The retaining wall of the adjacent building collapsed during the foundation excavation of the construction in Ekmeky.

During the foundation excavation of a construction in Sultaniftlii District Dilhan Street on Friday, April 5, the retaining wall of the adjacent building collapsed. Allegedly, a landslide occurred while foundation excavation was being carried out on the land next to the 6-storey building. Meanwhile, the retaining wall of the building next door collapsed. While the excavation work was being completed, residents of the building claimed that sufficient safety precautions were not taken and that the building columns were excavated. Residents of the building, who continued their anxious wait, claimed that although they reported the situation, the municipal teams and the construction company did not work on the incident.

“BNA COLUMNS ARE EMPTYED”

Kamil Pamuku, one of the residents of the building, said, “They brought shovels here on Friday, to do their own construction. But there needs to be something legal here. I am also a construction worker. A curtain wall needs to be built, plus instead of doing their own wall work, they tried to extend this place, they damaged the bottom of our wall. When they bent down, As you can see, the bottom of the columns were emptied. They entered our building by 1.52 meters. More precisely, they had to build a pile system and then do excavation. They probably resorted to such a method to avoid losing money. They probably dug it to make a basement. When we came in the evening, it was in this condition. Complained immediately. “We said we would do it, he said, ‘Please don’t complain.’ They closed it down and took the machine away in the evening. We have been standing in fear for 3-4 days,” he said.

“THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL FIX IT AFTER THE EID”

Building manager Cokun Karako said, “Currently, there are 12 flats here, 50-60 people live. God forbid, if someone gets harmed, then they will not be able to bear the blame. If they do not have ulterior motives here, what will you do if Kepe accidentally caused damage, come and ask any of us You will ring the bell and say, ‘I’m sorry, we damaged the surroundings of your building. The retaining wall collapsed, we are fixing it immediately.’ This is not very difficult for a contractor. They said they would fix it after the Eid, there are 10 days until the Eid, so I don’t know if it will survive. Anyway, Istanbul is an earthquake zone, experts are working every day. “It’s barking,” he said.