New Sky Scrapers are under Construction in Islamabad

Islamabad the Green and Beautiful city and Capital of Pakistan has lots of construction activities in these days. There are some new Sky Scrapers will be ready very soon. Work on Centaurus is going on very fast track and three towers are near to completion in coming months and now we can see them from anywhere in the city.

 Telecom tower is also near to completion it will be fully functional in coming months. This Sky Scraper is also an great edition in the Islamabad Beauty.

National Insurance Corporation (NIC Tower) is now fully operational and its internal civil work is almost finished.

Efforts on for implementation of Building Code

After devastation in October 2005 earthquake, the government is seriously pursuing implementation of new Building Code to avert such disaster in future.

After the experts pleaded that Pakistan was prone to quake for being on the 

fault line, the government initiated a building code and undertook number of activities for implementation of the Code.

One of the series of actions for awareness raising, is an International Seminar on Implementation and Enforcement of Building Code of Pakistan (Seismic Provisions -2007) being organised by the National Housing Authority in collaboration with National Institute of Banking and Finance and NDMA.

In order to ensure effective implementation and enforcement of Building Code of Pakistan 2007 in all parts of the country, the Prime Minister and Housing Ministry had advised all the provincial governments to create awareness on urgency and importance of observing the guidelines.

Architects, builders, insurance companies and general public have been identified as key focus stakeholders for preparation of an effective mechanism for implementation and enforcement of Building Code in letter and spirit.