This podcast is about the options for the Nepali people who want to construct in short term. I discuss on the currently available house designs for the short and long-term residence. As the Nepal Government is working in the revision of the Building Code of Nepal, I suggest waiting for the code to release before...

Nepali Engineer - Civil Engineering

Podcast 5 – Post earthquake houses, what are the options?

After the devastating earthquake of April 25, 2015 a new level of concern has been surfaced among the home buyers and home renters. That is because, most of the piller-system houses that collapsed to ruins were either constructed to sell or to rent. The reason of such collapse can be listed as: Use of low...

Podcast 4 – What renters, home buyers and neighbours should know about a house

The rebuilding process after a devastating earthquake is a tricky business. People are scared and impatient, many engineers are clueless. There are also some people who want to benefit from the situation. I am dealing only with the engineering aspect of the rebuilding process. This podcast is prepared after reading an article by a professor...

Podcast 3 – Rebuilding after the earthquake, homeowners are not the engineers

In the second podcast of NepaliEngineer we discuss the possibility of seismic microzonation. The question was to prepare a map so that a person can know the seismicity of the place while purchasing or building a structure. We discuss the possibility of having such a map by the government. In the course of the preparation...

Podcast 2, Can earthquake microzonation be done for my land?

In association with kguff.com, we are starting a new podcast of NepaliEngineer.com. The technical aspects of the podcast is being managed by kguff and the technical aspects of the content by NepaliEngineer.com The first podcast is about the Code of Conduct of Nepal Engineering Council (NEC). All the related documents of NEC can be downloaded...

Podcast 1 – Code of Conduct of Nepal Engineering Council

Civil Engineering for the people of Nepali origin. We discuss the current issues in civil engineering in Nepali and English languages.

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Nepali Engineer - Civil Engineering

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