İsmail Hakkı Polat, Deputy General Manager of Planning of Istanbul Airport operator İGA, said that the ground on which Istanbul Airport was built was strengthened and all design processes were carried out in accordance with the earthquake.
Polat said, “In the event of the expected Istanbul earthquake, all our buildings, including the terminal, air traffic tower, energy center, ARFF (Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting) stations, and the air side 'runway-apron-taxi roads' will not be disrupted, within the framework of our earthquake modeling, we will design and implement We have done our construction work,” he said.
In the statement made by İGA, it was reported that all design processes of Istanbul Airport were carried out in accordance with the earthquake and it was ready for a possible Istanbul earthquake. While it was stated that some evaluations were made for Istanbul Airport in different channels, it was emphasized that the possible effects of possible earthquake scenarios on all facilities and structures planned at Istanbul Airport were taken into consideration during the design stages in 2015.
SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT WAS DONE
In the statement, “IGA has prepared the Istanbul Airport Seismic Hazard Report dated May 2015 for this purpose, and in this process, Boğaziçi University Earthquake Engineering Department Honorary Professor Mustafa Erdik, Earthquake Strengthening Association (DEGÜDER) Chairman Sinan Türkkan and Özyeğin University Civil Engineering Founding Department Head Prof. . Dr. He worked with a national and international team under the leadership of Atilla Ansal. In the aforementioned report, site-specific seismic hazard assessment was carried out in order to determine the possible effects of any earthquake that may occur on the source faults for the earthquake hazard; The earthquake loads to be used in the designs of the ground and buildings were determined specifically for Istanbul Airport.
POLAT: THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE WAS CHANGED BEFORE THE AIRPORT WAS BUILT
The statement also included the views of İGA Istanbul Airport Deputy General Manager for Planning Polat. Polat stated that the design and construction of Istanbul Airport was completed with the principle of providing uninterrupted service under the effect of the '475-year-recurring DD2* earthquake', and said, “Our criterion was established on the principle of uninterrupted use and that the IGA Istanbul Airport was not damaged after the expected Istanbul earthquake.
In the event of the expected Istanbul earthquake, we carried out our design and construction works within the framework of our earthquake modeling, so that operations would not be interrupted on all our buildings, including the terminal, air traffic tower, energy center, RFF stations, and on the air side 'runway-apron-taxi roads'. Polat also underlined that the geological structure before the airport was built was changed and made suitable for airport operations, including possible earthquake loads.