Directorate General for Infrastructure and Urban Transformation Services

Directorate General for Infrastructure and Urban Transformation Services

Japan Sumitomo Real Estate Development Company Presented Seismic Isolator Applications

16 December 2014

 As a consequence of the visits and contacts of our Ministerial Committee lead by the Deputy Minister, Mr. Muhammed BALTA to Tokyo-JAPAN in the period of 19-23 August, 2014, a meeting is held on 16th December, 2014, at 10.00, in High Science Council Meeting Hall by Sumitomo Corporation - one of the pioneers among Japan Real Estate Development Companies - and its technical solution partner - Taisei company.

The meeting is chaired by Mr.Mustafa Tahsin BADEM - Deputy General Manager to which İsmail Raci BAYER - Head of Risky Buildings Department, civil engineers Ali Erhan YILMAZ, Serdar CENİKLİ, Mesut TUNCER and City Planner Yasemin ULAŞAN from the Directorate General of Infrastructure and Urban Transformation Services, Murat AKINBİNGÖL - Deputy General Manager from the Directorate General of  Constructional  Works, Cahit KOCAMAN - Head of Earth Sciences Etude Department and City Planner Sedat YILMAZ from the Directorate General of Spatial Planning, members of High Science Council Seyfettin AYÇİÇEK, Yahya TÜMER, Atilla ÜNAL, İdris ERTUŞ participated.

Mr. Tokiyuki OKADA - General Manager of SUMITOMO Real Estate Company International Busines Planning Department, Mr.Toru UEDA - General Manager for Business in Turkey of TAISEI Company which is SUMITOMO’s solution partner and one of the Contractors of MARMARAY Project, Mr. Yozo SHİNOZAKİ - General Manager of Design Department, Mr.Yusuf Zahit GÜNDOĞDU - Turkey Director of SUMITOMO’s local solution partner MIYAMOTO Company were the attendees of the Japanese Committee.
 
In this meeting, Mr. Tokiyuki OKADA made a presentation on “Effective Methods of Widespread Use of Seismic Isolators in the High Rise Building in Turkey”.
 
Figure: Displacement of ground floor at buildings with or without seismic isolator
 
 
Photo 1: Sample application of seismic isolator 
 
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