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Requirement for refuge area might push up housing price: association

HÀ NỘI — The requirement for an area of refuge in high-rise buildings was necessary, but this might push up housing prices, according to the HCM City Real Estate Association.

The Ministry of Construction recently made public a draft about national technical standards for residential and co妹妹ercial buildings which had a new point that high-rise buildings must have areas of refuge where people could take shelter in case of fire or other emergencies.

The area for refuge would be compulsory for buildings with height of  一00m or higher, meaning that  三0- 五0 storey buildings should have one to two floors for refuge.

Lê Hoàng Châu, the association’s Chairman, said that it was necessary to have areas for refuge in high-rise buildings to ensure safety. Big cities were seeing the construction of more skyscrapers, such as the  四 六 一. 三-metre Landmark  八 一,  三 三 六m Kaengnam Landmark  七 二 and  二 七 二m Lotte Centre Hà Nội.

However, there were no buildings in Việt Nam with an area of refuge, except the  六 八-storey Bitexco in HCM City with the top floor for a helipad.

Châu said that having an area for refuge might push up investment costs and housing prices which would weigh on homebuyers. This problem needed to be put into consideration especially in the context that housing prices were already high in Việt Nam.

To avoid pushing up costs for developers, the area of refuge should not be included in the total floor area of the project and the height of the refuge floor should not be included in the maximum height of the building when licensing, Châu said.

According to Trần Chủng, former Director of the State Authority for Construction Quality Inspection under the Ministry of Construction, there were now more and more apartment buildings of more than  四0 storeys. It was necessary to develop technical standards, especially for fire prevention and fighting, he stressed. — VNS