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Build Change Post-Disaster Reconnaissance Report on April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal

July 6, 2018

Build Change.

Build Change staff Karin Kuffel, Lead Engineer – Philippines, Paolo Zorzoli, consulting engineer, and Ulina Shakya, an engineering graduate student intern also acting as translator, made field observations during reconnaissance visits in the Central Region of Nepal around the Kathmandu area on May 5-6, 2015, and in the surrounding districts of Kavre Palanchok and Sindhupalchok on May 12-14, 2015. Additional observations were made when on May 31st , 2015, Ulina Shakya and Daniel Chavez, structural engineer, returned to the area of Sindhupalchok. This report reflects the observations made during these visits.

Read the Report: Build Change Post-Disaster Reconnaissance Report on April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal (PDF)