Current building codes lack explicit recommendations on how to simulate the seismic performance of high-rise buildings with multiple underground stories. Designers are typically basing their analyses on subjective engineering judgment and experience. Recent researches shows that seismic response of buildings with basement walls is a complicated phenomenon. This paper studies the seismic behavio...

The improvement and the capacity assessment of existing buildings has become the main topic of the last years so that different studies can be found devoted to damaged structures or structures not having a capacity compatible with the safety levels of the actual codes. Reinforced concrete framed structure buildings represent a conspicuous rate of the existing constructions so many efforts are a...

The prefabricated construction industry, also known as off-site construction, has been operating in North America for several years now and differs from traditional its much shorter project timelines, lower costs, increased build quality. However, the lack of a suitable efficient assembly solution identified by many barrier to use larger buildings. To maximise benefits manufacturing multistorey...

The seismic safety of existing building stock has become a very critical issue in recent years, mainly earthquake-prone South Europe where most the buildings were designed before enforcement standards. Therefore, concept, development and testing efficient cost-effective retrofitting technologies are nowadays strongly needed, both for society scientific community. This study deals with assessmen...