By Er.A.Veerappan,
TANSEA
Justice S.Reghupathy Commission
appointed by the Government of Tamilnadu concluded (after experts study) that
the standing 10 storeyed moulivakkam multistoreyed Flats at Porur, Chenani are
to be demolished since the RC columns and some other RC members are not
structurally safe.
We are at a loss to understand
why the Experts Committee had not considered the option of structural
strengthening of RC columns and other members by advanced retrofitting
techniques like jocketing & increasing the sizes of existing slender columns,
fixing synthetic carbon and glass fibre laminates and steel plates which are 10
times stronger than concrete & also convenient for retrofitting.
We wish to inform that our
structural building experts former Engineers of TNPWD have restored some of the
distressed buildings at Chennai and elsewhere by adopting modern strengthening
measures and they are now serving their utility for more than 10years without
any structural deficiency.
We are confident to put the
above Chennai moulivakkam multistoreyed Buildings into use by adopting advance
strengthening and retrofitting techniques and GOTN must come forward /or initiate adequate steps to strengthen the
above flats rejecting the suggestion of demolition since it is a social waste
and further huge financial loss to the concerned.
About the author..
Er.A.Veerappan
State Secretary / TANSEA &
Practising Structural
Consultant
044 - 65 87 9289
E mail id : er_a_veerappan@hotmail.com
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