Precast Industrial Buildings in Italy - Current Building Code and New Provisions Since the 2012 Earthquake.

First of all the paper describes the Italian regulatory framework for precast buildings. Then the work focuses attention on the structural weaknesses most frequently found in existing precast buildings. It also discusses the changes made to building standards and to the technical specifications following the earthquake that struck the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Lombardy in May 2012. Finally, it presents the guidelines developed by the Working Group on the Seismic Conformity of Industrial Buildings for the rapid restoration of accessibility and seismic improvement of existing precast buildings