The belief that our traditional methods of construction are safe because they have stood the ‘test of time’ is both true and false. The test is in how a building performs during an earthquake and many moderate ones may have … Continue reading
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Disaster Preparedness: Over-trained Under-prepared?
I don’t have the data to support this claim, but it seems to me that per capita, Bhutan is probably the most over-trained country in the world. To put it unkindly, HRD has for long been one of the enduring … Continue reading