Handbook on Good Building Design and Construction

Handbook on Good Building Design and Construction
Aceh and Nias Islands

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

Copyright © 2007
UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok
United Nations Service Building, 3rd Floor
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Bangkok 10200 Thailand
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The Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
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Email: isdr@un.org
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ISBN: 974-94873-5-4

Purpose of the Handbook
This Handbook is made to provide simple information to house
owners, house designers and builders, and building monitors to
teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural
hazard prone area. Thoroughly studied, they will also guide on
whether to repair or rebuild damaged houses. The descriptions are
followed by a code of minimum standards for construction of houses
in Aceh and Nias Islands.

Since many concepts are not easy to describe, the hand- book contains
pictures to facilitate understanding.The photographs have all been
taken of construction practices in the reconstruction of Aceh and
Nias since the great Tsunami and earthquake of 26 December 2004
and the second major earthquake of 28 March 2005.Aceh, Nias and
nearby islands, and other areas along the west coast of Sumatra, are
earthquake and tsunami prone, and are also subject to flooding
due to sudden downpours of rain. The principles of this book are
designed to minimize vulnerability to these natural hazards.

In an area that is prone to earthquakes, not only principles of design
are important, but also principles of construction, since the best
designed house, which has been well covered and painted, may
hide serious structural defects in the construction. These defects
may lead to serious injury and death, and loss of property, when the
forces of nature strike the house.

Let us develop a culture of safety in all our buildings, not just doing
the minimum and the cheapest, but building houses that will
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