In the wake of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Mansfield, 180km north-east of Melbourne, about 9.15am today, tremors were felt as far as Sydney, Dubbo โ All about 700km away. Australia sits in the middle of a tectonic plate, making it less susceptible to major earthquakes than countries on fault lines like New Zealand and Indonesia.
Itโs more important than ever to think about the importance of post-earthquake inspections for your buildings before it happens to you.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ?
There is an often-repeated saying, โEarthquakes donโt kill people, buildings do.โ Although you canโt control the seismic hazard in the community where you live or work, you can influence the most important factor in saving lives and reducing losses from an earthquake: the adoption and enforcement of up-to-date building inspections.
๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ค๐
When a damaging earthquake hits a populated area, one of the first actions that authorities must take is to inspect all the buildings in the affected area in order to identify safe and unsafe buildings, to avoid death and injuries resulting from aftershocks.
After an earthquake, a building inspection spots structural damage that needs repair before anyone enters the building. Identification of all safe buildings for immediate use will minimise the number of homeless, thus reducing the required temporary shelters and the load for emergency provisions.
The inspections will be a part of an earlier planned operation designed to cover efficiently and reliably large numbers of affected buildings under the usually chaotic emergency conditions created by the earthquake. Emergency interventions will be carried out to demolish dangerous buildings or portions thereof and provide shoring to weakened buildings to protect them from the aftershock sequence
Call us today on (02) 9613 3353 to book in a building inspection to ensure your property is assured during any natural disasters.
