ABBREVIATIONS

AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation

Officials

ACV Aggregate Crushing Value

ADB Asian Development Bank

AIV Aggregate Impact Value

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

BAF Bangladesh Air Force

BAPEX Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company

Limited

BBA Bangladesh Bridge Authority

BBS Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

BEZA Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority

BEPZA Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority

BFS Bangladesh Fire Service

BIWTA Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority

BIWTC Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation

BM Bench Mark

BNBC Bangladesh National Building Code

BPC Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation

BPDB Bangladesh Power Development Board

BR Bangladesh Railway

BRRL Bangladesh Road Research Laboratory

BRT Bus Rapid Transit

BRTA Bangladesh Road Transport Authority

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BRTC Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation

BS British Standard

BST Bangladesh Standard Time

BSTI Bangladesh Standard Testing Institute

BTCL Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited

BTRC Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission

BTTB Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board

BUET Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

BWDB Bangladesh Water Development Board

CAAB Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh

CBR California Bearing Ratio

DEE Dhaka Elevated Expressway

DEPZ Dhaka Export Processing Zone

DESA Dhaka Electric Supply Authority

DESCO Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited

DHUTS Dhaka Urban Transport Network Development Study

DMP Dhaka Metropolitan Police

DMRC Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

DMTC Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited

DNCC Dhaka North City Corporation

DOE Department of Environment

DPDC Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited

DPHE Department of Public Health Engineering

DTCA Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority

DTCB Dhaka Transport Coordination Board

DU Dhaka University

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DWASA Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority

FM Fineness Modulus

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GOB Government of Bangladesh

GTCL Gas Transmission Company Limited

HFL Highest Flood Level

HWL High Water Level

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

IDA International Development Association

IEB Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh

IPS International Petroleum Society

IRC Indian Road Congress

IS Indian Standard

IWM Institute of Water Modelling

JBIC Japan Bank of International Cooperation

JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency

JIS Japan Industrial Standard

JS Jatiya Sangsad

LAA Loss Angel Abrasion

LGED Local Government Engineering Department

LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas

LRT Light Rail Transit

LWL Low Water Level

MES Military Engineering Services

MP Member of Parliament

MRT Mass Rapid Transit

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MS Mild Steel

MSL Mean Sea Level

ODA Overseas Development Administration

PGCB Power Grid Company of Bangladesh

PM Prime Minister

PPP Public Private Partnership

PVC Polyvinyl Chloride

PWL Present Water Level

PWD Public Works Department

RAJUK Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha

REB Rural Electrification Board

RHD Roads and Highways Department

ROW Right of Way

RSTP Revision and Updating of Strategic Transport Plan for Dhaka

RTC Regional Transport Committee

SHWL Standard High Water Level

SOB Survey of Bangladesh

STP Standard Laboratory Testing Procedures

STP Strategic Transport Plan for Dhaka

TBM Temporary Bench Mark

VAT Value Added Tax

WB World Bank

WBM Water Bound Macadam