It is a reality that an effectual building inspection cannot be provided for putting into practice in spite of effective various sentences have been in the development and disasters laws for long years in our country – our country lands which exist in one of the most active earthquake zone and 92% of which has earthquake risk at different proportions – that 95% of its population and 98% of our industry have been located in those regions.
 
Although negative results of this situation were seen clearly, a positive development has not been provided on building inspection yet after each earthquake occurred within last 20 years in our country; on the contrary, rapid population increase and immigrations, non-inspected urbanization and industrialization, densely unlicensed construction and frequently applied construction pardoning acts have increased earthquake and other disaster risks more with each passing day as well.

After the experienced earthquakes at Marmara on 17 August 1999, Bolu-Duzce 12 November 1999, Cankiri 06 June 2000, Sultan Mountain on 03 February 2002,  82.000 life and 600.000 residence losses resulted have displayed the damages – that non-inspected and unplanned settlement constructions can cause – with their whole clarity as a major equivalent. 

It is manifest that “Earthquake Does Not Kill, Callousness Kills” epigram is how right.  In this meaning, if any measure is not taken, the experienced disasters will be unavoidable. 

For settlements and constructions in our country, it was seen that the inspection activities – which were brought by 3194 numbered Building Act and regulation sentences related to the buildings which will be built in disaster areas – never almost can be fulfilled in the practice; the sentences which were stipulated in the act were ineffectual and insufficient; even project inspection stage, design, calculation, drawing errors existed in 90% of projects according to examinations performed; they carried out by newly graduated engineers and architects and inexperienced staff; the application was left to incompetent  workmen; and the buildings have never been  inspected.         

It was determined that concentrate was placed on the contrary to the regulations, standards at 90% of construction sites, concentrate resistance values was less than the value previously specified  in its project at approximately 40% and the resistance of steel was never controlled.  These studies and the last experienced earthquakes exposed once again that buildings could not be inspected effectively by 3194 numbered Act and construction contractor, technical application responsible staff (technical responsible), building workmen – who played  role in construction works –  and municipalities and organized industry directorships and  also governorships – who are responsible for inspecting construction projects and applications – could not inspect application.  

It became an absolute necessity re-regulating the responsibilities for contractor – who works under construction process and within the Building Inspection System in our country – , project designer, building inspection staff – who are responsible for performing the inspection – and local governments and  bringing a new legal regulation that will impose punishments to responsible persons for buildings – which are almost never inspected but considered as they were inspected on the paper – and losses which these persons make to third parties can indemnify

For these reasons; 4708 numbered act which was prepared – in order to enable life and property safety, to prevent extravagance of source and unplanned, poor quality and uncontrolled construction, to provide building production in modern norm and standards, third parties who are suffered loss because of non-inspection and negligence and in order to perform required procedures against the responsible persons that their defect and negligence are observed – went into effect on 29.06.2001.
 
In this case, the duty which we – building inspection companies – have is to realize BUILDING & PROJECT INSPECTION all over the country and to enable building application – that is competitive in quality – by being eliminated incomplete and wrong parts of 4708 numbered act and regulations related to the building inspection in the direction of our people’s interests.