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Timber - A Guide to the planning, use, procurement and logistics of...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

This book provides information on selecting, specifying, procuring, using, and distributing timber and bamboo as construction materials for small and medium-sized buildings in humanitarian...

INDIAN STANDARD CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DESIGN LOADS (OTHER THAN...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Bureau of Indian Standards
Date: Feb 2014
Location: India

Dead Loads- Unit Weights of Building Materials and Stored Materials
Guidelines on asbestos removal and guidelines on re-use of...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): ProAct
Date: Jul 2008
Location: Global - Multiple countries

Breakout group 1

David Stone, ProAct, discussed the booklets on asbestos removal and
the re-use of construction materials they are drafting. David Stone
emphasised that...

Nepal National Building Code 102
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Government of Nepal
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Nepal

National Building Code regarding unit weight of materials
Nepal National Building Code 101
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Government of Nepal
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Nepal

National Building Code regarding materials specifications
Is your construction reducing risk?
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Date: Oct 2017
Location: World

Video presentation on WWF’s Environmental Disaster Management programme and advice on selecting, sourcing, using and disposing of construction materials in an environmentally friendly way. Video...

Guidelines for Retrofitting of Buildings - Retrofit For Safety
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Government of Tamil Nadu
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

Concepts for Repair, Restoration and Strengthening, Techniques for Strengthening, Repair Materials, Repair
International Building Code
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): International Code Council
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

This comprehensive building code establishes minimum regulations for building systems using prescriptive and performance-related provisions. It is founded on broad-based principles that make...

Building with Pumice
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): German Appropriate Technology Exchange (GATE)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

This book explains and illustrates how pumice can be processed using simple technologies suitable for developing countries. Pumice, an extremely light, porous raw material of volcanic origin,...

Disaster Law: Building Control Act B.E. 2522
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s):
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Thailand

The Building Control Act B. E. 2522 was issued as a guideline and criteria for construction of building. It contains authorized license, inspection, stand of building weight, safety reason as well...

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