Seismic Vulnerability Evaluations Within The Structural And Functional Survey Activities Of The COM Bases In Italy

The paper describes technical and functional surveys on COM buildings (Mixed Operative Centre). This activity started since 2005, with the contribution of both Italian Civil Protection Department and the Regions involved. The project aims to evaluate the efficiency of COM buildings, checking not onl...

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Published in:2008 Seismic Engineering Conference Commemorating the 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria Earthquake Part Two (AIP Conference Porceedings Volume 1020, Part 2) Part 2), 2008-01, Vol.1020 (1), p.1665-1676
Main Authors: Zuccaro, G, Albanese, V, Cacace, F, Mercuri, C, Papa, F, Pizza, A G, Sergio, S, Severino, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIRPORTS
EARTHQUAKES
ENGINEERING
GEOSCIENCES
HARBORS
INSPECTION
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
RAILWAYS
SAFETY
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SICILY
VULNERABILITY
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Summary:The paper describes technical and functional surveys on COM buildings (Mixed Operative Centre). This activity started since 2005, with the contribution of both Italian Civil Protection Department and the Regions involved. The project aims to evaluate the efficiency of COM buildings, checking not only structural, architectonic and functional characteristics but also paying attention to surrounding real estate vulnerability, road network, railways, harbours, airports, area morphological and hydro-geological characteristics, hazardous activities, etc. The first survey was performed in eastern Sicily, before the European Civil Protection Exercise 'EUROSOT 2005'. Then, since 2006, a new survey campaign started in Abruzzo, Molise, Calabria and Puglia Regions. The more important issue of the activity was the vulnerability assessment. So this paper deals with a more refined vulnerability evaluation technique by means of the SAVE methodology, developed in the 1st task of SAVE project within the GNDT-DPC programme 2000-2002 (Zuccaro, 2005); the SAVE methodology has been already successfully employed in previous studies (i.e. school buildings intervention programme at national scale; list of strategic public buildings in Campania, Sicilia and Basilicata). In this paper, data elaborated by SAVE methodology are compared with expert evaluations derived from the direct inspections on COM buildings. This represents a useful exercise for the improvement either of the survey forms or of the methodology for the quick assessment of the vulnerability.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.2963797