Since the massive earthquake disaster in Nepal, people in entire country wants their house to be built in good looks as well as in high security and disaster resistant. Due to this, people are now more interested in shape, size of the land as well as the soil test of the land before they buy or construct a building in it. The soil test helps us provide result in whether the construction of the building in the particular land is suitable or not. This is why people are much more interested in every test that is required before they could start their construction.
Soil testing helps us to determine whether the soil is able to hold the massive weight of the constructed buildings or not. This is why the testing of the soil is a must. Land that have a crack in it and those lands having slope is not suitable for construction and should not be used as far as possible.
Piling is the process of making the soil immovable which are under the ground level. This is done by making a big hole with the help of a drill in the land and using the rods in the form of pillars filling with the concretes in it. From the help of the pool construction, it is also carried out towards the massive buildings after the earthquake in Nepal.
Another process to start construction besides the piling is to combine the pillars in the form of a single plate. In this process, all the soil in the land is taken out rather than separate digging. The whole base of the construction is combined in the form of a plate and the construction is started. This process is cheaper than the piling process. During the earthquake, the house made in this process is shaken from the base but it does not much hampers the building.
It is said that “the stronger the base is, the stronger the building is”. This is the reason why is soil should be dig out 3 feet deeper from the ground to establish a base for the building. For small buildings, it is compulsion to dig equivalent to the elephant’s leg but for the big and large buildings it is necessary to dig 3 feet below. This all ideas were needed to follow after the massive earth quake for the betterment of the constructions and building and for the survival of the humans.
A building is taken into construction on the basis of the map/naksha of the land. Which type of building can be constructed is determined by the shape and size of the land which is totally included in the naksha. These documents are created by the engineers and then further works are taken out by the architectures. Making strong and long lasting building should be focused rather than only focusing on the design of the house. Every test should be carried out step by step. Shape of the building is effective and good or not should also be focused before establishing a base besides testing the soil.
Not only the city area but also the rural area peoples are getting smart in the context of creating their buildings. They are more focused on soil testing, construction of strong and better building for their future which is gradually changing the face of the country.
It is against the law for changing the naksha of the building after it has been implemented by the municipality. But still some people tend to change their naksha which turns against the law.
Almost all of the materials that is needed to construct a building is manufactured in the country. It is not necessary to import these materials from outside of the country. Materials like cement, rods, and bricks, sand and so on are manufactured in different part of the country besides hetauda and udayapur. Almost 80 lakh tons of cement alone is produced in the country and is consumed. It means that about 90% of the production is done in Nepal. This is the reason why the country does not need to depend on other countries. Till now the industries of Nepal is able to produce 12 lakh metric tons of rods and steel products. Every products is better comparing to the Indian products which is guaranteed by the government. According to the cement association of Nepal, the cement product is better and is strong enough to construct a strong building. This is why it is safe enough to use these products.
With these, the brick association of Nepal has also confirmed that it is safe and good to use the bricks that are produced in the country to construct a strong buildings. They confirmed that almost 3 Arab of brick are produced in the country per year.
The sand also plays a major role in the construction of the building. And the major source of production of sand is the rivers and lakes. These sands are filtered and then transported to different part of the country for the construction of the buildings.
Stones and pebbles are also a must materials for the construction of the building. These are also produced and consumed from the rivers and lakes, stone mines from different part of the country. They also confirmed that the Stones and pebbles collected from the lakes and rivers are better than the ones collected from the mountains.
These construction materials discussion is taken into consideration In Nepal has been a while. After the earthquake occurred in 2072 B.S. these discussion is carried out. No use of qualitative construction materials and construction of building against the laws and rules are more affected by the earthquake. Almost 8 lakhs buildings are hampered and damaged due to the earthquake. And according to the data collection of 10 lakhs buildings, almost 7.5 lakhs buildings are damaged by the massive earthquake.
Almost 7 lakhs building are being reconstructed including the heritage buildings after the massive earthquake. After the earthquake, every building is being constructed as per the law and earthquake resistant. The materials costing almost 54 kharba are used to reconstruct these buildings.
According to the survey in Nepal, almost 16 arab bricks alone is required within these 2-5 years of time period. And these bricks alone costs almost 2 kharba. 27 lakhs of steel rods and products and almost 11 lakhs of stones and pebbles are required in the given time period.