International conference on high-rise safety to be held in Astana

ASTANA. November 5. KAZINFORM Second international conference "HIGHRISE SAFETY - 2009" will be held in Astana on November 24-26, Kazinform refers to the press service of the Kazakh Ministry for Emergency Situations.

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The conference is devoted to the optimization of the legal framework on the issues of safety improving of high-rise buildings.

Issues of estimation of the safety level of constructed and put into service high-rise buildings, their seismic resistance, and specificity of rescue and emergency elimination in overcrowded buildings will be discussed at the conference.

Besides, review of emergencies in high-rise buildings for the past and last technologies, materials, equipment, security facilities and opportunities for their integration to the municipal infrastructure of Kazakhstan will be presented as well.