"Theoretically, the buildings have the same strength as those in Japan. But we must not lose our guard," he said at City Hall here on Monday.
Fauzi`s statement came following a huge earthquake in Japan on Friday. He said although it was hit by huge quake many buildings in Japan remained standing and could withstand the tremor and the subsequent tsunami.
In view of that he asked the Jakarta provincial administration`s regional secretary as head of regional disaster management agency to study and evaluate the disaster in Japan.
When the disaster occurred in Japan the Jakarta administration`s assistant for development and living environment had invited the building construction advisory team to discuss requirements on the strength of building construction with regard to changing strategic environment.
The development assistant has also been asked to collect views from high-rise building construction experts for it. "I know there is now a safety requirement for high-rise buildings but how far it could assure safety during earthquake," he said.
Fauzi said four-storey buildings and shop houses that are not required to have a building adviser or a construction team also had to assure safety factors.
"I am afraid they would use construction materials which are below standards for economy purposes," he said.
"I did not accuse them but I am afraid it could happen on four-storey buildings or shop houses. We saw a lot of victims were in towns that had a lot of three or four-storey buildings," he said.(*)
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