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<h2>Basic Engineering Principles for Development Professionals: A Primer</h2>

<h5>January 2014</h5>
Draft pending USAID review
Prepared by Build Change and produced by Parsons Engineering for the United States Agency for International Development
This Primer introduces engineering and development professionals, USAID officers, and host country officials, to the basic steps, principles, and best practices in the process of planning and executing safe and effective homeowner-driven post-disaster seismic retrofit of housing projects funded by USAID. It provides a road map for developing a housing retrofit project through planning, evaluation, design, and implementation.
This Primer introduces engineering and development professionals, USAID officers, and Host Country officials, to the basic steps, principles, and best practices in the process of selecting a model for planning and executing post-disaster homeowner-driven housing construction and reconstruction projects funded by USAID. It provides a road map for developing a project through planning, design, and implementation.

Appendix 1: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%201%20-%20Case%20Study%20-%20Haiti.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Case Study: Haiti</a>
Appendix 2: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%202%20-%20Sample%20Retrofit%20Bill%20of%20Quantities%20-%20Haiti.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sample Retrofit Bill of Quantities (Haiti)</a>
Appendix 3: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%203%20-%20Sample%20Retrofit%20Construction%20QC%20Checklists%20-%20Haiti.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sample Retrofit Construction QC Checklists (Haiti)</a>
Appendix 4: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%204%20-%20Case%20Studies%20-%20Nepal%20and%20Peru.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Case Studies: Nepal and Peru</a>
Appendix 5: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%205%20-%20Sample%20Information%20Outreach%20Campaign%20Materials%20-%20Haiti.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sample Information Outreach Campaign Materials (Haiti)</a>

<h5>Resources:</h5>
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<li><a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Haiti%20National%20Housing%20and%20Habitat%20Policy%20-%20Executive%20Summary.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Haiti National Housing and Habitat Policy (Executive Summary)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.urd.org/Urban-Resilience?artpage=2-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Urban Resilience,”</a> Presentation by Jean-Christophe Adrian</li>
<li><a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/2010_Jha,%20Barenstein,%20Phelps,%20Pittet,%20Sena_Safer%20Homes,%20Stronger%20Communities-%20A%20Handbook%20for%20Reconstructing%20after%20Natural%20Disasters.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing After Natural Disasters</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/world/americas/years-after-haiti-quake-safe-housing-is-dream-for-multitudes.html?_r=1&amp;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Years After Haiti Quake, Safe Housing Is a Dream for Many,”</a> by Deborah Sontag</li>
<li><a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/170929/ngo-republic-haiti" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The NGO Republic of Haiti,”</a> by Kathie Klarreich and Linda Polman</li>
<li><a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/FEMA%20365,%20Prestandard%20and%20Commentary%20for%20the%20Seismic%20Rehabilitation%20of%20Buildings.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FEMA 365, Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784406700" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ASCE 31, Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784408841" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ASCE 41, Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings</a></li>
<li>International Building Code (IBC)</li>
<li>ASCE 41-13, Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings</li>
<li>Applied Technology Council (ATC) <a href="https://store.atcouncil.org/index.php?dispatch=products.view&amp;product_id=35" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ATC-20 Set, Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings &amp; Addendum</a> and <a href="https://www.atcouncil.org/atc-20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ATC-20 Building Safety Evaluation Forms and Placards</a></li>
<li><a href="http://emma-toolkit.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA) Toolkit</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Seismic%20Evaluation%20and%20Retrofit%20Manual.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Build Change Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Seismic%20Evaluation%20and%20Retrofit%20Companion%20-%20Examples%20and%20Documentation.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Build Change Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Companion: Examples and Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/2013_MTPTC_GuideRenforcementParasismiqueParacycloniqueBatiments.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Haiti Ministry of Public Works (MTPTC) Retrofit Guide for Earthquake- and Hurricane-Resistant Buildings</a></li>
<li>Hilti PS 35 Ferrodetector</li>
<li><a href="https://buildchange.org/resources">Build Change Resource Library</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Organizations:</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.asce.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fema.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nehrp.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nzsee.org.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Inc. (NZSEE)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fidic.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.atcouncil.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Applied Technology Council (ATC)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eeri.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)</a></li>
</ul>

Build Change for USAID. Seismic Retrofit of Housing in Post-Disaster Situations— Basic Engineering Principles for Development Professionals: A Primer (Draft pending USAID review). Prepared by Build Change and produced by Parsons Engineering for USAID. January, 2014.

Seismic Retrofit of Housing in Post-Disaster Situations

Basic Engineering Principles for Development Professionals: A Primer

January 2014

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