From the Peruvian Construction Chamber (Capeco) They warn that the tragedy occurred in Real Plaza de Trujillo after the collapse of a roof that left six Deathsas well as the collapse of the bridge in Chancay (Huaral) is the clear sample of a general inability of prevention and weakness in infrastructure management in the country.
“A mall It is an important building that also has traceability mechanisms and identification of responsibilities. So it is enforceable to know what has happened there to first (determine) the sanctions and repairs, “said Guido Valdivia, executive director of the guild.
He criticized that limiting to control the hiring and execution of works is not sufficient. Therefore, he affirms, a monitoring of all stages of the life cycle of an infrastructure or building, such as maintenance, a subject nothing less, which at least should compromise 80% of the investment, while the construction 15% and the design phase 5%.
“Infrastructure are built so that they operate for long periods of time and for that to happen you must have very rigorous programs of maintenance Preventive, “he warned.
Digitize construction license processes
On the other hand, the representative of Capeco highlighted the need to digitize the procedures of Construction licensesas in Costa Rica and Chile in order to guarantee a process of monitoring all stages of a project, in addition that it also allows you to reduce the level of corruption.
“In Costa Rica already 100% of municipalities have a digital control system. If we had that, we simply went to see everything that happened with that project,” he said.
“It can be verified with photos if the supervisions were made. The cost of corruption will also be reduced. It is an issue that does become a priority,” Valdivia emphasized.
Given that scenario, Capeco It raises three measures such as the review of the regulations periodically, a guarantee that supervisors (intermediary between the owner and builder) are the most suitable and finally Digitization of license process.
“When there is a mall or a large work there is always a supervisor, an independent, in the structure file, the file with another specialist is usually verified. A double check is made. Of course the owners also usually hire supervisor. Has anything failed in this case? Without a doubt,” Guido Valdivia strengthened.
“If we only look at the design and construction, we are going to the minimum part of the work. A work in planning, design and contract can take four years, but In operation and maintenance you can take up to 70 years“He explained.
The maintenance phase of a work requires greater care because that is where the largest investment of an infrastructure is. “That is not taken care of. There is no culture of operation and maintenance in our state,” he said.
Source: Larepublica
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