Construction Industry News
The Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) has urged developers to submit building plans for their projects to begin a structural audit process as soon as possible.
The structural audit process of 23 high-rise homes, which was due to begin last week, was delayed because the developers have not yet submitted building plans, authorities said. Once the plans are submitted, the structural audit firms calculate the cost of the audit that will be shared between the developers and the RWAs.
To help the management of the developer companies, District Developer (Compliance) Manish Yadav said that the structural audit of 23 housing companies will be carried out by four agencies and that the developers of these associations have been instructed to submit the building plans to the DTP office.
"Only after submitting the plans can the costs of the audit be estimated and the work can begin. After the amount is evaluated, the construction company's management and will be ordered to share the costs," he said.
In May, the district administration ordered the visual inspection of 55 high-rise societies in which four structural audit firms were to check the buildings at various checkpoints, including general building maintenance, plastering, leakage, seepage, humidity and cracks in the basement, beam, plate and floor moisture, condition of water tanks and wells built on the roof of the building.
Meanwhile, the second round of structural audit of 15 companies selected in the first phase would start from 10 July. In the second round, the structural audit offices recommended various laboratory tests.
"Developers of 15 high-rise housing societies, which required a visual audit and second round of laboratory testing, were notified and ordered to perform the lab test or the NOC, take letter of consent from the RWA and submit it to the DTCP office," Yadav said.
