The recent Nepal Earthquake has once more drawn the attention of the entire humanity. In a matter of seconds, thousands of lives were lost and others who survived would go through an endless agony of having lost everything.
The tragedy after Nepal earthquake happened because new technologies to make habitats were applied mindlessly without due cautions to methodology of resisting earthquakes. It is noteworthy that while designing structures various loads i.e. Imposed loads, wind loads, seismic loads, snow loads and other loads are minimum working loads which should be taken into consideration for the purpose of structural design.
Nepal Earthquake: Who is Responsible?
No authority responsible for sanctioning drawings for any type of building, business dwelling, educational, industrial, institutional or office, mercantile, residential, or storage, should get approval, until its structure is designed by a competent structural engineer, who has factored in ..... (click here to read full article)
