I am Muhammad Sarowar Hossain, a civil engineer in Bangladesh. I am the Founder & CEO of Prime Base Engineering and the Project Manager at Infinitas Engineering in Dhaka.
My specialism is the execution of structural retrofitting: strengthening existing factories, public buildings and bridges so they are safe, compliant and fit for decades more of service. Engineers who have executed retrofitting from start to finish are rare. Fewer still combine it with new construction, steel structures and bridge work. That combination is my core value.
I joined Infinitas Engineering as a Site Engineer in December 2017 and have been promoted four times, to Project Manager. Along the way I completed a BSc in Civil Engineering and a postgraduate diploma in supply chain management, both while working full time on live sites.
When I price a job, I know how it will actually be built. When I build it, I know what it cost and what the client was promised. When I negotiate, I can defend every rate line by line.
Infinitas is a lean company, so over nine years I have personally done the work of estimator, planner, purchaser, negotiator and site manager, from the first client meeting to the final handover. Most of my projects are executed under the client's own QC engineers and an independent third-party QC consultant, to the standards expected by international brands and compliance programmes such as Accord and Alliance.
