The expert mentioned which apartment residents need to be careful: there is a period during which buildings are built, the most risky

Aidas Valys, Chief Counselor of the State Inspection of Territorial Planning and Construction of the Ministry of the Environment, who participated in the press conference on Tuesday, assures that there are no violations of the procedures for the issuance of the building license housing on Gabijos street in Vilnius. A commercial building was originally constructed here, but a building permit was later issued. But the expert sees another risk. The period in which this apartment building was built was exceptional because the apartment buildings were baked one after another and the building regulations were very low. The apartment building was built in 2004.

“Reconstruction of the buildings is allowed, we would see the risk only if the completion of the building was done by the administration of the county governor. Probably when there was a construction boom itself, many builders abused and rushed to build as soon as possible , at the lowest possible cost. We see the same risks for the experts as for the project, the experience was made and approved. The experts said that the project was appropriate. This raises the question that the experts should have more responsibility, “he says. the interlocutor.

A. Valys goes on to say that there were no complaints about defects in the building and the technicians did not notice any signs. According to the expert, this is perhaps another area where changes are needed, such as maintaining higher risk buildings on a permanent basis rather than a blanket regulatory procedure.

“The quality of the construction work can also be to blame. Although the construction is a reinforced concrete frame, no damage or changes were observed here. The offenses are quite local, in separate rooms. We see the risk of selling those buildings without being fully equipped, as the question of liability arises. Because people hire individual builders, do the work themselves, glue partitions, they are not foreseen in their projects, it is not clear what loads are produced, how thick they are, etc. And the question: who is to blame? ”Asks A. Valys rhetorically.

According to the Chief Advisor of the State Inspectorate for Spatial Planning and Construction of the Ministry of the Environment, all residents should carefully consider apartment buildings built in 1993-1996 and during the construction boom before the economic crisis, because in that moment the legal structure of the construction, contractors, etc. regulation, supervision, one could say, did not exist.

“Anyway, I would look at the construction house this year very carefully. Now the quality is better, the legislation has changed, etc., it is now that contractors see these situations very differently. In my personal opinion, buildings more risky are those from 1993 to 1996, when there was no control and everyone built as they wanted, and when there was a great construction boom ”, assures the interlocutor.