Context and issues during post-earthquake rapid evaluation of buildings after the 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) earthquake

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dc.contributor.authorBothara, J.
dc.contributor.authorDizhur, D.
dc.contributor.authorDhakal, Rajesh
dc.contributor.authorIngham, J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-09T03:14:05Z
dc.date.available2018-08-09T03:14:05Z
dc.date.issued2017en
dc.date.updated2018-06-28T14:31:19Z
dc.description.abstractThe authors’ first-hand experiences with post-earthquake building safety evaluation and related activities after the 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) earthquake are presented. Following the earthquake, Applied Technology Council’s ATC 20 Guideline or its derivatives were used for Rapid Evaluation of buildings in the earthquake affected areas of Nepal. Various organisations and consulting companies provided their services on a volunteer and commercial basis for the evaluation efforts. These efforts provided an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the processes and the issues that arose during the work. Lessons learned from these experiences regarding the effectiveness of Rapid Evaluation of damaged buildings, placarding, and training needs are discussed herein. Improvements to current building safety (usability) evaluation were proposed and an outline of further considerations for reoccupation of damaged buildings in Nepal is presented.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/15766
dc.language.isoen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::40 - Engineering::4005 - Civil engineering::400506 - Earthquake engineeringen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::40 - Engineering::4005 - Civil engineering::400510 - Structural engineeringen
dc.titleContext and issues during post-earthquake rapid evaluation of buildings after the 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) earthquakeen
dc.typeConference Contributions - Publisheden
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