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40% OF YEREVAN HOUSING DOES NOT MEET NEW STANDARDS OF SEISMIC
CONSTRUCTION
Yerevan, January 31. ArmInfo. About 40% of the Yerevan housing does
not meet the new standards of seismic construction, the Director of
the Center of Earthquake-proof Construction, Zaven Khlgatyan, told
ArmInfo.
According to him, despite the fact that the official level of seismic
hazard of Armenia is 8-9 numbers, several buildings, which have a
status of emergency ones, are under a threat of destruction at an
earthquake of force 6. As Khlgatyan noted, the new standards of
earthquake-proof construction had been accepted after 1988 Spitak
earthquake, when the analysis of the Armenian and foreign specialists
has revealed the main omissions in the work of geophysicists, builders
and designers. According to Khlgatyan, after the Spitak earthquake,
the construction of all the Republic's objects is carried out with
consideration of seismic zoning.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
CONSTRUCTION
Yerevan, January 31. ArmInfo. About 40% of the Yerevan housing does
not meet the new standards of seismic construction, the Director of
the Center of Earthquake-proof Construction, Zaven Khlgatyan, told
ArmInfo.
According to him, despite the fact that the official level of seismic
hazard of Armenia is 8-9 numbers, several buildings, which have a
status of emergency ones, are under a threat of destruction at an
earthquake of force 6. As Khlgatyan noted, the new standards of
earthquake-proof construction had been accepted after 1988 Spitak
earthquake, when the analysis of the Armenian and foreign specialists
has revealed the main omissions in the work of geophysicists, builders
and designers. According to Khlgatyan, after the Spitak earthquake,
the construction of all the Republic's objects is carried out with
consideration of seismic zoning.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress