Earthquake risk assessment across 40 states…and engineers prepare building permit files – Al-Hiwar Algeria

Today, the Minister of Housing, Mohamed Tarek Belaribi, affirmed that Algeria has developed an effective strategy to combat earthquakes based on its bitter experience that it lived 20 years ago.

Among the strategies, the minister mentioned that seismic zoning in urban areas has been studied. and risk assessments across 40 states.

The ministry is also working, according to the minister, to double the national network of devices used to monitor and record seismic waves. As well as providing the National Laboratory for Applied Research in Earthquake Engineering with a vibrating table of the latest model. In addition to identifying and classifying risk-prone areas.

The minister also stressed the compulsory preparation of building permit files by accredited architects and civil engineers.

On the other hand, the minister revealed the preparation of a new reconstruction project with the participation of specialists and experts from several countries, and this is based on a consultative logic as the ministry aspires to respond to social, ecological and economic developments, as well as digitization to create a high-quality living framework.