Engineer-led
The Managing Director, Bipin Bhandari, is a civil Engineer. Every site is run to engineering standards: levels are surveyed, reinforcement is inspected, and no stage is approved without a physical check.
Licensed and registered
Pokhara · Kathmandu · Across Nepal
Bhargo
Built to the line.
Consultation, planning, structural analysis, 3D modelling and rendering, interior design, construction.
Services
What we do.
Every project is led by a named Engineer, from the first survey to handover.
01Engineering and consultancy
Drawings, estimates, structural detailing and municipal files.
Drawings and estimates → 02Construction managementWe run the site, the trades and the programme on your behalf.
Site management → 03ResidentialFamily homes, delivered from the first survey to handover.
Residential → 04CommercialShops, hotels, offices and mixed-use buildings, completed to open on schedule.
Commercial →
The method
A building, in the order it goes up.
Scroll, and the structure assembles in the order a real one does: setting out, raft, frame, slabs, glazing, parapet. This is the sequence every Bhargo site follows, and the order in which your money is spent.
- 01Setting out✓
- 02Foundation raft✓
- 03Frame, ground✓
- 04Frame, upper✓
- 05Glazing and entrance✓
- 06Roof, parapet, flag✓
The work, mapped
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Projects across Nepal
Projects across Nepal, delivered from offices in Pokhara and Kathmandu. Scroll to see them.
Start with
a site visit.
Send the location and what you are planning. An Engineer will visit, at no charge.
About Bhargo Builders and Trades
Run by a group
of Engineers.
Bhargo Builders and Trades is a construction and consulting company based in Pokhara and Kathmandu, working across Nepal. We deliver residential, commercial and institutional projects, and provide construction management, structural design and site supervision. Every project is led by a qualified civil Engineer, named to the client before work begins.
Why Bhargo
Engineering discipline,
on every project.
One agreement
Design, estimation, municipal approval and construction are delivered under a single agreement. Coordination between these disciplines is our responsibility, not the client's.
A single point of accountability
Registered and compliant
Incorporated in March 2022 under the Companies Act, VAT registered, and holding a current municipal licence.
Details available on request
What we do
A contractor and a consultancy,
working as one firm.
We build
Residential, commercial, hospitality and institutional buildings: private homes, shop units, hotels, steel-framed halls and the reinforced concrete frames beneath them.
We design and estimate
Measured surveys, structural design to the Nepal Building Code, bar bending schedules and itemised cost estimates. The documents are complete enough for any contractor to build from.
We manage construction
Construction management and site supervision on the client's behalf, including preparation and follow-through of the municipal approval file, the stage at which many private projects are delayed.
How we work
Our commitments,
on every project.
Engineering first
Decisions are made from measurements and drawings, not assumptions. Levels are surveyed, structures are designed to code, and reinforcement is inspected before concrete is placed.
Transparent cost
Every estimate is itemised by material and quantity. Any rate that may change with the market is identified at the outset, so there are no unexplained variations later.
Accountability on site
A named Engineer and supervisor on every project, a written progress report with photographs each week, and a formal handover with a documented snag list.
Sectors
Where we work.
- ResidentialPrivate homes, apartments and housing schemes, from survey to handover.
- CommercialShop units, offices and mixed-use buildings, built to open on schedule.
- HospitalityHotels and guest houses, including fit-out to operating standard.
- InstitutionalSchools, halls and community facilities designed for heavy daily use.
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Leadership
Bhargo · Start here
Your vision
Anywhere in Nepal · Residential, commercial and structural work
Services
Every service a building needs,
from one team.
Consultation, planning, structural analysis, 3D modelling, interior design and construction, delivered by one team in one sequence. Each stage is finished on paper before the next begins, and the same Engineer stays with your project from the first site visit to handover.
Levels taken before anything is drawn
Consultation
We listen
before we measure.
An Engineer comes to the land, reads the ground, and tells you what it will carry. You leave that first conversation knowing what is possible and what it will take.
- Led by
- A civil Engineer
- Cost
- No charge for the visit
- Where
- Anywhere in Nepal
- Before we move on
- The brief is agreed by both parties
- A site visit, at no charge
- A frank assessment of the plot
- A written brief, agreed by both parties
Planning
On paper, before it
costs anything.
Layouts drawn to your plot and the way you live, taken through the municipal file by us, and priced line by line so you can see where every rupee goes.
- Led by
- Architect and Engineer
- Designed to
- Municipal bylaws and the Nepal Building Code
- Estimate
- Itemised by material and quantity
- Before we move on
- Drawings and estimate approved by you
- Working drawings you can build from
- Municipal approval, prepared and followed through
- An itemised estimate
Foundation grid, checked before the pour
Structural analysis
Designed to stand,
not just to look right.
Frames and foundations designed to the Nepal Building Code, with the reinforcement detailed bar by bar — and checked on site, by us, before a single pour.
- Led by
- Structural Engineer
- Designed to
- Nepal Building Code
- On site
- Reinforcement inspected before every pour
- Before we move on
- Drawings issued for construction
- Structural design to the code
- Bar bending schedules
- Reinforcement checked before every pour
3D render · Bhargo design office
3D modelling and rendering
See it standing,
then decide.
Every drawing is built in three dimensions first: elevations, materials, and the way light lands on the facade at four in the afternoon. It is far cheaper to move a window in the model than in the wall.
- Led by
- The design office
- Format
- Still renders and a walkthrough film
- Shows
- Massing, elevations, materials and light
- Before we move on
- Elevations and finishes confirmed by you
- Massing and elevation studies
- Materials and finishes, side by side
- A walkthrough film to share with your family
Interior walkthrough · a finished Bhargo residence
Interior design
The inside, on the
same sheet.
Finishes, joinery, lighting and layout are planned before the plaster goes on, so the last trade on site works from the same drawings as the first.
- Led by
- Interior designer, with the Architect
- Covers
- Finishes, joinery, lighting and layout
- Samples
- In your hand before anything is ordered
- Before we move on
- Finishes signed off, room by room
- Finish schedules, room by room
- Joinery and lighting layouts
- Samples in hand before anything is ordered
In progress, and handed over
Construction
Then, and only then,
we build.
Once every decision is made, the site moves in sequence — footings, frame, envelope, finishes — with our Engineer present every day and a written report every week.
- On site
- A named Engineer and a supervisor
- Reporting
- Weekly, with photographs
- Sequence
- Footings, frame, envelope, finishes
- Handover
- A walk-through and a written snag list
- A named Engineer on your site
- A weekly report, with photographs
- A walk-through and a written snag list at handover
What is included
What each engagement delivers.
Take the drawings to any contractor, or let the same team build them. Either way, the site visit and the brief come first.
| Deliverable | Design only | Design and build | Build only |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site visit and written brief | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Working drawings and municipal approval | ✓ | ✓ | From your drawings |
| Structural design and bar bending schedules | ✓ | ✓ | Reviewed by us |
| 3D renders and a walkthrough film | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Interior finish schedules | ✓ | ✓ | Optional |
| A named Engineer on site and weekly reports | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| A walk-through and written snag list at handover | — | ✓ | ✓ |
SurveyDrawingsEstimateMunicipal fileFootingsFrameRoofFinishesSupervisionHandover
Every trade, one contract
The hands that
do the work.
These are the trades and disciplines Bhargo keeps in-house, which is why coordination between them is our responsibility rather than the client's.
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Retrofitting
Strengthening what is already standing, to the current code.
- Applies toExisting structures
- Designed toNepal Building Code
- SurveyMeasured first
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Waterproofing
Detailed at the design stage, not repaired afterwards.
- CoversRoofs, basements, wet areas
- StageDetailed at design
- AlsoTerraces
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Epoxy grouting
Structural and epoxy grouting for joints, anchors and base plates.
- Typical useAnchors, base plates
- TypeStructural and epoxy
- JointsSealed to specification
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Steel structure
Portal frames, trusses and sheeting, fabricated and erected.
- ScopeFabricate and erect
- ProductsFrames, trusses
- FinishSheeted and flashed
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Interior
Fit-out and finishes, taken to the same drawings as the shell.
- ScopeFit-out and finishes
- DrawingsSame as the shell
- HandoverSnag list
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Consulting
A second opinion on a design, an estimate or a site that has stalled.
- ReviewsDesign, estimate, site
- OutputWritten opinion
- IndependentYes
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3D modelling and rendering
See the building before it is built, from your own drawings.
- InputYour drawings
- OutputModel and renders
- StageBefore the pour
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Plotting
Land plotting and setting out, measured on the ground.
- ScopePlotting and setting out
- MethodMeasured on site
- LevelsSurveyed by us
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Landscaping
External works: paving, planting and boundary walls.
- CoversPaving and planting
- AlsoBoundary walls
- PackageExternal works
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Housing planning
Layouts for a plot, a row, or a whole scheme.
- ScalePlot to scheme
- OutputLayout drawings
- Designed toNepal Building Code
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Community development
Schools, halls and shared facilities, built for heavy daily use.
- BuildingsSchools and halls
- Built forHeavy public use
- DeliverySingle contract
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Construction management
We manage the site, the trades and the municipal file.
- Our roleRun the site
- ReportingWeekly, with photos
- Municipal filePrepared by us
Questions
Common questions
Do you charge for the first site visit?
No. An Engineer visits the site, assesses the land, and gives you a clear account of what it will support.
Will I get a proper schedule, or just a finish date?
A stage-by-stage schedule with a date against every stage. A single completion date tells you nothing while the work is in progress.
Can I get drawings without hiring you to build?
Yes. The drawings, schedules and estimate are a complete piece of work in their own right, and they are yours to take to any contractor.
Can you handle the municipal approval?
Yes. We prepare the application and follow it through ourselves, which is the stage at which many private projects are delayed.
Do you take on small projects, or only full buildings?
Both. We take on renovations and single-floor additions as well as complete structures.
How do I know the cost will not change?
You receive an itemised estimate. Any item tied to a market rate is identified at the outset, so you can see what may change and what will not.
Which service
do you need?
Tell us about the site and what you intend to build, and we will advise on the right way to begin.
Projects · Built work
Work that
stands.
Houses, hotels and commercial buildings, taken from the first survey to handover by the same Engineer. Every photograph here was taken by us, on site.
Hotel, six floors over a pool deck
A reinforced concrete frame carrying six floors of guest rooms above a ground-floor pool deck, lit for the evening. Designed, engineered and built under one agreement.
- Sector
- Hospitality
- Structure
- RCC frame, six storeys
- Scope
- Design, structure and construction
- Status
- Handed over
Private residence
Glazed balustrades, a covered roof terrace and a stepped entrance, finished to the drawings the family approved before the first pour.
- Sector
- Residential
- Structure
- RCC frame, three storeys
- Scope
- Design and build
- Status
- Handed over
Hotel and shopfront
Guest rooms above a ground floor of trading units, opened on schedule with the shell and the fit-out taken from the same set of drawings.
- Sector
- Commercial
- Structure
- RCC frame
- Scope
- Structure and finishes
- Status
- Handed over
The register
Completed, and handed over.
01
HotelStone-faced frame, timber-lined balconies, glazed roof terrace
Handed over
02
Private residenceDeep timber soffits over a stepped entrance
Handed over
03
Private residenceThree storeys, handed over
Handed over
04
Private residenceStone cladding and balconies
Handed over05
Modern residenceRender on, paving down, handed over
Handed over
06
Private residenceLit for the evening on handover
Handed over
07
Shoplot and residenceShutter in, homes above
Handed over
08
Commercial buildingSix floors of units over a ground-floor arcade
Handed over
09
Gate and boundaryIronwork and stone piers
Handed over
10
Private residenceRender on, site still live
Finishes11
Steel framed hallPortal frame and roof sheeting
Structure
12
Frame and slabShored and propped, next lift up
FrameOn site
How a Bhargo frame goes up.
Photographed on live sites, in the order the work happens.
GroundworksExcavate, blind, set out
FootingsCages and column startersColumnsOff the ground slabSlabDeck, reinforce, pour
CuringThe slab waits its full timeStage one, filmed
A raft going in,
on a Bhargo site.
Mat reinforcement tied out over the blinding, cover blocks set, and the pour walked across in one continuous run. A raft is cast once. There is no second attempt at it, which is why it is the stage we film.
- Cast in oneNo cold joint through the mat
- Cover checkedBefore the concrete, not after
- Cured and leftThe slab waits its full time
Handover day
Inside a finished house, and the person who lives in it.
Filmed in a single walk-through, with nothing staged and nothing cut.
Start here
Your building, next.
Send a location and what you intend to build. An Engineer visits at no charge, usually the same week.
Contact · Pokhara and Kathmandu
Tell us what you
intend to build.
Send a location and what you intend to build. An Engineer visits, assesses the ground, and gives you a clear account of what it will support. The visit is free of charge.
Your message goes to
Er. Bipin Bhandari Civil Engineer · Founder and Managing DirectorUsually replies same day
Book a site visit
A few details, and an Engineer calls you back on the number you give.
Before you call
Questions we are
asked most often.
If yours is not answered here, ask on WhatsApp. You will receive a direct answer from an Engineer.
Do you charge for the first site visit?
No. An Engineer visits the site, assesses the land, and gives you a clear account of what it will support.
Who will be on my site day to day?
A named Engineer and a supervisor, both reachable by phone. You have their numbers before work begins.
Where do you work?
Across Nepal. Our offices are in Pokhara and Kathmandu, and our Engineers travel to sites anywhere in the country.
How soon can you visit the site?
Usually within the same week. Call or send the location on WhatsApp and we will confirm a day.