Publications / 2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan

Mandatory Implementation Strategy of the Improvement of Existing Buildings in Taiwan

Wen-Hsiung Hsiao, Sy-Jye Guo, Ming-Teh Wang, Chun-Nen Huang, Chao-Hung Lu
Pages 146-151 (2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan, ISBN 9784990271718, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

As the buildings of Taiwan have been stepping towards the aging stage, the act of after-use maintenance of buildings gradually becomes a mainstream movement. After the serious fire of Welcome Restaurant happened in 1995, Taiwan government has been comprehensively implementing Public Safety Inspection Declaration System for the refuge facilities and the constructed facilities of buildings. Ever since the Chi-Chi Earthquake happened in 1999, the government forcibly and positively conductsmandatory inspection and renovation of the seismic resistance of public buildings in order to reinforce the ublic safety. Through on-the-spot survey, data analysis and reviewof local and foreign references, this study investigates the current implementation and the performance of the several mandatory and encouraging improvement systems positively executed in the buildings of Taiwan. The contents of this paper are divided into three parts: 1) Public safety inspection declaration; 2) Diagnosis, inspection and renovation of seismic resistance of buildings; 3) Improvement of obstacle-free facilities.

Keywords: seismic resistance, public safety inspection, obstacle-free facilities