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Data on Post-War Reconstruction in Sisak-Moslavina County Made Public

By 14 January 2021
Data on Post-War Reconstruction in Sisak-Moslavina County Made Public
Marc Rowlands

ZAGREB, 14 January 2021 - The central state office for reconstruction and housing on Thursday released information on the post-war reconstruction in Sisak-Moslavina County which includes lists of architects, contractors, building control surveyors engaged in that project, as well the costs of reconstruction.

The quality of reconstructed houses and other buildings in Sisak-Moslavina County came into focus in the aftermath of the 29 December 6.2 magnitude earthquake which significantly damaged numerous buildings that were rebuilt after the 1991-1995 Homeland War. The extensive damage caused by the disaster raised points of the quality of construction and supervision of works and also of the political and legal responsibility of authorities that organised reconstruction.

Considering the justified public interest and series of queries from the media seeking information on hired architects and building control inspectors, contractors and construction auditors and a statistical presentation of information related to budget funds spent, the central state office for reconstruction and housing has released information that does not hamper the current inspections by the relevant bodies, reads a statement on the office's website

There are 83 architects and building control officers listed and 202 contractors. There are also four branch supervisors and one auditor listed.

Contractors included small and large companies from throughout Croatia.

This information is available at the following link:https://sduosz.gov.hr/vijesti-8/objava-informacija-o-obnovi-na-podrucju-sisacko-moslavacke-zupanije/1349

The information was uploaded after Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said earlier on Thursday that there was no reason whatsoever why the public should not be informed of who had taken part in housing reconstruction after the 1991-95 war.

Total of HRK 2.6 billion spent

The data for Sisak-Moslavina County notes that 24,930 buildings were reconstructed for a total investment of HRK 2.58 billion. The majority of this (HRK 2.17 billion) relates to organised reconstruction of houses designated as Level IV to VI damage. There were 8,880 of these.

A total of HRK 272 million was granted in HBOR loans for the reconstruction of 5,440 properties.

Financial support for houses designated as Level I to III damage amounted to HRK 63.5 million for 4,961 structures. While repairs to apartments, damaged structures amounted to HRK 47.7 million.

A total of HRK 21 million was paid out as compensation for people who reconstructed or repaired their properties on their own and HRK 3.7 million was paid to obtain building material for the period prior to the Reconstruction Act being adopted.

Data on support to local authorities indicates that the highest amount of the HRK 2.58 billion was allocated to Petrinja - HRK 735.1 million, Glina - HRK 412.4 million, Novska - HRK 343.5 million and Sisak - HRK 114.5 million.

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