A STUDY ON ECONOMIC LOSSES CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKE

Ercan ISIK, Muhammed Hamidullah ÖZLÜK, Ercan DEMIR

Abstract: Buildings have been repaired or strengthened for many different reasons throughout of their service life. It can be decided to demolition of buildings when strengthening or repairing is unsuitable. There can be many reasons for repairing, strengthening or demolition buildings. Earthquake is one of these reasons. In this study, firstly performance calculations were made for a RC building according to Turkish Earthquake Code 2007 (TEC’2007) which has been damaged after an earthquake. The results of performance based assessment show that performance level of building is not desired level. The building is not safe and not economical to strengthen so it needs to be demolished. The institution has decided to demolish the building after detailed analysis of building. In this study demolition cost and re-construction cost have been separately calculated. The results have been compared and suggestions have been made. The construction cost of the building has been calculated according to the unit production method using the unit prices of 2014.

Keywords: Demolition Cost, Re-Construction Costs, Economic Loss, Earthquake

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0505003