Members of the TÇMB Board of Directors Visit the Earthquake Zone

Dr. Tamer Saka, Chairman of the TÇMB Board of Directors; and Cem Sak, Gökhan Bozkurt, Prof. Dr. Yasemin Açık, Cenker Mirzaoğlu, members of the Board of Directors; İsmail Bulut, the CEO of the Association; Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Interior Affairs; Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment and Urbanization; Elazığ Governor Çetin Oktay Kaldırım; and Elazığ Mayor Şahin Şerifoğulları performed onsite scrutiny on the works being carried out in Elazığ and visited the victims of the earthquake.  

Dr. Tamer Saka, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB), made a statement in the Elazığ visit. Expressing that it was a very pleasing development that the building constructed following the implementation of the building inspection system did not incur any damage in the Elazığ earthquake, Saka said, “Reinforced concrete buildings can be constructed safely against all kinds of natural disasters, through a safe design, quality material selection, use of an accurate building technique, and effective inspections. By learning from the sad incidents we have experienced, we can build safer reinforced concrete buildings. One of the safe building techniques is the gross concrete technique. As the bearing elements can be seen in their naked form and as the structures are constructed more meticulously through that building technique, construction errors are minimized.”   

Saka continued as follows:  
“With the preference of gross concrete technique in the structures like schools, hospitals, and dormitories, permanent and destructive damage in earthquakes will be prevented.” TÇMB Board of Directors’ contacts in Elazığ ended with a visit to the plants of Seza Cement and Çimentaş Elazığ Cement in the region.