Table 2 Average time for various stages of the recovery process for one-story school buildings in Central Sulawesi

From: Informing disaster-risk management policies for education infrastructure using scenario-based recovery analyses

Recovery phase

Average time T [days]

Agreement between agencies and local authorities*

90

Tender process*

180

Structural design

60

Building construction permit

90

Reconstruction time (includes substructure and superstructure)

180

  1. *Only considered for the agency-managed projects. These values are from semi-structured interviews with NGOs, engineering firms, and contractors actively involved in reconstruction projects in the Palu region