The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, structural engineers, consulting engineers or a licensed general contractor how to understand  and know seismic upgrading techniques, which target reinforced concrete (RC) buildings, as such buildings constitute a large portion of the existing building stock.

Learning Objectives

1. Local retrofitting methods of RC elements in Existing RC buildings.
2. Global retrofitting methods (seismic retrofitting) of whole existing RC  structures
3. Both local and global techniques were discussed and assessed in terms of their strengths and weaknesses.
4. Influence of theses retrofitting methods upon seismic capacity of RC buildings
5. How to professionally select the appropriate method to increases the seismic capacity of the existing RC buildings