The Investigation of Technical Conditions in Several Public School Buildings in Tirana
Abstract
This paper deals with the investigation of technical conditions in several public school buildings in Tirana. 30 schools have been investigated and 12 of them have been found with considerable structural damages, affecting the functionality and serviceability of the building itself. In the paper are enhanced those damages connected with the geotechnical aspects of the structure. The most frequent identified concern was the lack of a comprehensive and complete study of the soil-structure interaction, leading to direct and indirect damages in the building structure. Causes and influential geotechnical issues affecting the building performance are elaborated and discussed, in order to demonstrate how these factors can cause the occurrence of serviceability and ultimate limit state. At the end, some recommendations and discussions are made in order to improve existing situation and to prevent the occurrence of similar cases.
Keywords: soil-structure interaction, ultimate limit state, serviceability, structural damages.
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