GNGTS 2016 - Atti del 35° Convegno Nazionale

40 GNGTS 2016 S essione A matrice support to DPC consisted of technical surveys of public buildings, with emphasis on school buildings, hospitals, strategic infrastructures and sites with historical and monumental heritage. Researchers from several Italian universities have contributed to the surveys in order to reduce social hardship. Usability and damage assessment has been carried out by teams of surveyors made up of two experts of a proper list of ReLUIS researchers to be mobilized in accordance with emergency procedures in case of earthquake. The activity of ReLUIS consortium started on August 24, 2016 under the supervision of DPC at second floor of DiComaC (Direction of Command and Control), located at Largo Graziosi, Rieti, Italy. The usability assessment of school and public buildings were carried out fromAugust 29 to September 21 in an area near the borders of the Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche regions. They involved surveys on 160 schools, for a total of 253 structures, and 47 public buildings, for a total of 54 structures. In particular, 80 school buildings were inspected in Abruzzi region, 51 school buildings all over the Lazio region, 18 and 7 school buildings in the regions of Marche and Umbria, respectively. The school buildings mostly consisted of masonry and reinforced concrete (RC) structures (230 out of 253 structures, 79 masonry structures and 151 RC structures, respectively). From the data collected filling the AeDES forms, it was (a) (b) (c) Fig. 1 – Construction age (a), number of storeys (b), and average storey surface (c) of RC and masonry school structures. Fig. 2 – Masonry school building “Dante”: front view (a); damage to the masonry wall (b). (a) (b)