Key activity 3: Drafting an
implementation plan
Following a feasibility assessment, the school management
committee and program manager should collaboratively
draft an implementation plan. This plan should include a
draft timeline of dates and key activities, deliverables, as well
as the roles and responsibilities of each actor.
A financial plan is also an important strategic aspect of
achieving a safer school building. Financial plans that
directly link payment to safety checks – verification that
disaster risk reduction strategies have been successfully
incorporated into site design, site preparation and key
points in the construction process – can create incentive
and sustain attention to safety. Resources for communitybased management of construction projects can be found
in the Design Stage (see In context: Technical support and
construction oversight in the Community Construction Stage
section).
SECTION III: PLANNING
Because a community-based approach seeks to increase
community capacity during the construction process, a
communication and capacity-building plan is necessary
for implementation. Risk-awareness activities implemented
in the Mobilisation Stage may need to continue throughout
the project, especially in coordination with design and
construction activities. Capacity-building activities,
especially around hazard-resistant construction techniques,
also need to be planned. Because these activities may
take significant time and, if done on a regional scale,
coordination, it is a good idea to start them at the Design
Stage.
During the early stages of the recovery efforts after Typhoon Haiyan
in the Philippines, carpenters are trained on techniques for including
cross bracing in reconstruction e fforts.
Photo: Adam Kalopsidiotis /Save the Children.
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IN CONTEXT
Selecting materials for safer
construction
Keywords: tsunami, reconstruction, materials
selection, timber
After the 2006 Indonesia tsunami, residents
wanted to rebuild houses and other community
infrastructure with brick, but the cost of hazardresistant confined masonry was higher than many
households could afford. Build Change – an NGO
providing technical building assistance – helped
some households turn to timber construction, which
could be built to be hazard-resistant with less cost.
When residents made errors in timber construction,
the mistakes were easier to see and rectify. A
mistake made in a confined masonry building could
require tearing it down and starting over.
Even with this step toward safer material selection,
Build Change noticed a decrease in endemic
timber stock as demand grew in the housing sector.
As a result, NGOs working in the region began
importing timber without natural pest resistance.
Houses built with these imported materials will
deteriorate more rapidly. Building materials must be
researched in-depth to mitigate the creation of new
problems.