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Initiatives for Developing an Earthquake Early…

On May 12, 2021, an appraisal meeting concerning an earthquake early warning system was held between the BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and

Technical Cooperation for Health Monitoring of…

A meeting focused on exploring suitable data collection and instrumentation methods for the health monitoring of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP)

Visit of some professors from Chinese…

A team comprising six professors, among them four professors from Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences and two

International Conference on Disaster Risk Management…

BUET-JIDPUS, in association with Department of Architecture, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Institute of Water and Flood Management of BUET, Urban Resilience

Workshop on "Prospects of Education Programme…

A workshop on 'Prospects of Education Programme on Safety Management in Bangladesh' was held on January 19, 2019 at BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster

Structural Vulnerability Assessment of Hospital and…

BUET-JIDPUS has completed the structural vulnerability assessment of four hospital buildings and five school buildings in Dhaka and Narayanganj during the months of

Shaking Table Test of typical Masonry…

Non-engineered structures e.g. masonry buildings can cause mass causalities in a small to moderate earthquake. To see the performance of typical masonry building

Technical Knowledge Exchange between Nepal and…

The World Bank showed interest in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for conducting the knowledge exchange program. This knowledge sharing program

International Conference on Disaster Risk Mitigation…

BUET-JIDPUS, in association with the Civil Engineering Department, BUET organized the 1st conference of this institute titled “International Conference on Disaster Risk Mitigation

Symposium on "Safety in Garment Industry,…

On 24 April, 2013, the factory building of Rana Plaza collapsed with a death toll of 1,129 lives and injury of approximately 2,051