Open AccessPost-earthquake damage assessment of buildings – procedure for conducting building inspections
Author(s) -
Mario Uroš,
Marta Šavor Novak,
Zvonko Sigmund,
Maja Baniček,
Marija Demšić,
Sanja Hak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
građevinar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.214
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1333-9095
pISSN - 0350-2465
DOI - 10.14256/jce.2969.2020
Subject(s) - usability , intuition , engineering , forensic engineering , construction engineering , civil engineering , computer science , architectural engineering , psychology , human–computer interaction , cognitive science
Assessments of building damage and usability were of primary importance after the Zagreb earthquake of 22 March 2020. Due to deficiencies of preparatory phase, where education of experts was not carried out before the earthquake, but later on, the assessments contained certain subjectivity and interpretations, based on knowledge and experience, but also on intuition of individuals. Detailed methodology, which should improve rapid assessments and detailed engineering inspections to be performed before reconstruction, is highlighted in the paper. This methodology may be utilized if another devastating earthquake occurs, which could happen already tomorrow.