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This manual was developed for the Nepal Safer Schools Project (NSSP), which will increase the safety of vulnerable schools infrastructure in Nepal, increasing protection for tens-of-thousands of children and building resilience throughout their communities. This work was funded by Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and delivered by a consortium of private-sector and NGO partners. The NSSP is integrated with the Government of Nepal’s School Sector Development Plan which has a focus on school safety and disaster risk reduction. Many schools in Nepal, and the children attending them, are recognised as being vulnerable to disasters, particularly earthquakes, floods and landslides. It is estimated that more than 4 million children in Nepal attend schools in unsafe buildings; in the 2015 earthquakes almost 7,000 schools were significantly damaged or destroyed. Fortunately the largest Gorkha earthquake struck on a Saturday (25th April 2015) when most schools were closed, limiting casualties.

This Construction Manual is designed to assist the field technical team (the Construction Technician, the Sub-Engineer and the District Engineer) in the construction process. It has been developed in order to help teams at each school deliver the highest quality of construction by providing advice on Quality Assurance, Health and Safety, Material Specification and also by enhancing the Engineering Construction Drawings through the provision of additional drawings, diagrams, step-by-step construction processes and checklists to be read in conjunction with the Engineering Construction Drawings.