World Bank approves $300 million for Housing Reconstruction
WASHINGTON D.C., June 29, 2015—The World Bank today approved two credits totaling $300 million to rebuild houses in poor, rural areas of Nepal and to provide an injection of cash for the government’s budget to help the country recover from devastating earthquakes in April and May. The housing reconstruction credit is from the International […]
International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction – June 25, 2015
June 25, 2015, Kathmandu- The Government of Nepal is hosting the one-day International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction that aims at bringing together Heads of State and Government, Ministers and Senior Officials from Nepal’s neighbouring countries, development partners and other friendly countries, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Heads of UN Agencies, Presidents of European Commission, World […]
UN Housing Situation Updates
UN Housing Situation Updates July 17, 2015 July 24, 2015 July 31, 2015 August 14, 2015 August 27, 2015 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 housing impacts from the April 25, 2015, Nepal […]
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Report – 26 August
94 unsafe buildings have been demolished by International Organization for Migration (IOM), including 28 private and 66 public buildings. In addition, a total of 19,740 cubic metres of rubble has been cleared. Since May, 310 people from the local community, including 138 women, have participated in cash-for-work debris management activities. (Full report by IOM) […]
Hospitals are heavily damaged in earthquake hit area
Rapid assessment team from WHO and Ministry of Health found hospitals in worst hit area of earthquake in Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot, Rasuawa and Ramechhap districts severely damaged or completely destroyed. The assessment team visited 21 hospitals in 12 of the districts impacted severely by the earthquake to gather information and found that a total of […]
WHO hospital situation report on Nepal earthquake
Emergency and Humanitarian Action- WHO situation report: who-sitrep8-3-may-2015 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 […]
Pre earthquake- Guidelines for seismic assessment of hospitals in Nepal
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 […]
Pre earthquake – non-structural assessment of hospital in nepal
This report on non-structural assessment of Nepalese hospitals provides details of content and status before the earthquake. Situation now might have been changed but the report gives general picture of Nepalese hospitals. pre earthqauke – Non structural assessment of Nepal hospitals Bishnu Pandey is Instructor in the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Construction […]
Grande International Hospital Facebook Update
Grande International Hospital Facebook Update Figure 1. Hospital message after the earthquake. Figure 2. Building inspection. Figure 3. Grande International Hospital. 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 […]
Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Equipment, Utilities, Architectural Shell & Contents at Kathmandu Hospital
This report details a seismic vulnerability assessment conducted in 2013 for the National Academy of Medical Sciences (Bir Hospital) in Kathmandu, Nepal Bir Hospital Initial Seismic Vulnerability Assessment 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 […]