Primers

Draft pending USAID review

Seismic Retrofit of Housing in Post-Disaster Situations – Basic Engineering Principles for Development Professionals: A Primer

Appendices

Draft pending USAID review

Site and Retaining Wall Hazard Mitigation in Post-Disaster Situations: A Primer

Appendices

Colombia

Manual

Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Manual. Produced by SwissContact and Build Change for use in Colombia.

Evaluation and Seismic Retrofitting Manual for Housing Vulnerability Reduction (SP)

Guatemala

Manual

Seismic Evaluation and Simplified Retrofit Manual for Block Masonry Housing in Guatemala (Spanish)

Produced by Build Change and AGIES with the support of USAID and Project Concern International (PCI) for use in Guatemala.  February, 2019.

Haiti

Guideline

National Retrofitting Guidelines for Haiti. Contributing Author, Ministère de Travaux Publics, Transports et Communication. Guide de Renforcement Parasismique et Paracyclonique. January, 2013. Available in French.

Haiti Ministry of Public Works (MTPTC) National Retrofitting Guidelines

Manual

Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Manual. Produced by Degenkolb and Build Change for use in Haiti.

Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Manual (EN)

Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Manual Companion (EN)

Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Manual (FR)


Poster

Post-Retrofit Seismic Programs for Reconstruction


Paper

Seismic Retrofit of Confined Masonry Houses in Haiti

 

Picture Guide

Retrofit Picture Guide (EN)

Retrofit Picture Guide (Haitian Creole)


Nepal

Paper

Seismic Retrofitting of Traditional Stone Masonry Houses in Rural Nepal by Liva Shrestha


Produced with National Reconstruction Authority of Nepal

Norms for Rate Analysis of Retrofitting Masonry Building


NRA Experience Paper on Retrofitting of Private Housing Post 2015 Gorkha Earthquake


Roster of Trained Human Resources in Retrofitting of Private Houses in Nepal


Ready-to-Use Manuals for Repair and Retrofitting of Masonry Structures


Philippines

Manual

Seismic and Wind Evaluation and Retrofit Manual

Produced by Build Change and Cordaid in May 2015.

Basic House Strengthening Handbook For Timber Houses

Produced by Build Change with support from Czech Republic Humanitarian Aid for the Philippines Shelter Cluster in January 2019.

Basic House Strengthening Handbook For Masonry Houses

Produced by Build Change with support from Czech Republic Humanitarian Aid for the Philippines Shelter Cluster in January 2019.

Puerto Rico

Consejos Básicos Para Fortalecer Una Vivienda (Spanish)

Produced by Build Change and Mercy Corps in December, 2018 thanks to the support of Walmart, The Miami Foundation, and BlackRock as a part of the Puerto Rico Recovery Program: Resilience Hubs.