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Hi Neil, I can't put you in touch with any engineers, but on the reconstruction side, are you aware of Nepal National Building Code 203: 1994 Guidelines For Earthquake Resistant Building Construction: Low Strength Masonry (www.dudbc.gov.np/uploads/default/files/c89e75cec2dc78d9973d92c3897fd71a.pdf) and Earthquake Resistant Construction in Jammu & Kashmir (www.ndmindia.nic.in/EQProjects/kashmir%20Final.pdf)?

Both of these include laced bearing wall construction using “horizontal bands” (section 10.2 of the former) or ladder-like "seismic bands" (section 9.4 of the latter).

Lighter weight infill-frame construction may be useful for upper storey(s). Although the former does not include this, the latter does (see section 13.2(B)). In rural areas, bricks and cement mortar are less affordable, but infill with small stones is also possible with suitable mortar.

Hi Neil, I can't put you in touch with any engineers, but on the reconstruction side, for reconstruction, are you aware of Nepal National Building Code 203: 1994 Guidelines For Earthquake Resistant Building Construction: Low Strength Masonry (www.dudbc.gov.np/uploads/default/files/c89e75cec2dc78d9973d92c3897fd71a.pdf) and Earthquake Resistant Construction in Jammu & Kashmir (www.ndmindia.nic.in/EQProjects/kashmir%20Final.pdf)? (www.ndmindia.nic.in/EQProjects/kashmir%20Final.pdf) ?

Both of these include laced bearing wall construction using “horizontal bands” (section 10.2 of the former) or ladder-like "seismic bands" (section 9.4 of the latter).

Lighter weight infill-frame construction may be useful for upper storey(s). Although the former does not include this, the latter does (see section 13.2(B)). In rural areas, bricks and cement mortar are less affordable, but infill with small stones is also possible with suitable mortar.