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Residential House Sinking Incident in Taipei City – Residents Can Return Home, No Safety Concerns

On the 7th, a residential house on Dazhi Street in Taipei City accidentally sank due to the construction of the “Jitai Dazhi” construction project, and surrounding residents evacuated as a precaution. The city government said today that after being assessed as safe by the Taipei Structural Technicians Association and three other major technicians’ unions, 176 residents can return home, including those after No. 11, Lane 1, Lane 94, Dazhi Street, and even-numbered houses, and those behind No. 12, Lane 3. There are no safety concerns in the building with the house number, and residents can go home at night if they wish.

Taipei City Deputy Mayor Li Sichuan (pictured) pointed out on the 10th that after evaluation of all monitoring data by the three major technicians’ associations, there are no safety concerns about the buildings after No. 11, Alley 1, Lane 94, Dazhi Street, as well as the even-numbered buildings and No. 12, Alley 3. , residents can go home at night if they wish. (Central News Agency)

Jitai Construction’s “Jitai Dazhi” construction project located in an alley of Dazhi Street in Taipei City accidentally excavated the underground floor, causing a nearby house to tilt and sink on the 7th, and more than 400 residents were evacuated. The Taipei City Government held a meeting this afternoon with the Taipei Structural Technicians Association, the Taipei Civil Technicians Association, and the Geotechnicians Association of the Republic of China to discuss whether the 176 residents who were evacuated as a precaution can return home.

In the evening, Vice Mayor Li Sichuan led Xu Maoqing, Chairman of the Taipei Structural Technicians Association, Su Moyuan, Vice Chairman of the Taipei Civil Technicians Association, and Shi Zhihong, Chairman of the Geotechnical Technicians Association of the Republic of China, to jointly accept a media interview.

Li Sichuan pointed out that after the evaluation of all monitoring data by the three major technicians’ associations, there are no safety concerns about the buildings after No. 11, Lane 1, Lane 94, Dazhi Street, and the even-numbered buildings behind No. 12, Lane 3. Residents can go home at night if they wish. ; The water, electricity, and gas supply to No. 11, Alley 1, Lane 94, and to buildings with even house numbers have been fully restored. However, the gas pipeline in Lane 3 needs to be re-pulled and will take another 4 or 5 days to recover.

He said that if residents are still worried, they will still be allowed to continue to stay in the hotel, and the technicians association will be invited to send personnel to re-evaluate the doubtful parts to reassure residents.

Xu Maoqing said that the preliminary appraisal report has been formally sent to the Construction Management Office. It concluded that except for Nos. 1 to 9, Lane 1, Lane 94, which were determined to be unusable and recommended for demolition, the slopes of the other buildings were within the allowable range of the law. The slope changes since the incident have been The amount is also within the quota, so residents can return to use it. However, cracks can be seen on some roads in Alley 94, Alley 1, and it is recommended that the city government repair the cracks. There are also cracks in some buildings. It is recommended that the city government conduct a detailed neighbor damage appraisal report to confirm whether these cracks require reinforcement and repair.

Su Moyuan pointed out that no major beam or column cracks were found in the building, and the tilt change of the building since the 8th is 1/5000 to 1/20,000, which is within the safe range. It is judged that it can be used, but residents are advised to continue monitoring And observe whether there are any changes such as doors becoming difficult to open. It is also recommended that the city government use ground-penetrating radar to detect whether the surrounding soil is loose.

Li Sichuan said that the city government will notify residents that they can go home, and ask the Social Affairs Bureau to send a dedicated social worker to each household to cooperate with the engineering personnel of the Public Works Bureau and the Urban Development Bureau to list in detail all cracks or damage in the house and hand it over to Jitai Construction Immediate improvements while continuously monitoring tilt changes and detecting them with ground-penetrating radar.

Editor-in-Chief: Yu Weining

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