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BETS enjoys unique reputation in its fight against poverty, hunger and poor social context, where BETS is a proud development partner providing appropriate and sustainable solutions for infrastructure development through innovative technologies, affordable ideas, capacity building, proper policy making, suitable institutional reforms and community participations.

Ever since its establishment in 1979, BETS has developed into a premier consultancy organisation providing services from the stage of conceptualisation to planning, design and detailed engineering of diverse discipline projects. Focusing on the need of clients, BETS has expanded its activities in diversified fields to develop areas of complementary expertise and strengthen firm’s capabilities. Collective professional achievements include a large number of assignments spread all over Bangladesh and of late in the Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cambodia, Albania and Azerbaijan.

The firm has a highly experienced team of about 200 experts and professionals in different fields. BETS professional achievements include a large number of assignments spread all over Bangladesh and abroad. BETS is staffed by eminent, experienced and qualified professionals. The professional staff of BETS comprises Engineers of various disciplines, Project Management and Quality Assurance Experts, Educationists, Designers, Agriculturist, Irrigation Specialists, Hydrologists, Energy Specialists, Community & Institutional Development Specialists, Financial Analysts, Sociologists, Economists, Socio-economists, IT Specialists, Environmentalists, Architects, Planners, etc. BETS also has an active panel of associate consultants and advisors with rich experience in various fields and known in their fields of expertise. They cover a wide range of disciplines and specialities. This has in effect led to an integrated approach to planning, particularly for projects, which have multi-disciplinary ramifications.

BETS has worked at both national and international levels for public as well as private sector clients and has successfully participated in many projects funded by most of the international funding agencies like the WB, IDA, ADB, IDB, SFD, DFID, JICA, JBIC and other funding agencies and therefore is familiar with their procedures.

Our clients range across the public and private sectors at home and abroad. They include govt., semi-govt., local government, autonomous bodies, international, multi and bilateral funding agencies. We help our clients to realize their objectives by developing and delivering practical solutions, adding value to their services through application of our experience, innovative thinking and state-of-the-art technology.

BETS has achieved an enviable record of success with an involvement in about 400 projects at home and abroad. This level of experience was made possible by the application of highly specialized expertise and total impartiality. This serves as a testimony to the reputation and trust gained over more than 32 years of uncompromising effort.

BETS is proud to have been favoured with the trust and confidence by its many clients. BETS offers on all projects international standard of creative thinking backed by diverse range of applicable engineering technologies. Working to realize the dreams and hopes of people to improve their living standards, BETS excels at concepts that continue to serve their purpose as key building blocks in the expanding economic infrastructure.

Trainings and transfer of technology has become one of the integral project components for most of the projects undertaken by BETS. Over time BETS has established a sound track record in the design and implementation of training programs with particular focus on development of technical expertise geared towards Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Institutional Capacity Building and Human Resources Development (HRD).

The firm is registered with World Bank (32355), Asian Development Bank (000464) and Islamic Development Bank (B310). As an independent consulting firm, BETS has no commercial, manufacturing or contracting interest. The firm complies with the requirements for membership in the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) and Federation of Consultants from Islamic Countries (FCIC).

General Information

Name of the Firm : BETS Consulting Services Ltd.

Acronym : BETS

Year of Establishment : 1979

Age of the Firm : 32 years

Type of Organization : Private Limited Company and registered under Joint Stock Companies Act, 1913

Company Registration No. : C-7240/99 of 1979 – 80 dated August 14, 1979

(Renamed by Joint Stock Company vide Issue No. 25996 dated 5^th April 2005)

Tax Identification Number : 245-200-0609/Circle-90, Area-8

VAT Registration No. : 5091064409 (Area Code: 50204)

Trade License : Trade License No. 0901058, Ward No. 19, Issue No. 58, Issue Date 03/07/08 under Dhaka City Corporation

Mailing Address : House No. 10, Road No. 135, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

Telephone Numbers : Dhaka – (880 2) 9889923-24, 9861529-32

Telex/Fax Number : (880 2) 9889967

E-Mail : bets@betsbd.com; shabur@betsbd.com

Web : www.betsbd.com

Contact Person : Dr. Abdus Shabur, Managing Director

House No. 10, Road No. 135, Gulshan-1

Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

Tel: 880-2-9889923-4, 9861529-32, Fax: 880-2-9889967

Email: bets@betsbd.com; shabur@betsbd.com
Management

The overall management of BETS rests on a Board of Management. All the Directors and General Managers under Board of Management have proven qualification and experience with high level of management capabilities. The management is familiar with the relevant development sectors of national and international levels. The Board of Management convenes regularly to discuss policy issues, project management and future course of activities. Moreover, each and every Director/General Manager meets regularly with the senior division professionals in order to identify and remove bottlenecks of the Department and discuss status of different on-going projects and other relevant issues. BETS management provides backstopping services to the projects including Quality Assurance, Contractual Negotiations, Financial Management, Travel/Medical, Database Development, Project Accounting, Report Production, etc. In addition to that a fully developed Management Information System (MIS) is functional to generate and provide required management information like status of ongoing projects, developing projects, staff resources, inventories of documents, CVs, etc. The MIS is continuously updated to meet the management requirement and to facilitate decision-making.
Key Management Personnel
Managing Director Dr. Abdus Shabur M.Sc.(Ground Water Engg.), Azerbaijan State University, Baku, Azerbaijan, 1982 Ph.D.(Hydrogeology), Azerbaijan State University, Baku, Azerbaijan, 1988	Director, Finance Ms. Ishita Kabir Bachelor in Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2005
General Manager, Water Supply, Sanitation & Environment (WSE) Rupan Kanti Das M. Sc. Engg. (Water Resource), First Position, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 1998. B. Sc. Engg. (Civil), First Class, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1995.	General Manager, Infrastructure, Power & Energy (IPE) Md. Nazrul Islam, PEng Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Water Resources Development, IWFM, BUET, Bangladesh, June 2004. B. Sc. Engg., 1978 from Rajshahi Engineering College under Raishahi University, Bangladesh.
General Manager, Water Resources & Agriculture (WRA) A.F.M. Farooque B.Sc. Engineer (Civil) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)	General Manager, Education & Social Science (ESS) Md. Badiuzzaman M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Dhaka University, 1977
Advisor, Gas & Energy Sector Department Delawar Bakht, P.Eng. B.Sc. Engg. (Civil), BUET, Dhaka, 1968 M. Engg. (Civil), BUET, Dhaka, 1998

BETS Organizational Structure

Field of Activities

Water Supply, Sewage and Sanitation Sanitation Structures, e.g. Pumping Stations, Water Treatment Plants etc. Urban and Rural Water Supply Environmental Sanitation Water Supply System Planning and Engineering Sewerage System & Sewage Treatment Industrial Water & Waste Management Water Pollution Control Solid and Municipal Waste Management Environmental Assessment Environmental Assessment including IEE & EIA Environmental Management Plan (EMP) Environmental Monitoring Services (EMS) Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Water Resource Management and Agriculture Water Resource Management Irrigation, Drainage, Flood Control & Land Reclamation Embankment Protection Ground Water Modeling Ground Water Management Hydrology and Hydrogeology Simulation Modeling Agriculture and Rural Development Infrastructure Development Urban & Rural Infrastructure Development like Road, Bridge, Culverts, Drainage, Growth Centres, Power, Water & Sanitation System Preparation of Master Plan Hill Tracts Regional Development Plan Hand Tube-well & Village Water Supply Hand Tube-well Screening for Arsenic Contamination Baseline Survey, Economic and Social Studies & Institutional Strengthening Baseline Survey Socio-economic Survey, Data Collection Socio-economic Studies Social Impact Assessment and Monitoring Impact Evaluation Studies Focus Group Discussion Stakeholder Identification Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building Institution Strengthening Community Development Urban and Rural Planning Community and Regional Planning Urban Planning and Design Housing Development Stadium and Sports Ground Transportation Transport Planning & Economics Traffic Surveys and Operations Roads and Highways Transport System Engineering Transport Physical Planning Railway

Energy, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Energy Planning Power Sector Planning & Strategy Gas Sector Planning & Strategy Power transmission Power distribution Illumination & building electrification Tele-communication & telemetry systems Infrastructure development Ventilation & air-conditioning Plumbing, fire fighting & Lifting Maintenance management Architecture High-rise Building Urban and Physical Planning Housing Commercial Complex Universities / Institutions Hospitals Banks Industrial Complex Structural & Civil Engineering Buildings Public, Residential & Commercial Structures e.g. Theatres, Town Halls, Hotels, Hospitals etc. Industrial Plant Buildings and Structures Agro-Industries Agro-processing Agro-industries Agro-management River and Port Surface Water Modelling Jetties and Ports Ferry and Approach Roads River Morphology River Engineering & Training Information Technology (IT) Computer Services System Study Data Processing MIS & GIS Computer Aided Design Procurement Monitoring System (PMS) Design Training and Education Curricula Development Design and programs Program Implementation Institutional Strengthening Human Resource Development Formal Education Classroom Training On the Job Training Project Management Organization Coordination Cost Planning Cost Monitoring Project Scheduling Time Schedule Control Quality Control

Key Personnel
In terms of manpower strength, BETS has now over 200 members of engineers, professionals and support staff of various discipline, majority of whom are highly qualified, experienced, skilled with wide knowledge of relevant modern technologies. They form a coordinated team to use the advanced technical resources available to them, thus ensuring that projects of whatever nature are studied, designed and constructed which best suit the requirements of the clients and incorporate the most up-to-date technology and method available at that time.

Besides its full time staff, BETS has contractual arrangement with several specialized firms and individual experts who work as associates in specific projects under BETS’ overall management.

Professionals by Discipline

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  Surveyors / Estimators
  
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  Administrative Officer/Accountant
  
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  Diploma Engineer
  
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  Computer Operator
  
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  Draftsman
  
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  Junior Officer / Enumerators
  
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  Driver
  
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  Office Assistants / Peon
  
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  Night Guard
  
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  Cleaner
  
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  Photocopy Operators