37º IAHS World Congress on Housing: - Universidad de Cantabria

XXXVII <strong>IAHS</strong><strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> on HousingOctober 26 – 29, 2010, Santander, SpainCODE: 1052PATHOLOGY AND REHABILITATION OF THECONSTRUCTNON DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THEBUILDING INVESTIGATION.QUALITY IN NON-DESTRUCTIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESSFOR ANALYZING BUILDING SEISMIC VULNERABILITYMassimo PitoccoDiTAC – Dipartimento di Tecnologie per l’Ambiente Costruito Facoltà di Architettura di Pescarae-mail: labqsm@unich.itKey words: procedure quality, building safety, innovative technologies, tools.AbstractBuilding safety in the event of natural calamities, for instance earthquakes, can be analyzedfor vulnerability. This kind of analysis will include a prediction evaluation of damage thatwould be caused to a building by a potential earthquake of a pre-established force. In order toachieve this, a calculation model referred to structural and typological characteristics isrequired to define a cause-effect relationship. In addition to the calculation model, seismicvulnerability is also compared to parameters of improvement and deterioration, which dependon material quality, maintenance conditions, dimensions and building geometry. To acquire acomplete knowledge of buildings to establish a proper correspondence between the model andreality, as well as to have attainable parameters, knowledge of the quality of buildingconditions is needed.The data acquired from destructive evaluation have closer relationships with structuralbehaviour quantity parameters, while data acquired by non-destructive evaluations, i.e.through advanced technological equipment, are not directly comparable to the aforesaidparameters.Moreover, the extensive amount of data acquired with these technologies often lacks usefuland appropriate interpretation. In order to use the diagnostic technologies necessary foranalysing the seismic vulnerability evaluation, it is then crucial to adopt quality systemswithin non-destructive diagnostic processes, so that acquired data can be usefully managedand interpreted.Quality, intended as compliance with requirements, within a diagnostic campaign, can bedefined through the set of data meeting expressed needs. In other words, the seismicvulnerability analysis diagnostic process has to be defined at every step: organizationstructure, responsibility, processes and resources used.37º <strong>IAHS</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> On Housing Science 366