Technical and regulatory aspects of ­establishing signs of emergency of apartment buildings within the framework of forensic construction and technical expertise

Abstract

In the practice of experts working in the framework of judicial construction and technical expertise, questions often arise related to the identification of signs of technical and regulatory nature of the accident rate of apartment buildings. This is due to the fact that the number of such houses, according to Rosstat, is steadily increasing. As the analysis of expert opinions carried out in various state forensic expert institutions has shown, there is currently no single approach to this kind of research. In this regard, this article is of particular interest, since issues related to emergency housing are relevant. In research conducted by experts on these issues, there is often a semantic unification of the concepts of “dilapidated building condition” and emergency technical condition. The purpose of this work is to develop a universal research algorithm for judicial construction and technical examinations aimed at resolving issues about the accident rate of residential multi-apartment buildings, which, among other things, will eliminate contradictions between the conclusions of interdepartmental commissions and the actual technical condition of buildings. The article provides specific examples of damages and accidents (collapses) of apartment buildings, their causes. The regulatory, legal and technical aspects of the problem are considered. It is noted that all the described accidents are not related to man-made or emergency situations (earthquakes, explosions, fires, terrorist attacks), but are the result of weakening of critically important load-bearing structures.