Turner and Townsend (T&T) has joined with consulting engineers Ramboll to survey and assess the earthquake damage in Nepal.

Four teams of structural engineers and surveyors have been deployed across Nepal to assess the damage at nine hospitals hit by the twin earthquakes of April and May 2015.

The work is being carried out in conjunction with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and on behalf of the Nepali government, working with surveyors from the Nepali firm of consulting engineers John Sanday Associates.

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The team will give a detailed breakdown of the damage sustained and propose solutions for how the hospital buildings could be repaired, allowing T&T to produce an outline report and costings for a programme of repairs.

The project’s findings will be presented jointly to the Nepali authorities and DFID, which is funding a programme of disaster resilience and capacity building in Nepal.

Dave Grove, Director at Ramboll, said: "The teams found the level of damage varied between each building we inspected.

"We hope our work will help the Nepali authorities and DFID to prioritise which hospital buildings need repairing most urgently."

(LM/CD)