Schools are the gathering place of the young generation. They are expected to act as a refuge after an earthquake. Even though Nepal has no building supervision system, the quality of school buildings receives necessary attention. During a field study conducted in mid-June, we summarised the seismic damage to 12 schools with various types of structures, including local characteristic reinforced concrete frames, cement-bonded or mud-bonded masonry and timber frames. The pros and cons of local construction technologies are discussed. Some interesting earthquake phenomena, such as the effects of forward directivity, site configuration, earthquake sequence and safe distance from a slope, are discussed. The geo-security evaluation of a proposed school site in mountainous Baramchi is also conducted.

Bridge deflection is a significant index reflecting the rigidity, overall stability, carrying capacity, and seismic performance of bridge structures. However, it is difficult to measure accurately, particularly for large-span bridges with complex deflection curves. Inclinometers are tentatively used in the deflection measurements of highway and railway bridges, and they have been found to be potential high-precision deflection measurement instruments. An effective inclinometer monitoring scheme was designed and used to monitor the static deflections of bridge, and an improved data processing method was proposed through using individual analytical solutions in this study. Based on that, analysis was done to explain why the “5 inclinometers” suggested by previous research is the best choice for the deflection test of the simple supported and the continuous beam bridge, which has not explicitly explained in the previous literature. Through the comparative study of the deflection calculation results of the bridge finite element model, inclinometer is applied to measuring the static deflection of a large-span suspension bridge for the first time, and it is found when the number of the instruments is enough and arrangement of the instrument is reasonable, the deflection of suspension bridge can be tested using inclinometer method. In order to reduce the number of test points and improve the deflection measurement precision, semi-span arrangement scheme of test points is proposed, which is applied in the static deflection test of the Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge, and the error of static deflections is only 1.13% compared to GPS observations.

Earthquake damage to urban highway system can cause major traffic disruption which can adversely impact post-earthquake emergency response, repair, and reconstruction operations, and the economy of region will be also greatly affected. In present paper, the seismic risk analysis of urban transportation networks is presented, which focuses on the development of seismic risk analysis simulation system for urban transportation networks. By applying several numerical analysis methods, seismic response simulation of components in a highway system (e.g., bridges, roadways, etc.) is carried out. With the aid of the latest WebGIS technology, the results of all simulations are published to the network so that residences and government officials can share a common recognition of earthquake hazard and disaster. Moreover, combined with the city’s real-time traffic status, the system can be used as a command platform for the post-earthquake emergency rescue.