Yaşar Kılıçkap
Yaşar Kılıçkap, the owner of the construction company for the new 50 bed Kaş hospital, met with Akif Gürsoy to get an update on how the construction was progressing. Yaşar bey said there have been some delays because a few subcontractors took time off during Şeker Bayramı. There are also certain ministries in Ankara who have to decide upon the different colors of paint, the final details of the landscaping, and some changes regarding environmental considerations by forestry and agricultural engineers.
Picasa Web Album:Hospital Construction Photos
Yaşar bey told Akif that there are 11 separate structures making up the hospital. This is to safeguard against and minimise earthquake damage. This allows for lateral displacement of these different substructure buildings. (Earthquake Engineering: “A properly engineered structure does not necessarily have to be extremely strong or expensive. It has to be properly designed to withstand the seismic effects while sustaining an acceptable level of damage.“)
He showed Akif where the spaces between these independent buildings are located. These spaces reduce or eliminate the hammering or pounding effect of an earthquake from the structures on themselves thereby decreasing the pressure for collapsing. Once the building is finished these spaces will be plastered over and painted so that they look nice. In the event of an earthquake, cracks will show up in the wall where these spaces are located, giving earthquake inspectors an eye into the building. Yaşar bey said there were rumors going around that the building was cracking because of these cracks in the plaster. He said this will be normal until the building is finished at which time they should not show unless there is a serious earthquake.
During the tour Yaşar bey explained that there will be three different canteens next to the hospital entrances including the emergency entrance. At this entrance there will also be an outside area for patients and staff to have tea, coffee or food.
Yaşar bey told Akif that all electronics in the hospital will be state-of-the-art. For example there will be networked computers next to each hospital bed for doctors and nurses to access patient records. There will be music and television in all the rooms and all hospital rooms have a view of the sea. Fire proofing is in evidence throughout the building and even the insulation on cabling is fire resistant. There are emergency fire sprinklers everywhere in the building and fire hoses in the main corridors. The surgery suites will have shielding to protect outside wireless waves from disturbing the interior electronics necessary inside these modern surgery suites. (Faraday Shielding: “The reception of external radio signals, a form of electromagnetic radiation, through an antenna within a cage can be greatly attenuated or even completely blocked by the cage itself.“)
They went up on the roof of the second floor to see the air conditioning and ventilation systems which are all brand new in design.
Hidden wiring behind false picture frame
They next looked at a model single patient room which they have finished for inspectors to view. They also peered in at a two patient room which is like a hotel suite with a small adjoining room for family to sleep who will attend to admitted patients. Electric and electronic cabling in all of the patient rooms are hidden behind false frames of what appear to be wall paintings and thereby adding nice form to function.
During the tour, Akif was shown some imperfections in the floor tile whereby they did not line up smoothly and possibly causing a patient or staff member to trip. He said he was on daily watch for these errors and is making the workmen correct them as he finds them.
Yaşar bey said that he knows of at least one doctor who has already moved to Kaş in anticipation of his new position and is building a house in the area. Others are coming soon but not all of them will be in place for at least another year because of 2012 funding from the Ministry of Health for hospital equipment and the other trained medical staff.
The interior of the structure is taking shape nicely and appears that it will be quickly finished once the approvals they need come back to them.
March 25, 2011
Yaşar Kılıçkap is the owner of the construction company building the new 50 bed Kaş hospital. Yaşar Bey, with traditional Turkish hospitality, showed us the building under construction. He had a modest pride while giving us details of the work in progress. We are very thankful for his kind assistance.
Overlooking the Kaş to Kalkan road, the new Kaş Hospital is on a fantastic spot with a beautiful view of the Mediterranean Sea and the Çukurbağ Peninsula jutting out from Kaş. The views from the patient rooms are gorgeous and it made us think that it would increase the morale of the patients and they might heal faster.New Hospital from the Kaş Peninsula
The Hospital is four kilometres from Kaş and is built on an area of 105,000 square metres(sm) with a covered surface area of 15,000 sm. Electricity and water comes from Gökseki. The digging at first took a long time, it was planned to be finished in one month but it took seven months and they used 56 tonnes of dynamite.
Yaşar Bey graduated from Ankara State Civil Engineering Faculty in 1973. His many jobs include many state bid contracts as well as a 1000 family housing project in Alanya. He worked for 40 years as an engineer and contractor. His son Raşit Eser is also a civil engineer now for over eight years. He graduated from Süleyman Demirel University and works with his father. He is the Chief of the construction site.
Yüksel Kılıçkap and Samet Kete
Yaşar’s brother, Yüksel Kılıçkap, also works with the project and he is the crew chief. Yaşar Bey said that there is a small group of 5 – 6 additional contract engineers working the project. They work like a team, under different conracts. The workers come from different parts of the country and at the moment there are approximately 140 men at the site. They sometimes need an additional 40 or more workers for special peak periods. Yaşar’s supervising engineer is a young man called Serdar Yilmaz.
Kaş Hospital will be operated as a fully equipped hospital and will have 50 beds, two operating rooms, two birthing/delivery rooms, one pressure room (hyperbaric chamber for treatment of diving accidents), emergency suite, polyclinics, administration offices, two or three cafés and a parking lot for 140 automobiles. Special systems for sewage disposal have been made but it has not been decided where the hook up will be accomplished. Hot water will be partly obtained with 48 solar panels, but heating will be with fuel oil. Yaşar Bey showed us the thick concrete pillars supporting the building and is confident that it will be safe during an earthquake.
The budget of the hospital is over Ten Million Turkish Lira. Construction started on the 24th of December, 2009. The planned date for finishing construction is the end of September 2012 but Yaşar Bey told us that, unless there are delays due to a change of plans, he believes they will finish by the end of 2011. Of course that does not mean the hospital will immediately be able to open its doors to patients and visitors. The decorations, equipment purchases and staff requirements may delay its official opening until later. This will depend upon the Ministry of Health and its plans and budgets. In the meantime, the road from the hospital to Gökseki will need to be opened.
This is not Yaşar Bey’s first construction in Kaş. He first came to Kaş 30 years ago and built the “Hükümet Konağı,” the house of the Kaymakam or district governor. He fell in love with Kaş and for the last 15 years he has had his ears open toward the goal of building this hospital for Kaş. There were several delays during that time, for example the Bayındırlık Ministry had the project at first but later it came under the Ministry of Health.
