Abstract
The paper presents the technical and legal conditions in which modern constructions in Romania in the decades before the earthquake of 10 November 1940 have built. The expertise of designers and builders and their relations with the legislation, with technical authorities and, not least, with the investors, are shown and commented. The great earthquake by its consequences was the first moment of truth with which has faced Romanian builders, who highlighted the ignorance and negligence in the design and the execution of construction. Based on testimonies and documents of the time recognized specialists, in paper have been identified the main conditions that made the entire building stock built at that time have high seismic vulnerability. Finally, the Paper underline that the consequences of the 10 November 1940 earthquake showed brutally in the earthquake of March 4, 1977, who was the second moment of truth for the world of builders, when materialized, unfortunately, by the collapse of the most 1940 damaged and not rehabilitated buildings.
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The author wishes to emphasize the contribution in the elaboration of this essay of the extensive research conducted by his former students Arch. Ion, P. and Arch. Székely, G. for the final paper at the course of advanced studies “Rehabilitation of buildings” UAUIM (“Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism of Bucharest), 2003.
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Petrovici, R. (2016). The 10 November 1940—The First Moment of Truth for Modern Constructions in Romania. In: Vacareanu, R., Ionescu, C. (eds) The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29844-3_6
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