Damascus countryside - SANA
Achieving the structural safety of buildings and taking into account the Syrian standards and specifications in building to be more flexible and resistant to earthquakes, are the most important axes of the symposium held by the Governorate of Rural Damascus, in coordination with the Engineers Syndicate, at the auditorium of Damascus University today, under the title “The Impact of Earthquakes on Buildings.”
The Governor of Rural Damascus, Safwan Abu Saadi, explained during the opening of the symposium that it is important to adhere to the building control system and the need to update it, in order to meet the urban development in its various aspects to achieve the sustainability of buildings over time, and to adhere to the quality of reinforced concrete masonry and not to be complacent in granting permits by administrative units, if they are not It is not compatible with the control system and the necessity of careful follow-up and supervision of construction in order to enhance public safety, given that there are many areas prepared for exposure to earthquakes and earthquakes, which necessitates workers in the engineering, construction and municipal sectors to make double efforts to mitigate the occurrence of severe damage and victims.
Abu Saadi pointed out the importance of preparing plans in accordance with the laws in force, which guarantee public safety and the role of engineering offices concerned with providing correct engineering studies, calling on the heads of local councils and technical offices to benefit from this information-rich symposium, and from the expertise of engineers and specialists in the field of building and construction.
The symposium included a presentation on models of some collapsed and cracked buildings, as a result of the earthquake in the governorates of Lattakia and the countryside of Damascus, presented by Eng. Mardios Barsakhian, indicating that most of the buildings that cracked and collapsed were due to the incorrect quality of the concrete and cladding, and the basis of their construction did not conform to the Syrian code.
For his part, Engineer Muhammad Essam Al-Ghazou reviewed the geology of earthquakes, the reasons for their emergence, the type of soil exposed to earthquakes, their locations in Syria, and how to reduce their danger, while the engineers Abdul-Latif Al-Amir and Omran Qadmani gave a presentation on the impact of soil on facilities during an earthquake and the extent of damage caused by it, stressing that research indicates Earthquake risk in hard rocky soils is less than in waterlogged sandy soils.
Mukhtar Shaaban, in a presentation titled The Role of Building Foundations in Resisting Earthquake, indicated that construction operations must take into account safety rules to meet the surrounding conditions, especially in areas located above seismic foci, and these standards must be more stringent and care must be taken to provide buildings with technologies that help To quench the power of earthquakes.
Participants in the symposium reviewed many axes and proposals on the structural safety of buildings, how to deal with cracked buildings in earthquake zones, and the need to provide a tight and flexible design in a way that enables the building to face seismic tremors without being harmed.
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