Holon is a city tired of evacuation-construction and TMA 38, like many cities around it.
Is the writing screaming on the wall?
Will a case like the buildings on Bialik Street in Ramat Gan and Sarlin Street in Holon, which collapsed with all the furniture and belongings of their residents, be repeated in the thousands of apartment buildings made of oysters and sand, rapid construction that was customary in the 1950s and 1960s to absorb the waves?
In a sequence of several weeks, 2 buildings collapsed under similar circumstances.
A building at 33 Bialik Street in Ramat Gan was declared a dangerous structure, and the tenants, including the "Cherry Blossom" branch on the ground floor, were evacuated.
On the recommendation of engineer Israel David, it was decided to destroy it within hours.
Another week: An apartment building on Bar Kochba Street in Tiberias was evacuated, after neighbors reported noises and slight cracks were discovered.
Firefighters were called to an apartment building with deep cracks on Anielewicz Street in Kiryat Eliyahu in Rishon Lezion.
They wanted to evacuate the residents, but these refused.
And this is just the beginning.
State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman visited the collapsed building this week and said: "All authorities need to look at where there are dangerous buildings, and government officials need to come to their senses and act on the issue. It is very important to formulate solutions for tenants.
Like cards
"I personally know dozens of other buildings that are about to collapse," says developer Yossi Avrahami.
'We turned to the authorities and warned, but there is no one to talk to.
A slight earthquake and 2 million people will be left homeless. '
"I invited the police in Holon to the dangerous building on Sunday at 9.25 in the morning. I immediately issued a letter to the mayor, and after a few hours the building from 1973, which is considered relatively new - collapsed," says Roni Mizrahi, chairman of the Holon Contractors Association. To light a red light for all the mayors who are delaying permits for NAP 38/2 and evacuation-construction.
This is what will happen soon to many buildings with material fatigue.
In a small earthquake 20,000 buildings will crash.
The banks will soon require an engineer's approval to obtain a mortgage for old second-hand apartments. '
"I have no estimate if there are other dangerous buildings in the city," Holon Mayor Moti Sasson said following the incident.
"I can't get into every building, and we don't have the ability to inspect thousands of buildings."
Israel Godovich, a former Tel Aviv municipal engineer, estimates: "The collapse of the building in Holon is a sign of things to come. Buildings can collapse like cards. It is very unfortunate that more than 20 years have passed since the discussion on TMA 38 and everything melted away."
And that's exactly the problem.
In the Urban Renewal Authority, they are raising their hands.
All attempts to promote urban renewal run into the maze of bureaucracy.
Certificates after a decade are considered a fast track.
Is this the mental reckoning day of urban renewal?
Definitely desirable.
Law of souls
Avi Turisky, owner and co-CEO of the Rotem Shani real estate company: "The building law in Holon is the law of the Meron disaster. The repeal of TMA 38 is a death sentence for the residents of the State of Israel."
Adir Keinan, CEO of Kach Real Estate, which deals with urban renewal in an urgent appeal to Minister Elkin: "From my professional knowledge of the engineering infrastructure in many buildings designed for urban renewal, I am sorry to announce that another collapse is only a matter of time "Human collapse. The collapse of the residential building in Holon today should be a deafening wake-up call for all decision-makers, as well as for apartment owners, developers and contractors, and in fact for everyone involved in the field.
Givatayim Mayor Ran Konik proposes to the government: "The House committee should be required to order a mandatory audit every few years, such as a car test.
A building that does not have a Yakens permit.
A building that does not pass a test will be required to repair.
The responsibility will pass to the apartment owners, as in any reformed state.
Maybe we should try, before the next disaster happens? '
