In cases where it was established that the operation of buildings is dangerous, the buildings were fully or partly closed so that they do not pose any hazard to students, employees, or bystanders.
Overall, 2,352 schools, preschool educational establishments, technical schools, universities, and buildings intended for scientific research are monitored by the SCCB. Since the beginning of this year to the end of August, 70 buildings have been inspected on site within the framework of the supervision of operation.
Moreover, this year the number of educational institutions to the owners of which the SCCB has issued recommendations for improving the safety of use as a result of the survey has decreased to 50 % in comparison with 98 % in the relevant period of time a year before. The aim of the recommendations is to prevent risks of falling on, falling down, electric shock etc. In 13 % of cases, the SCCB has also provided instructions to follow the technical condition of individual elements of a building – this indicator has more or less stayed the same over the year.
This year, the operation has been fully or partly prohibited in 13 buildings in respect of which the State Immovable Property Cadastre Information System contains an entry that this building is used as a school, university, or a building intended for scientific research, however, the majority of these buildings are not even used for educational activities for varying reasons. Following the first-time survey, this year, operation has been partly prohibited in two of the educational institutions actually working. Owners of these buildings are asked to carry out an in-depth evaluation of the technical condition of the buildings.
Opinions of periodic technical survey have been submitted to the Bureau regarding 420 educational institutions which is 18 % of all buildings of this category monitored by the Bureau. This proves, yet again, that owners of buildings are slow in assessing technical condition of their property – at the beginning of the year, the SCCB informed that only one in ten owners of public buildings has complied with this obligation, although most of them were supposed to do it by the end of September 2019.
The number of new or reconstructed buildings of educational institutions has slightly shrunk this year before the beginning of school year in comparison with the relevant period of time a year before – in 2021, the SCCB has accepted 23 sites of educational institutions for operation, as opposed to 28 sites last year. Out of the sites commissioned this year four were new buildings, but in 20 cases reconstruction was performed (both reconstruction performed and a new building erected on one site). Commissioning of five more sites has been initiated as at the end of August.
Survey of educational institutions has been made a priority of the SCCB since 2018. Within the scope of the survey, the SCCB inspects commissioned educational institutions –regular schools, sports, music and art schools, preschool educational establishments, universities, and research centres. Monitoring is also ensured during construction, reconstruction, and commissioning.
