Services (CRTS)

Department of Civil Engineering

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Message From chairman

Dr. Abu Zakir Morshed

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET)

Khulna -9203, Bangladesh. Phone: +88041 769 471 Ext. 239

It gives me immense pleasure to introduce the Consultancy Research and Testing Services (CRTS), Department of Civil Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Khulna, Bangladesh. CRTS (Civil), KUET is a well established and renowned organization that is working under Department of Civil Engineering, KUET since 1986. CRTS (Civil) is a leading consulting platform having more than thirty highly qualified and diversely experienced consultants from all major fields of Civil Engineering. These experts are also involved in research and innovation at the same time has been satisfying the demand of various engineering problems of the nation by providing services of international standard.

CRTS (Civil) is the pioneer in the quality control of civil engineering materials in the south-west region. Over the last thirty years, it has played a very important role in the development of this region by providing testing and consultancy facilities for Government and private organizations. CRTS (Civil) is very much aware about the demand and trend of national economic and infrastructural growth, thus continuously upgrading its range of facilities. I hope that we could meet the increasing demand of consultancy services in future as well.

We are keen in providing a high standard level of customer services. In recent times our honorable customers are highly pleased with our level of services; and we are happy to have your feedback to improve our qualities.

Chairman
CRTS, Civil, Department of Civil Engineering
Khulna University of Engineering and Technology

About Us

Consultancy Research and Testing Services (CRTS), Civil is a leading Civil Engineering based material testing, certification and consulting centre which is a wing of Department of Civil Engineering in Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Bangladesh. Our strength includes well furnished laboratories, highly qualified faculty members and their experience in research and innovation. With the university setup of testing facility, it offers wide ranges of quality control testing services, unrivalled capacities, short lead times and detailed technical expertise. As a customer you can take the advantages of a unique set of all inclusive services.

More than thirty highly qualified experts and diversely experienced consultants of various fields of Civil Engineering has been satisfying the demand of the nation by solving various engineering problems and maintaining quality services of international standard. In short, we design, calibrate, verify, calculate, check, monitor, test and provide consultancy for specific requirements.


Members

Dr. Quazi Hamidul Bari
Professor

Environmental Engineering

B.Sc. Eng. (Civil), M. Eng. (Environment), Ph.D. (Environment)

qhbari@ce.kuet.ac.bd

041- 769468~75, Ext-8823

Dr. Quazi Sazzad Hossain
Professor

Transportation Engineering

B.Sc. Eng. (Civil), M. Eng. (Transportation Planning), Ph.D. (Traffic Engineering)

sazzad@ce.kuet.ac.bd

041- 769468~75, Ext-223

Dr. Md. Saiful Islam
Professor

Environmental Engineering

B.Sc. Engg. (Civil), M.Sc. Eng. (Environment), Ph.D. (Environment)

saiful@ce.kuet.ac.bd

041- 769468~75, Ext- 291


Laboratory

Physical resources available in the CRTS (Civil) are given below for different Laboratories of Civil engineering consultancy and tests.

Structural and Material Engineering Laboratories

The Structural and Material Engineering Laboratory is maintained by a group of highly qualified professionals, who are among the leading experts in the respective fields. This sector consists of two laboratories – structural engineering laboratory and material engineering laboratory. Both of the laboratories are well equipped with modern hardware and software facilities for carrying out testing of various construction materials. Notably, two universal testing machines are currently available at the structural engineering laboratory and another MTS servo-controlled loading systems is forthcoming, with a range of jacks suitable for programmed cyclic and fatigue testing. A computer-based data acquisition system is also available for on-line data reduction and advanced analysis. Routine quality assurance testing of various construction materials like steel, concrete, brick, cement, timber, plastic, rubber etc. are carried out in those laboratories according to the relevant standards. Expert services are provided on concrete mix design and the design of various reinforced and prestressed concrete structures as well as steel structures like high-rise buildings, bridges and towers etc. Modem structural analysis and design software and many other tools are used for analysis and safety evaluation of structures.

Geotechnical Engineering Laboratories

The Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory is an integral part of the Department of Civil Engineering at KUET and has been providing research facilities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students along with consultancy and material quality testing services since its establishment. The Laboratory is well-equipped with instruments for evaluating all engineering and physical properties of soils and geotextiles. Other services include sub-soil investigation, design and analysis of foundations and soil improvement. Moreover, the computational facilities and relevant experts for the analysis and design of various geotechnical problems are available for research and consultancy services. Over the past years, this division has achieved considerable expertise and experience in these areas and has developed a wide reputation both at regional and national levels.

Environmental Engineering Laboratories

The environmental engineering laboratory is advanced in its kind and possesses equipment and facilities for detailed analysis of water, wastewater, industrial wastes, air and noise quality, and model testing of treatment systems. It has been providing testing, design and consultancy services for more than three decades in diverse areas including: water supply; water, wastewater and industrial waste quality and treatment, water modeling; solid and hazardous waste management; biogas technology; air and noise, environmental management planning; and environmental impact assessment and monitoring. The group of highly qualified teaching professionals of this division has immense research-experiences at home and abroad.

Transportation Engineering & Surveying Laboratories

The Transportation Engineering Division has been providing testing, design and consultancy services since its inception in diverse areas including quality control & testing of highway materials, geometric design of highways, structural design of pavements, field investigations of highway projects, traffic control &management, NMT issues, accident analysis and safety measures, feasibility study of transport projects, preparation & evaluation of contractualdocuments. Highway and transport specialists of this division have experience in highway materials, highway design, maintenance and improvement works, survey works, transport economics, transport planning & modeling, traffic control & management, traffic safety, GIS and simulation works. This branch of Civil Engineering is consisted with two well-equipped laboratories including Transportation Engineering Laboratory and Surveying Laboratory. The Surveying Laboratory is equipped with modern equipment, such as GPS-based surveying equipment, total stations, theodolites and automatic levels for basic instructional research and consultancy purposes. This laboratory has been using to obtain any topographic information that can help in the capstone design projects, such as highway design and land development.

Water Resources Engineering Laboratories

The method of investigation of this laboratory is divided into three categories: Analytical, Numerical and Experimental. Areas of expertise include: investigation of hydrologic, riverine and ground water processes; and operation of physical and numerical models. The Hydraulics Laboratory consists of a physical modeling facility and a numerical modeling facility that work in tandem; one extrapolates results, and the other verifies and calibrates the results. The physical modeling facility features multiple hydraulic flumes of varying functions and sizes. The larger flume is a 0.6-m-wide by 16-m-long tilting one (under construction). Adjacent to this flume sits a 0.08-m-wide by 5.0-m-long tilting flume presently using for various basic experiments. The flume is equipped with basic flow and depth measuring apparatus. For measuring the two-dimensional velocity field, the laboratory is equipped with Electro-magnetic Current meter with digital display unit, which is parallely connected with PC. The multipurpose hydrologic apparatus equipped with artificial rainfall and runoff system is also available in the laboratory. The apparatus is also used for determining the aquifer characteristics and measuring the well discharge for a particular unconfined aquifer. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)-based simulation techniques is available for modeling the open channel, river flow and sediment distribution systems.

Contact

Location:

CE 106, Ground Floor, Civil Engineering Building
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET)
Khulna – 9203, Bangladesh

PABX:

02477733351~70 Ext. 201, 200;

Fax:

02477733303

For Tests

1. The client has to submit an official letter regarding the required tests addressing to the Chairman, CRTS (Civil) with all necessary specifications of the test materials.

2. CRTS (Civil) office will calculate the required test fee according to the officially approved rate chart and the office will give an official bank slip to the client. The client has to deposit the amount in the Janata Bank, KUET branch, Khulna and submit a copy of bank slip to the CRTS (Civil) office.

3. The office will then provide the delivery date of the report and the client has to collect the report showing the bank slip on or after the specified delivery date.

For Consultancy

The client has to submit an official letter regarding the required consultancy services addressing to the Chairman, CRTS (Civil) and Chairman will take the necessary steps accordingly. For the progress of work or any query regarding consultancy, please contact with the Chairman, CRTS (Civil).