“Geotechnical engineering is a branch of civil engineering. It studies the mechanical response of systems made up of bodies of soil, rock or both, in close contact or in association with structural elements. It is founded on the principles of soil and rock mechanics.”By geotechnical design we mean the set of design activities that...

By "structural consolidation" we mean the set of techniques, practices and operations aimed at reinforcing a structure, whether it is damaged or simply in need of restoration. What are consolidation interventions? The structural consolidation intervention consists in securing a building that has suffered evident damage to the load-bearing...

As defined by the Civil Protection Department: Seismic vulnerability is the propensity of a structure to suffer damage of a given level, in the face of a seismic event of a given intensity.The national legislation on construction safety has recently undergone profound transformations, both as regards the definition of the effects...

Seismic upgrading: on the other hand, it means reaching the level of safety with respect to the action of an earthquake that is required by the legislation for new buildings, specifically, it is necessary, indeed mandatory, to proceed with the seismic upgrading works when: a building is raised or the building is expanded by modifying...