{"id":248,"date":"2025-04-17T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/?p=248"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:24:25","slug":"nepal-seismic-engineering-for-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Nepal: Seismic Engineering for Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-14.png 1024w, https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-14-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-14-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years after the devastating earthquake, MAGA&#8217;s priority was not just to rebuild, but to &#8220;Build Back Better.&#8221; The challenge was to design structures capable of withstanding a magnitude 8.0 earthquake while using local materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Structural Innovation<\/strong> MAGA&#8217;s Civil Engineering team developed a hybrid structure using the &#8220;Confined Masonry&#8221; technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tie-columns:<\/strong> Reinforced concrete frames enclose walls made of local bricks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Flexibility:<\/strong> Unlike rigid structures that crack, our foundations integrate rupture joints allowing the building to absorb shockwaves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lightweight Roofing:<\/strong> We replaced heavy tile roofs with galvanized steel structures and thermal insulation, reducing the load borne by the walls by 40%.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This month, we are delivering 12 schools certified under the new Nepalese government standards. These buildings will also serve as community shelters in the event of a future disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years after the devastating earthquake, MAGA&#8217;s priority was not just to rebuild, but to &#8220;Build Back Better.&#8221; The challenge was to design structures capable of withstanding a magnitude 8.0 earthquake while using local materials. Structural Innovation MAGA&#8217;s Civil Engineering team developed a hybrid structure using the &#8220;Confined Masonry&#8221; technique. This month, we are delivering&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,34,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missions","category-innovation","category-natural-disasters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maga-aid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}