The awareness campaign “Diamoci una scossa!”: contents and methodology of the form

In a country with high seismic risk, such as Italy, the activities to raise awareness about the seismic risk are of primary importance. The Inarcassa Foundation, the National Council of Engineers and the National Council of Architects with the scientific support of the Superior Council of Public Works, the Italian Civil Protection Department, the Conference of Italian University Rectors and the Laboratories University Network of Earthquake Engineering have launched the national awareness campaign, named "Diamoci una scossa!". As part of this campaign, technical and informational visits to residential buildings were carried out by architects or engineers expert in seismic risk. A special form, called “Diamoci una scossa!” form, was compiled by the technicians during technical-information visits. This form was prepared starting from similar forms already used in Italy, such as the AeDES form, the Cartis Building form and the CLE US1 form. On the basis of the acquired data related to the current seismic risk, the construction age and the vulnerabilities of buildings, it was possible to associate a color to the building (green / yellow / red). This color provides generic indications on the possible risk class of the building according to the classification provided by the Sisma Bonus fiscal benefits and on the urgency for a in-depth building assessment according to seismic code. The present work, after a brief description of the awareness campaign and related activities, deal with the "Diamoci una scossa!" form and the criteria adopted for assigning the color based on the data collected regarding each specific building.