Istanbulites can have their home security checked. IMM makes this process free of charge with the fast scanning method. The number of IMM teams trying to respond to the record application is increasing rapidly. Except for buildings with 10 floors and above, those who wish can apply to this study via the address binatespiti.ibb.istanbul. Members of the press followed an exemplary work on site in Bakırköy.
Building detection applications to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) are increasing. IMM Earthquake Risk Management and Urban Improvement Department teams made a risk measurement in the half-century-old building in Istanbul Bakırköy. IMM's expert teams looked at the concrete and iron quality in the columns of the building. Özlem Tut, Head of IMM Department of Earthquake Risk Management and Urban Improvement, who participated in the building examination with the rapid scanning method in Gül apartment, which consists of 6 flats with 12 floors, explained the details of the study. Özlem Tut pointed out that the rapid scanning method started in the Imamoğlu period and said that they have been examining the buildings with this method for 3 years.
6 thousand requests have come since 85 February
Özlem Tut stated that when they first applied to the building inspection method, the municipality visited the residents of the building and tried to get permission, but most of them did not accept it. Pointing out that there was a serious concern among the people of Istanbul after the Kahramanmaraş earthquake, Tut said: We visited 107 thousand buildings during this period and asked for permission to examine, but so far 29 thousand buildings have given us permission to examine. As of today, we have received a total of 85 applications. We will answer all of these. After the earthquakes we experienced, there was a lot of sensitivity. We will evaluate these applications in order and examine all the buildings.”
Pointing out that this fast scanning method cannot be applied for buildings over 10 floors, Özlem Tut stated that with the new regulation, tenants and buildings built after 2000 can also receive requests. Özlem Tut said, “However, as you know, buildings built before 2000 constitute our fragile building stock. We will prioritize these structures and evaluate the applications.”
150 BUILDINGS TO BE LOOKED PER DAY
İBB accelerated the building investigations in the city. IMM teams, which perform rapid scanning tests on an average of 50 buildings per day with a team of 150 people in total, plan to finalize the requests quickly. The teams, which process the building for an average of one and a half hours, then look at the ground survey reports and determine the risk status of the building in an average of 2 days.
318 thousand 4 TL RENTAL AID FOR 500 BUILDINGS
As a result of the rapid scanning test performed before, IMM detected 318 buildings that did not even have groups D and E, did not carry any earthquake load capacity, and were likely to collapse where they stood. The municipality provides a rental aid of 4 liras to accelerate the urban transformation processes of these buildings and to ensure their rapid evacuation. Both landlords and tenants in these buildings benefit from this rental assistance.
HOW ARE APPLICATIONS MADE?
Istanbul residents can apply on the website binatespiti.ibb.istanbul to find out whether the building they live in is risky. İBB conducts Building Detection tests completely free of charge. After the application, expert teams affiliated to the IMM Department of Earthquake Risk Management and Urban Improvement go to the building. It removes the plaster in 5 columns on the upper floor. With the help of a device, the hardness of the concrete is measured. With the X-ray device, the irons in the colon are counted and their diameters are checked. The locations and widths of the columns are determined. Expert teams give a grade to the building by looking at the ground measurements of that area. This grade is divided according to the A, B, C, D and E classes determined by the IMM. While A group buildings are the most resistant to earthquakes, E class is the most risky building group. IMM does this detection work completely free of charge. This quick scan test by IMM aims to provide information to building owners only about durability. If the building is found to be risky as a result of the rapid scan test conducted by IMM, IMM officials direct the building owners to licensed companies of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.
WHAT DOES FAST BUILDING SCAN MEAN?
Data is collected by reading the concrete hammer by removing the column plaster, determining the diameter and corrosion of the reinforcement by stripping the column concrete, drawing the floor plan by taking the column-beam and floor dimensions, determining the column-wall reinforcement intervals with the reinforcement scanning device, determining the external dimensions and irregularities of the structure. The obtained data is analyzed with an algorithm and the earthquake safety rate is determined for each building.