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KVPT’s Patan Darbar Earthquake Response Campaign - Work to Date - September 2016

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Above<br />

<strong>Work</strong>ers carefully clean the upper<br />

tier roof struts in the palace gardens<br />

after dismantling of the upper level<br />

of the <strong>to</strong>wer.<br />

Top Left<br />

Strut with new timber joined <strong>to</strong><br />

the lower end (designed for assembly<br />

within wall, his<strong>to</strong>rically left<br />

uncarved).<br />

Top Right<br />

Back (upper) face of repaired strut<br />

showing joinery detail.<br />

Bot<strong>to</strong>m Left<br />

Steel plates are used <strong>to</strong> connect the<br />

rafters with the timber wall plates.<br />

Traditional yellow mud mortar is<br />

used for brick masonry.<br />

Bot<strong>to</strong>m Right<br />

The rebuilding of the upper tier<br />

is carried out using traditional techniques<br />

and materials along with<br />

concealed steel seismic rreinforcing.<br />

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