3. Flood Resistant Schools and Kindergartens in Vietnam

Every year, the Vietnam Mekong Delta's muddy waters overflows its bank, wiping out entire communities. To rebuild quickly, BlueScope Lysaght Vietnam developed pre-engineered structures that could be bolted together easily on site, in a short timeframe. The structures were used to put students back in the classroom at over 400 schools that had been swept away in the floods. Installation videos and other training materials were prepared and used to train local teams in construction and installation know-how. These eager trainees went on to build many of the pre-engineered schools on their own, long after the trainers headed home. The structures were built in high-tensile strength galvanized steel to resist the onslaught of the annual floods.

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