Dizmanlar Group has delivered many public and private projects in Hatay, Gaziantep, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa and Adana, the provinces affected by the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes. Our mass housing, hospital and school buildings, designed in compliance with the regulations, were constructed to perform well in an earthquake.
Buildings Constructed Before 2000
After the Regulation on Structures to Be Built in Disaster Areas was published in 1998, ready-mix concrete became widespread and relatively sturdier buildings than before began to be constructed. After the Building Inspection Law came into force in 2001, initially in 19 pilot provinces, site and material inspections were carried out effectively. As a result, the buildings considered to be at greatest risk are those constructed before 1997. In the technical examinations carried out by earthquake and structural engineers;
it was observed that, for most of the collapsed and damaged buildings, the lack of inspection at the time of construction, the fact that ready-mix concrete production had not yet started, and the use of plain (smooth) reinforcement bars were contributing factors.
Earthquake-Resistant Tunnel Formwork System
TOKİ buildings, where construction quality and new construction technology are high, the right load-bearing system is chosen and soil effects are taken into account, remained standing under strong ground motion. In many of the mass housing projects within the scope of Dizmanlar Group's contracting work, the load-bearing system is an earthquake-resistant tunnel formwork system. In many earthquake-prone countries, shear wall buildings, which greatly increase the rigidity of the load-bearing system, are a popular choice. Because they are built with tunnel formwork, TOKİ housing units have shear walls on every side and performed highly in the earthquake.
High-quality and durable materials were selected for the load-bearing system elements of our earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete projects. The construction process is carefully overseen by our team of expert civil engineers and architects.
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