Md. Abdul Gofur
Civil Engineer
Obtained Diploma in civil engineering from Bogra Polytechnic Institute, Bogra, Bangladesh and started career as junior engineer for construction of Bridge & Road for Bogra LGED, Bogra and then joined specialized geotechnical engineering company, Icon Engineering Services, pioneer of geotechnical engineering in Bangladesh. During four and half years service in Invariant Ltd he himself experienced boring and installation of water wells, construction of bored pile, driven cast-in place pile, geotechnical investigation, pile load testing work done for different project and started career as geotechnical engineer.
Then, went abroad worked in a geotechnical investigation and material testing laboratory in Different place in Bangladesh. He was responsible there for doing geotechnical investigation work, compaction test, CBR test, Marshall stability and flow test on asphalt concrete, non-destructive concrete testing by using ultra-sonic pulse machine and Schmidt hammer and other routine concrete testing in laboratory.
After returning home he joined DRILLTECH and did ground improvement work such as dynamic consolidation, ground improvement by sand injection, construction of stone column, determination of lateral deformation of soil by using pressure meter, boring and installation of water well for drinking purposes etc. During the period he became experienced in developing equipment for different purposes.
Started his own business in 2011 under the banner of J.B ENGINEERING SERVICES based only on past experience and personal contact. Construction of bored RC pile, geotechnical investigation, pile load test and driving pre-cast concrete pile works were the main stream of the business at the beginning.