PROGRESS REPORTS

21 May 2005

• 182 boreholes have now been completed.
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings have now been prepared for 355 buildings.
• Overall, documents for 355 buildings have been completed
• Analysis models for 298 buildings have been prepared.
• Seismology and ground motion report sections are being drafted in accordance with the draft Assessment Report Outline.

14 May 2005

• Measurement studies completed for all 369 buildings.
• Concrete core sampling and repairs completed for all buildings
• 165 boreholes completed
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings prepared for 305 buildings.
• Building reports for 305 buildings completed
• Analysis models for 220 buildings prepared
• The scenario earthquake to be used in the study decided.
• Procedures for definition of ground motions drafted
• Soil classification at building sites commenced.

7 May 2005

• Measurement studies completed for 327 buildings (89%).
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings prepared for 280 buildings (76%).
• Concrete core samples taken from 355 buildings (96%).
• Overall, documents for 262 buildings completed (71%).
• Analysis models for 144 buildings prepared.

30 April 2005

• Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand, visited Beca-Prota Bakırköy Office on 26 April and observed the taking of concrete samples from a nearby building.
• Measurements completed for 302 buildings (82%).
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings for 245 buildings (66%) completed.
• Concrete core samples taken from 308 buildings.
• After collecting building data, as-built drawings are being prepared. Municipality drawings, as-built drawings, building assessment forms and test results of concrete core samples and soil are used as input for structural analysis. These fully checked document sets have now been completed for 209 buildings.
• Analysis models for 122 buildings have been prepared.

23 April 2005

• Measurement and concrete sampling studies started in Zeytinlik and Yeşilköy districts by site teams.
• Five teams have completed measurement studies for 279 buildings.
• Concrete core samples have been taken from 265 buildings.
• Building data reports for 186 buildings have now been completed. These fully checked document sets include municipality drawings, building assessment forms, test results of concrete core samples and as-built drawings.

16 April 2005

• Measurement studies started in Sakızağacı and Cevizlik districts by five site teams.
• Measurement studies have been completed for 251 buildings.
• Four teams are working on sampling of concrete from buildings and determining classification of reinforcement steels.
• Concrete core samples have been taken from 238 buildings.
• Building data reports for 151 buildings have been completed. They are used as input for structural analysis.

9 April 2005

• The five site teams started measurement studies in Yenimahalle district.
• Measurement studies have been completed for 220 buildings.
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings have been prepared for 159 buildings.
• Concrete core samples have been taken from 208 buildings.
• Building data reports for 106 buildings were completed.

2 April 2005

• Three Building Managers’ Meetings held at Olympic House to brief them on the project and receive feedback. Attended by Mehmet Basaran, Assistant Mayor, Bakirkoy Municipality and Professors Haluk Sucuoglu and Nuray Karanci from Middle East Technical University and by PIU Representatives Gulen Metin and Mevlut Kahraman.
• Measurement studies have been completed for 195 buildings.
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings have been prepared for 120 buildings.
• Concrete core samples have been taken from 169 buildings.
• Building data reports for 50 buildings were sent to Ankara office.

26 March 2005

• Social impact analysis questionnaires completed and issued.
• Six teams have completed measurement studies for 180 buildings.
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings have been prepared for 96 buildings.
• Four teams (one more than last week) are working on sampling of concrete from buildings and reinstatement of damaged concrete sampling places, determining classification of reinforcement steels. Concrete core samples have been taken from 135 buildings.
• Building data reports for 35 buildings have been completed.

19 March 2005

• Measurement studies have been completed for 154 buildings.
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings have been prepared for 86 buildings. These incorporate changes to match site measurements.
• Concrete core samples have been taken from 89 buildings.
• Overall, building data reports for 22 buildings have been completed.

12 March 2005

• Measurement of 130 buildings in Kartaltepe (104) and Zuhuratbaba (26) has been completed.
• Three teams are working on sampling of concrete from buildings. Concrete core samples have been taken from 65 buildings.
• As-built drawings have been completed for 62 buildings.
• A briefing of office and site staff was held on social impact to site teams by Professor Nuray Karancı of Middle East Technical University and Dr David Johnston from New Zealand.

5 March 2005

• Measurement studies completed for 104 buildings on Kartaltepe district and started with two buildings on Zuhuratbaba district.
• Concrete core samples have been taken from 48 buildings (13% of total).
• As-built drawings have been completed for 50 buildings.

26 February 2005

• Information on the location and size of structural elements and an indication of the condition and general standard of construction of each building has been determined for 87 buildings.
• Concrete core samples have been taken from 37 buildings.
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings are being prepared, incorporating changes to match site measurements by 5 draftsmen. As-built drawings for 35 buildings have been completed.

19 February 2005

• Measurements have been completed for 66 buildings.
• Structural and architectural as-built drawings have been completed for 25 buildings.
• Existing geotechnical data were obtained from Municipality. To identify the borehole locations, all the project buildings have been shown on a computerised map. Planning of borehole locations to describe the soil conditions underneath each building is progressing.
• Preparation of updated organization chart and detailed work programme are in progress.

12 February 2005

• Preparation of structural and architectural as-built drawings is progressing.
• Four teams are measuring and sampling of concrete from buildings starting with buildings in Kartaltepe.

05 February 2005

• Project offices have been established and project manager has arrived.
• Available information on all buildings has been obtained and preparation of structural and architectural as-built drawings is progressing.
• Work has started on soil investigations.
• Four teams have commenced measurement and sampling of concrete from buildings starting with buildings in Kartaltepe.