IN GENERAL ARMENIA’S NEW BUILDINGS QUITE QUAKEPROOF

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.06.2009 16:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "In general Armenia’s new buildings are quite quake
proof. Although we can’t generalize, since every building has its
own project," adviser to the head of the Rescue Service of Armenia
colonel Nikolay Grigoryan said.

According to him, new buildings are absolutely safe, since new
technology was applied during construction, quake proof cushions were
laid in the foundations of buildings, which weaken the seismic shakes.

According to Hrachya Petrosyan, deputy head of the Armenian National
Service for Seismic Protection (NSSP) the same cannot be stated about
buildings constructed in 1960-ies, since their earthquake stability
was not studied in those times, quake proof buildings were first
constructed in 1970-80-ies. According to him, old buildings are quite
firm, although new superstructures can cause unsteadiness.

Mr. Hrachya Petrosyan also said, that cannot garantee earthquake
stability of all new buildings, since researches have been implemented
only by orders and not all of them have been studied in regard to
quakeproofness.