Sociedad de Ingenier?a S?smica denuncia 37 de 43 hospitales colapsar?an de ocurrir un terremoto
Well it appears from the above interview by The President of the Seismic Engineering Society that in the event of a significant earthquake hospitals and schools will suffer significant damage as indeed will many other buildings.
Comes as no surprise to me having been trained in structural design and having managed the construction of a number of very large buildings and projects designed to seismic codes in several earthquake prone countries.
The structural code here was upgraded a few years back in late 2012 after review of the Haiti quake.
I have witnessed the woeful standard of concrete construction in the campo and smaller towns including some new schools and public buildings and can concur with this report concerning a total lack of supervision.
This is sad because there are good engineers in this country and some good quality construction is taking place,but it is the public sector and those that supposedly ensure compliance with codes and building standards that negate two fold all the positive points.
To suggest that some of the new schools that have been built recently were not to the new seismic codes beggars belief, but quite possible in that the designs were probably done some time back and never reviewed because of the incompetence of public works officials.
A large budget needs to be found to put things right and a shake up Public Works is in order.
Well it appears from the above interview by The President of the Seismic Engineering Society that in the event of a significant earthquake hospitals and schools will suffer significant damage as indeed will many other buildings.
Comes as no surprise to me having been trained in structural design and having managed the construction of a number of very large buildings and projects designed to seismic codes in several earthquake prone countries.
The structural code here was upgraded a few years back in late 2012 after review of the Haiti quake.
I have witnessed the woeful standard of concrete construction in the campo and smaller towns including some new schools and public buildings and can concur with this report concerning a total lack of supervision.
This is sad because there are good engineers in this country and some good quality construction is taking place,but it is the public sector and those that supposedly ensure compliance with codes and building standards that negate two fold all the positive points.
To suggest that some of the new schools that have been built recently were not to the new seismic codes beggars belief, but quite possible in that the designs were probably done some time back and never reviewed because of the incompetence of public works officials.
A large budget needs to be found to put things right and a shake up Public Works is in order.