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Summary

This guideline assists professionals and authorities in Nepal to retrofit the existing adobe (Low Strength Masonry) public and private buildings in Nepal. The guideline is based on the experiences gained in Nepal in retrofitting as well as on the adaptation of different techniques used in other countries from the literature survey. It includes the typology of the building- adobe (earthen sun-dried bricks) with mud mortar, fired bricks in mud mortar, and stone masonry buildings.