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NUMEROUS ARMENIAN SCHOOLS NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATIONAL SEISMIC PROTECTION SERVICE STATES
Mediamax
Dec 6 2012
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Head of the Northern Service of "National Seismic
Protection Service" at the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergey
Nazaretyan stated today that the it'd be better to avoid construction
of multi-storey buildings in Armenia.
During a meeting with journalists today, Sergey Nazaretyan stated
that "we don't have enough experience and culture of construction of
high-quality multi-storey buildings", Mediamax reports.
"If comparing multi-storey buildings constructed in the Soviet period
with those built over the past years, the new ones will prove more
advantageous from the standpoint of quality. They are more reliable in
terms of seismic stability but in case of a minor error in the work,
the building will suffer", stated the specialist.
According to the data provided by Sergey Nazaretyan, there are over
3 500 multi-storey buildings in Armenia and their stiffness doesn't
meet current seismic security standards. According to him, about
USD15bln should be allocated to strengthen them.
The specialist assures that schools should be strengthened first of
all. "About 2000 pupils died during the Spitak earthquake. Only 40 out
of 1 500 schools currently running in Armenia are strengthened. The
remaining schools are in the risk zone", said the representative of
the agency.
He also noted that seismic protection rules should be included into
the school program and children should be taught what to do during
an earthquake.
"It will allow considerably reduce the human losses in case of a
possible earthquake", Sergey Nazaretyan said.
From: A. Papazian
Mediamax
Dec 6 2012
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Head of the Northern Service of "National Seismic
Protection Service" at the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergey
Nazaretyan stated today that the it'd be better to avoid construction
of multi-storey buildings in Armenia.
During a meeting with journalists today, Sergey Nazaretyan stated
that "we don't have enough experience and culture of construction of
high-quality multi-storey buildings", Mediamax reports.
"If comparing multi-storey buildings constructed in the Soviet period
with those built over the past years, the new ones will prove more
advantageous from the standpoint of quality. They are more reliable in
terms of seismic stability but in case of a minor error in the work,
the building will suffer", stated the specialist.
According to the data provided by Sergey Nazaretyan, there are over
3 500 multi-storey buildings in Armenia and their stiffness doesn't
meet current seismic security standards. According to him, about
USD15bln should be allocated to strengthen them.
The specialist assures that schools should be strengthened first of
all. "About 2000 pupils died during the Spitak earthquake. Only 40 out
of 1 500 schools currently running in Armenia are strengthened. The
remaining schools are in the risk zone", said the representative of
the agency.
He also noted that seismic protection rules should be included into
the school program and children should be taught what to do during
an earthquake.
"It will allow considerably reduce the human losses in case of a
possible earthquake", Sergey Nazaretyan said.
From: A. Papazian