Structural Safety

This manual has been developed to support the engineers responsible for the compliance inspection process related to the reconstruction of housing affected by the 2015 Nepal earthquake. The engineers will use this manual to provide advice and guidance to households for the implementation of required repair and retrofitting strategies.

This SOP is prepared to make the inspection of housing reconstructions and retrofits easy and systematic for safer and strong construction on the basis of Grant Distribution Guidelines 2015, for reconstruction of houses that were damaged by the Nepal

This manual aims to be helpful to all the engineers who are working for the reconstruction related to the 2015 Nepal earthquake. It will help them to fill up the inspection check sheet so they pass inspection by the Government of Nepal. This manual is

This document presents a timeline of key points so far in the 2015 Nepal earthquake housing recovery. Analysis of the timeline infersthat there is a limited time during the year when construction is possible - as a result of cold, snow, storms and rain.

This guide outlines the minimum requirements (MRs) for housing reconstruction from the Nepalese National Reconstruction Authority.

The MRs clearly state that for buildings with stone/brick masonry in mud mortar, the number of stories is restricted to

This report comments on a survey that was carried out by the HRRP in relation to reconstruction after the Nepal earthquake in 2015, following the election of local officials at ward and municipal level in 2017.

This report presents the findings of two rounds of HRRP data collection on the production and use of Hollow Concrete Blocks (HCBs) across the districts affected by the 25 April 2015 Gorkha earthquake.

In response to the Gorkha Earthquake which struck Nepal on 25 April 2015, this report documents the status of temporary shelters across the 14 districts most affected by the earthquake. It also explores the reconstruction issues and challenges that affect families that are in temporary shelter, as well as assessing their needs in terms of further temporary shelter support. 

This research collects and documents the experiences of women in reconstruction at community level, district level, and national level after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. 

Catholic Relief Services’ 2015 study, Extending Impact: Factors influencing households to adopt hazard‑resistant construction practices in post‑disaster settings (EI), explored the factors that contribute to people’s independent decisions to use hazard