The Office for Reformation Reorganization (OPRET) on Wednesday that there is no Structural damage in the Santo Domingo Metro line 2cafter the social networks dissemination of a video, of which Free newspaper It echoed, where a person is observed by removing part of the coating of a column.
As the entity explained through a statement, it corresponds to a planned assurance procedure and supervised as part of the Quality protocols of the work, specifically in the PI-069C pile, located in E-2+300, where a variation in the density of the concrete had been detected.
In that sense, the OPRET He says that this type of review is part of the usual preventive technical monitoring of the project, and “does not imply the existence of a structural problemnor affects the general development of scheduled activities”
“This situation had been identified using specialized essays such as The Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL), an radiography that allows to evaluate the integrity of concrete along the pile and the PILE Integrity Test (PIT), also known as the Integrity of Piles, in accordance with the rules established by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), carried out in all the built piles, “said the OPRET.
They argued that they are currently They correct several points similar in this line, which goes to the Alcarrizos, with certified materials and under high engineering standards.
Correction process
According to the OPRETthe corrective process consists of the following steps:
- Partial retirement from coating o Steel shirt in the detected area (process already carried out).
They also indicate that “It was at this point where a citizen observed and registered part of the procedure already planned and in execution”
- Sauge of the affected areastarted yesterday, by applying specified materials in the international technical standards.
“Given him Minimum Impact which represents this process, the corrections were scheduled in the Termination stageand for this reason, other elements are currently intervened in similar conditions, “said the entity.
At the same time, they indicated that to date, ” advance systematically in the intervention of The identified points“
