Effective Measures: Seminar held on safe building designs

High-rise buildings should be designed in a way that they do not pose a threat to human life, said the chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Javed Anwar. He was speaking as the chief guest at a seminar organised by the varsity and the Association of Consulting Engineers, Pakistan, on the impact of high-rise buildings on Monday. According to him, building high-rise structures carries a huge risk. "Structural designers, property developers, architects and other relevant authorities should design buildings keeping in mind their impact on human life," he said. According to engineer Tanveer Ahsan, structural designing is a complex art and high-rise buildings should be erected after consulting building experts.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 8^th, 2016.