Buildings will be subject to mandatory inspection every 5 years | Columns and floors are under surveillance

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change is implementing a new control mechanism to prevent external interventions such as cutting columns and demolishing walls on the load-bearing systems of buildings and to ensure earthquake safety. According to the draft prepared by the Ministry, as of January 1, buildings that receive a Building Identity Certificate (BKS) will be subject to mandatory inspection every 5 years. Inspections will check whether the columns on critical floors and the number of floors in the building comply with the legislation.

Pointing out that one of the important reasons for the structural damage that occurred in major earthquakes in the past was external interventions to the carrier system, especially in commercial uses, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change is taking a new step to prevent dangerous interventions in buildings. According to the draft regulation prepared by the Ministry, buildings with a Building Identity Certificate (BKS), which has become mandatory for new buildings that have reached the completion stage and received an occupation permit as of 2021, will be subject to mandatory observational inspection every 5 years. With the regulation that will come into force on January 1, 2027, building inspection organizations will be assigned sequentially by the ministry. In the periodic inspection control form to be filled for buildings; Whether the number of floors and floor area of ​​the building are in accordance with the zoning status based on the license, the compliance of the exterior facade projections with the license, the condition of the columns on critical floors such as basements and ground floors of the buildings, and formations such as critical cracks that require reinforcement will be taken into consideration. Retaining walls in the buildings, periodic checks of the elevator, and the compliance of the purpose of the building with the documents will also be checked.

Those responsible will be found

In the technical inspection reports to be prepared, in addition to photographic identification of the irregularities detected in the buildings, the period in which the irregularity occurred and the responsible building inspection organization and company managers will be determined. It is also envisaged that the reports will include the names and auditor numbers of the responsible audit personnel.

Will be accompanied by law enforcement

Electronic assignments will be made every January for the inspection of buildings. The building inspection organization appointed by the Ministry will go to the building and inspect it, accompanied by the building manager, one of the owners or the neighborhood headman, within two months following the appointment at the latest. In case the team that goes for detection is threatened or violence is used, the inspection will be completed with law enforcement.

If a situation contrary to the project, intervention in the carrier system or non-compliance is detected in the building, this situation will be reported with photographic and video evidence.

Following the report, municipalities or governorships will initiate demolition, sealing or strengthening procedures in accordance with the Zoning Law.

Life cycle will be analyzed