NCRI – The state-run Mehr News on August 2, 2017, writes, “The life span of buildings reach 25 to 35 years in the country while some countries have buildings with life spans of 200 to 300 years; a number that is far from Iran’s figure.
The life spans of buildings in Iran are one-third of the global standard whereas the number of 100-year-old buildings increases in the world. The life spans of buildings in Iran are estimated at 30 years on average. It is even anticipated that this figure reaches to 20 years as a number of unskilled and inefficient people are entering the construction market.”
The member of the City Council of Tehran, Eghbal Shakeri in an interview with Mehr news stated, “The value added of construction in the country is the most important reason for the short lives of buildings in Tehran and metropolises. It is not worth that a building outlasts 50 years.”
He added, “If you destroy a building after 20 years, you have still gained enormous economic benefit. Therefore, the main reason lies in economic issues. The shorter the life of a building, the more profit it will be. Factors such as the poor quality of materials, poor implementation, and lack of proper supervision have led to a serious reduction in the quality of construction sector.”
Eghbal Shakeri added, “We do not have an efficient authority for less than 2000 meters. Unfortunately, we witness in Tehran that the actual quality of constructions, standards, technology, supervision, and their implementations are not high. Consequently, the life span of buildings are very low in our country and the government has particularly nothing to do with these things. The government is only busy with its own business, not the lives of people and actually, the number of culprits are very high in this matter.”