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TÇMB Hosted By a Haber Live

07 Ekim 2020

The question that invoked in minds following the earthquake experienced in Elazığ on 24 January was “What are the things we must pay attention to when buying houses?”  

Dr. Can Baran Aktaş, TÇMB Technical Consultant and Lecturer of TEDÜ Civil Engineering Department, has been interviewed by A Haber regarding the issue. Responding to the question of “What are the things we must pay attention to when buying houses?” Aktaş said, “It is possible to construct safe houses by means of accurate utilization of concrete, the strongest building material. Upon the earthquakes experienced one after another, particularly in Elazığ and Manisa recently, the fact that we need safe buildings came to forefront once again. Most of us pore over the number of rooms, square meters, and landscape when we buy houses. In fact, the very first feature we scrutinize must be the quality of the concrete used in that building. In the gross concrete technique, it is not possible to hid defects using plaster and paint, a make-up is not possible as the phrase goes. The product appears with its entire beauty and defects. Thanks to it, application of quality concrete becomes an obligation. Gross concrete structures continue to become widespread in recent years. Consideration of the 44 schools built through the more-resistant and long-living gross concrete technique, accordingly, with the project of the Istanbul Project Coordination Unit of the T.R. Istanbul Governorate, as an example and their Turkey-wide expansion are extremely important. Able to minimize the damages and risks of earthquakes and all other natural disasters, such structures ensure that our children and youth see the future with confidence, not concerns.”