A completed multi-span bridge spanning a wide river

S.M. Drillers Limited · Dhaka, Bangladesh

Building Great Structures Since 1975

Civil engineering and construction contractors. We put foundations into live water, carry roads across it, and have been doing it in Bangladesh for five decades.

1975Established
51Years in practice
3Divisions

Who we are

One of the leading contractors in civil engineering in Bangladesh.

Since its inception in 1975, S.M. Drillers Limited has grown steadily and has developed itself as one of the leading contractors in civil engineering and construction fields in Bangladesh with high quality services.

S.M. Drillers Limited has been doing projects for Engineering and Construction, Residential Real Estate Development and Commercial Real Estate Development. We are one of the leading Engineering and Construction company with some of the most prestigious and challenging projects in the country. We have undertaken many striking commercial and residential projects from condominiums, medium range apartments, office blocks and industrial and capital establishments.

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1975Est.
Steel launching gantry spanning bridge piers over a river
Crew driving piles into a riverbed

What we build

Four disciplines, one contractor.

The same crews, plant and engineering that put a pier in a river also put up the block beside it.

01

Buildings

Condominiums, medium range apartments and office blocks, delivered for both residential and commercial development.

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02

Roads

Carriageway formation, surfacing and compaction, carried out by our own plant and crews.

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03

Structures

Industrial and capital establishments, including public sporting and institutional works.

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04

Bridges

Deep foundations, piling and pier construction in live water, through to deck and girder launching.

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From the archive

Photographs from our own site records.

Scans of original prints, the earliest from the 1980s. Not renderings, not stock — our crews, our plant, our rivers.

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How we work

What we promise on every job.

We ensure project safety

Every site runs to a safety plan. It is the first thing we agree with a client and the last thing we compromise on.

We are on schedule

Programme is a promise. We plan around the working season, the water, and the access a site actually has.

Within your budget and expected quality

The specification is met at the price agreed. Fifty-one years of repeat work rests on that being true.

Tell us what you need built.

Send us the scope and we will come back with an approach, a programme, and the project references that match it.