Services

Services by NCPDP – CEDAP

The services that we provide must agree with our mission statement. We provide the following services…

  • Taking up field research projects on shelter technologies for enhancing understanding of their social, economic and technical dimensions, and evolving ways to improve their performance.
  • Organizing awareness, training and demonstration programs for disaster risk reduction
  • Providing technical support services to organizations in different parts of the country through designing and assisting in execution of…
    • Disaster risk mitigation programs that are primarily tied to the performance of buildings in disasters, coupled with local capacity building.
    • Disaster risk reduction through the use of disaster resistant building technologies for new structures
    • Disaster risk reduction through vulnerability assessment of existing buildings followed by repair, restoration and retrofitting of buildings other than RC frame buildings.
    • Building artisan skill up-gradation programs
    • Training of engineers in various topics related to disaster resistant building technologies,
    • Conducting shock table tests for demonstration and confidence building in masonry based building systems
    • Setting up a cell for comprehensive training of building artisans in disaster resistant building technologies linked to an accredited certification program
    • Research on structural behavior of masonry structures of various parts of the country
  • Designing and producing ready-to-use IEC materials in collaboration with various International and national agencies, and Government of India.
    These can be produced in different languages including Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu etc. It is possible to do this in other languages also through intense interaction with suitable translator.

    • Brochures, booklets and posters for raising awareness about disaster risk reduction including
    • Manuals for engineers for disaster resilient building design and construction
    • Guidebooks for building artisans for disaster resilient building design and construction
    • Videos for supporting disaster risk mitigation initiatives.
  • Capacity Building of the society at large through…
    • Organizing programs for confidence building in suitable technologies for people to create felt-need for safer buildings