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A study prepared by specialized scientific bodies, commissioned by Dubai Municipality, confirmed that the construction system applied in the emirate is in line with international standards in this field, and internationally approved in the construction accounts resistant to earthquake The consultant for the construction system project confirmed that it is identical to the American and British code, which takes into account all risks, including earthquakes.
He added that the project consultant has finished the first stage of the Sezomian study to evaluate the construction system and submit it to the department, pointing out that it carries global credibility, as he is a delegate from the most important scientific authorities in this field and is a member of the American Survey Association for Seismology.
Lootah explained that the team in charge of studying the project is currently analyzing and discussing the recommendations of the study and linking them to the outputs of the municipal earthquake system and comparing them with the results of international standards in this field to implement the second phase of the project.
It is noteworthy that the UAE, according to the international classification of earthquake regions, is from the areas (seismically safe) and that the standards and specifications resistant to earthquakes are applied to all existing buildings in the emirate, the valuable and the new. Lootah pointed out that the department adopts the global standards for resisting earthquakes as a basis for licensing any building, and allocated a group of high engineering competencies to audit the buildings of buildings and ensure their construction safety and their conformity to these standards, stressing that all the buildings in Dubai are a construction prepared to resist earthquakes according to the finest international studies and standards, and one These criteria are the movement of buildings in terms of their stability, wind movement and soil bearing strength.
He said that the municipality requires the construction requests submitted by the consultant to adhere to the design and construction standards, including earthquakes, and it has adopted a five -year scientific program that specializes to explain and clarify all scientific aspects related to earthquake All contracting.
The buildings in Dubai, according to these standards, were designed to sway with earthquakes and bearing tremors with a force of about five degrees on the scale of “Reichter”, and the circle follows the continuation of the latest internationally approved standards in this regard. |
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