What actually drives the cost of a building in Dhaka
Rod, cement and labour are the headline. The line items that surprise people are the ones below them.
Architecture · Construction · Engineering
Designing Dreams. Engineering Tomorrow. One firm, from first sketch to final handover.
Led from the front
One founder, one accountable team — the person who signs the quote is the person who answers for the build.
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How we're built
Most firms hand you a drawing and wish you luck. We stay until the building is standing.
Borna Engineering is a design-build practice. The architects who plan your project sit in the same office as the engineers who check it and the site team who build it. Nothing gets lost in the handover, because there is no handover.
That structure is why we can quote a real number early, hold a real schedule, and answer for the result. It is also why clients keep coming back with their second and third project.
What we do
Concept through construction drawings. We design for the plot you actually own, the budget you actually have, and the approvals you actually need.
Structural design and our own site teams. Soil conditions and load paths are settled before anyone pours concrete, and the people who build it report to us.
Interiors planned with the structure, not bolted on afterwards. Layouts, finishes, lighting and joinery detailed to the same drawings the builders use.
Scope, schedule and budget tracked against the drawing. One point of contact who answers the phone and tells you what stage the work is actually in.
Advice before you commit. Feasibility on a plot, a second opinion on someone else's drawings, or an estimate you can plan around.
Selected work
Residential, commercial and industrial projects delivered across Bangladesh.
Coverage
Tap a division to open its districts.
Track record
Completed buildings since 2014. Not proposals, not renders — structures that were handed over and are standing today.
How a project runs
You always know which stage you are in and what happens next.
We visit the plot, check soil and access, and write down what you want and what the budget allows.
Layouts, elevations and structural design. We prepare and submit the drawings needed for approval.
Our site team executes to the drawing. You get scheduled progress updates, not silence.
Final inspection, snag list cleared, documents and as-built drawings handed to you.
Journal
ConstructionRod, cement and labour are the headline. The line items that surprise people are the ones below them.
ArchitectureLight wells, stair placement and where you decide to lose floor area on purpose.
EngineeringA foundation designed on an assumption is the most expensive guess on the project.
World Architecture
World ArchitectureThe tallest building on earth sits on ground no better than a Dhaka riverbank. The answer was not a bigger foundation — it was a smarter shape.
World ArchitectureThe best hot-climate architecture of the last century was not about air conditioning. It was about shade, air and water — and most of it was built within a few hundred kilometres of here.
World ArchitectureNorway, the United States and Australia now have residential towers with a timber structure. The reason is carbon — and the material is not the timber you are thinking of.
Blog
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