{"id":10240,"date":"2025-12-01T16:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avangardtech.com\/vesta\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=10240"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:00:54","slug":"seismic-risk-assessment-and-prioritization-of-6000-structures","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/vesta-eng.com\/en\/portfolio\/seismic-risk-assessment-and-prioritization-of-6000-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"Seismic Risk Assessment and Prioritization of +6000 Structures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10240\" class=\"elementor elementor-10240\" data-elementor-post-type=\"portfolio\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f01b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42f01b2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-350a9d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"350a9d2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ea8ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28ea8ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seismic Risk Assessment and Prioritization of +6000 Structures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca21e9a elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ca21e9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-499bf95 color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"499bf95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Project Location:<\/strong> Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India<\/p><p><strong>Consulting Firm:<\/strong> VestA and Protek-Yapi<\/p><p><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> 2014<\/p><p><strong>Duration of Consulting Services:<\/strong> 7 months<\/p><p><strong>Client:<\/strong> Aga Khan Agency for Habitat<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab2f785 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ab2f785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8094c0c color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8094c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies manage <strong>over 6,000 facilities and infrastructure assets<\/strong> across Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. These facilities include schools, hospitals, health centers, Jamatkhanas, offices, warehouses, residential units, and other buildings. As many of these structures are located in <strong>high-seismic-risk zones<\/strong>, there is an urgent need to assess their structural and non-structural safety. This project was initiated to <strong>prioritize the most critical facilities<\/strong> requiring additional structural and non-structural audits. The project was planned and implemented across three partially overlapping phases.<\/p><h3><strong>Project Deliverables<\/strong><\/h3><h4><strong>Planning and Analysis<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Review of existing literature on multi-hazard vulnerability in the selected countries<\/li><li>Strategic planning and budgeting<\/li><li>Facilitating peer reviews for course design and training materials<\/li><\/ul><h4><strong>Research<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Information collection and document review<\/li><li>Design of customized training courses and learning kits tailored to each country\u2019s needs<\/li><\/ul><h4><strong>Development<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Development of project-specific processes and methodologies<\/li><\/ul><h4><strong>Documentation<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Preparation of all project reports<\/li><li>Inception Report<\/li><li>Proposed methodology<\/li><li>Finalization of methodology following peer review<\/li><li>Development of guidelines and manuals<\/li><li>Preparation of 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