Amitai Gazit, calcalist.co.il.
"Willingness to work plan 38 is not good enough. There is no clear methodology of how to fortify and strengthen, as a constructor makes his calculations, and no external factor will visit it, "said Calcalist" Raul knit the country Builders Association President (The Association).
However, he says it's still better than the current situation: "It only improves the situation. They say there's no guarantee that buildings undergoing reinforcement stand up to an earthquake. I say for sure that a building that has been strengthening will not stand it. If I take two houses located on the same street, one Beyond strengthening and another does not, there is no doubt survive at home with better protection, and this is an appropriate question. You have to remember these projects add APS provides protection against missiles. So, there is no doubt the safety benefit very much tenant and should not stop the strong possibility. Even if someone thinks the plan 38 is not good enough, it will not be responsible for the government to cancel the possibility of strengthening individual buildings against earthquakes. It is safer and better than doing nothing. "
He spoke about the discussion held recently in the planning administration, during which - as revealed Calcalist - the main architect of the Ministry of Housing Ward Solomon finance and other officials questioned the quality of the reinforcement work done under the program for strengthening buildings against earthquakes, to questioning the very survival in the event of an earthquake powerful . According Solomon Maman, no country knows enough about the old methods of strengthening buildings against earthquakes, consolidation methods have not been tested, and many engineers not familiar with the issue of strengthening the existing structure. At the same hearing supported the words Yigal Guvrin, chairman of the Association of Engineers estimates that two-thirds of the buildings in reinforced reinforcement is not sufficient.
Resistant wars
Yehuda wrote, chairman of Contractors and Builders in Tel Aviv and vice president of the Association of Contractors Builders country, Calcalist said that "the assumption that buildings undergoing NOP will not survive an earthquake is not accurate:" Perhaps some of them are damaged, there may be cracks and repairs will be required but they certainly will. In the current situation there are buildings must undergo reinforcement, if the question is whether to increase or do nothing, then the answer is yes strengthening. should provide citizens with the protected maximum possible. it should be remembered that each program is reviewed and approved by a constructor from City Hall construction program checks the contractor / developer. she checked in accordance with standards Formulated by engineers, so the buildings are supposed to endure an earthquake. "
TAMA 38 project (archives) Photo: PR
Ronny Sari, CEO of Bern in Israel, formerly head of protection Col. Home Front Command and a member of the Engineers, said that during the Second Lebanon War he saw "how structures behave, those who were reinforced survived, while not old strength, and are built without MEM" Dim and without simply falling concrete nuclear splat. "
Sri recalled that the eve of the second leucine was public pressure to cancel the requirement for shelter because it is costly and interferes with the planning. He said, "It reminds the public pressure today to cancel the plan 38. But the program has many benefits, and significant of which is that if there is a war, she just saves a life. I was not willing to accommodate my loved ones in the building that has not been strengthening. "
The argument that the engineers in the country does not have enough knowledge on the subject of strengthening buildings against earthquakes, he said: "Land building projects much more complex than strengthening the building of four floors. They build towers dozens of stories and bridges, and in order to bring it to an engineer and the superintendent."
Claims that the projects of strengthening the single building and adding Apartments creating uncontrolled load on urban infrastructure Sari says: "I have not found one disadvantage against the plan 38
The main need for saving lives. Strain on parking? So, there will be fewer parking spaces, but you'll save the residents. "
Buildings fell due to lack of experience
On the other hand, age and Inls, an engineer, a professor at the Technion and the owners of Q, which deals with urban revival, believes that the willingness to allegations of lack of knowledge in the field: "The addition of floors to an existing building requires expertise. Few people who have appropriate experience. As I was not going through root canal treatment by a physician tooth without experience in dealing with it, I do not recommend strengthen building with an inexperienced engineer in the field. "
According to him, the project consists of reinforcing an old building Not only because it was built not in accordance with existing standards, including the physical condition of the poor structure and foundations have been members for 50 years, and you're going to add several hundred tons. This is a task that only a few know how to do. If you do it right building strong. The problem is that few people know how to do it. There had been mistakes, so that buildings fell while working. "