Dr. Md. Shamsul Hoque

Transportation, Bangladesh

Dr. Md. Shamsul Hoque obtained his B.Sc. Engg. Degree (Civil) in 1984 from BUET, M.Sc. Engg. in Transportation Engg. from the same university in 1987 and PhD in 1994 from University of Southampton, UK. The title of his PhD thesis was “Modeling of Signalized Intersection in Developing Countries”.  Now he is the Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, BUET and University Associate of Dept. of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, Australia and Sch. of Civil Engg and University of Queensland, Australia. He has written a book on ‘Highway & Railway Engineering (Part-1)’, Published by Education and Training Systems, Austria (180 pages).

 

He is the former Director of Accident Research Institute (ARI), Director, Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation (BRTC) of BUET, Chairman, Governing Body, Engineering University Higher Secondary School & College and Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL). 

Dr. Hoque has been extensively involved in wide varieties of civil engineering consultancy and construction projects in Bangladesh including mass transit, road, bridges, flyovers, interchanges, inland container depot (ICD) etc. As a Consultant, so far he had been involved with more than 70 projects.  Mentionable are:

• Planner & Designer – Old Airport Link Road (from PM office to Agargaon)
• Transport Planner – Hatirjheel Project
• Planner – Kuril Flyover/interchange (first of its kind in Bangladesh), Banani Trumpet Interchange
• Strategic Transport Plan 2004-20024 (STP) for Dhaka
• MRT-6 and BRT-3 development ptojects
• Payra Deep Sea Port Master Plan Preparation
• Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover/Jatrabari-Gulistan / Mouchak-Moghbazar Flyover
• Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) and Dhaka Ashulia Elevated Expressway (DAEE)
• New-Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) (Planner) & Pangaon Container Terminal (ICT) (Planner)
• 3km long with 11 Jetties Karnaphuli Container Terminal (KCT) (Master Planner)
• Chittagong Port park Inland Container Depot (ICD, designer of 62,000 sq.m joint-less continuous rigid concrete pavement (CRCP) – which is the first of its kind in Bangladesh.
• Dhaka Hazarat Shahjalal International Airport, Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport Runway and Sylhet Osmani International Airport Runway Strengthen Project
• Uttara Model Town Development (3rd Phase) Project
• Dharala bridge (Rangpur), Kanchan bridge (Shitalakhy), Paiser Hat bridge (Barishal)
• Bangladesh: Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project