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Pre earthquake- Guidelines for seismic assessment of hospitals in Nepal

February 8, 2018

Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) Summary by Bishnu Pandey and Anna Weiser-Woodward.

 

Here is the simple first level seismic assessment guidelines for hospitals in Nepal developed by NSET.

Pre earthquake- guidelines of hospital assesment in Nepal

 

Bishnu Pandey is Instructor in the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Construction and the Environment at British Columbia Institute of Technology

Anna Weiser-Woodward is Graduate Engineer at Walter P. Moore

Curated topics from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake response/recovery.

Information on hospital impacts from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake.