Piling, shoring and deep-basement contractor, Dhaka

Foundations for Bangladesh's landmark towers

Piling, shoring, deep-basement excavation and foundations since 1983, trusted on landmarks from The Westin and Le Méridien to The Pinnacle Tower, Unique Acropolis and the Samajik Hospital & Medical College.

  • BDT 25 Cr+ Single-contract capability
  • 500+ Projects completed since 1983
  • 43 years In continuous operation

Trusted on

How we build a basement, from the empty plot to the foundation

  1. Every landmark starts below ground.

  2. Phase 1

    Prepare the site

    • Demolition and clearance
    • Site formation
    • Temporary site facilities
  3. Phase 2

    Hold back the ground

    • Shore piling
    • Sheet piling
    • King posts
    • Steel bracing and shoring
  4. Phase 3

    Excavate and control water

    • Deep basement excavation
    • Spoil removal and disposal
    • Dewatering
  5. Phase 4

    Build the foundation

    • Bored and cast-in-situ piling
    • Pile load testing
    • Foundation and basement RCC works
  6. 500+ projects since 1983, from The Westin to The Pinnacle Tower.

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By the numbers

Company totals as recorded by M/S Bulbul Enterprise.

  • 43 Years in business, since 1983
  • 500+ Projects completed to date
  • 120+ Major projects in our register
  • 20+ Projects for one client, Shanta Holdings
  • BDT 25 Cr+ Single-contract capability
  • 8 Basement levels, deepest executed (Unique South Park)
  • 75 ft Deepest excavation on record (Emnipur Tower)
  • 90+ Developers, institutions, missions and industrial clients

The founder

The man who built the company

Md. Bulbul Ahmed founded M/S Bulbul Enterprise in 1983 and leads it today as its proprietor. He directs every project himself, from award to handover, so each client deals with one point of responsibility.

Md. Bulbul Ahmed Founder and Proprietor

Founded the company
1983
Projects completed since 1983
500+
Directs every project
Award to handover

Selected projects

A few of the landmark sites our crews have worked on.

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Construction machinery rental

We supply every type of heavy equipment used in basement construction. Tell us the machine, the site and how long you need it, and we'll come back to you.

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  • Hydraulic excavators Makes: CAT, Kobelco, Sumitomo Earth excavation, trenching and site preparation
  • LSV excavators (sheet-pile drivers) Makes: CAT Sheet-pile driving
  • Crawler crane with leader and auger Makes: IHI Heavy lifting and deep-foundation piling
  • Silent piler (hydraulic press-in) Makes: Giken Vibration-free sheet piling beside sensitive buildings
  • Mobile crane Makes: Hino Material handling and loading
  • Heavy transport trailer Makes: Hino Machinery transport
  • And many more Further machines in our own fleet Tell us the machine you need and we will confirm it

Our own fleet is the base, not the limit: every other machine a project needs, we source and mobilise ourselves.

Clients who come back

Repeat business is the best reference we have.

  • 22 Shanta Holdings projects since 2007
  • 8 Borak Real Estate and Unique Hotel & Resorts projects since 1998
  • 5 Navana Real Estate projects, 2011 to 2020
  • 4 Manama Developments projects, 2013 to 2020
  • 3 Tropical Homes projects, 2023 to 2025
  • 3 Eastern Housing projects, 2019 to 2022
  • 3 GEMCON Group projects, 2018 to 2020
  • 2 Grameen Telecom Trust projects, 2024 to 2026

These are the clients who appear most often in our files. Over four decades we have also worked for many other developers, contractors and private owners across Bangladesh, and details of those projects are gladly shared on request.

Four decades of foundations, 1983 to 2026

Key moments from the work orders and letters of award in our files.

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  1. 1983

    Company established

    M/S Bulbul Enterprise starts work in Dhaka as a foundation and earthworks contractor.

  2. 1998

    Earliest surviving work order

    Borak Real Estate, Gulshan: the start of a relationship that leads to Unique Acropolis, Hotel Taj & Vivanta and Unique South Park.

  3. 2018

    Agrani Bank Bhaban-2

    Vertical steel structure bracing through 22 floors of the state-owned bank's building in Motijheel.

  4. 2024

    Largest award in our history

    Grameen Telecom Trust's Samajik Hospital & Medical College at Diabari. Emnipur Tower excavation reaches 75 ft.

Let's talk about your next basement.

We are glad to visit your site, review the drawings and propose the right method for your ground conditions, schedule and budget.

For a quick proposal, share

  1. 01 Architectural and structural drawings
  2. 02 Soil investigation report
  3. 03 Site location and target schedule