Urban Resilience Project

International Code Council (ICC) and Smart Development Engineers (SDE) were appointed in October 2018 by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Capital Development Authority) or RAJUK of the Government of Bangladesh to undertake a consultancy service for Building Code Implementation and Enforcement Strategy. As part of the project, an Inception Report was submitted on 16 April, 2019. Subsequently, a Situational Analysis Report was submitted on 25 August, 2019, which contained an assessment of where things stand today within RAJUK’s jurisdiction with respect to the current regulatory system to enforce the Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC). This Concept Note builds on the Situational Analysis Report by reviewing policies to identify strengths, weaknesses (and gaps), opportunities and challenges for strategic and successful BNBC implementation as well as by carrying out a targeted desk research to document other models of Building Code implementation and enforcement in both developed and developing countries, and to assess their potential adaptation to Bangladesh. Additionally, the usefulness of providing incentives for code compliance was investigated.