Damage distribution and repair costs of private buildings after L’Aquila earthquake

The reconstruction process of private buildings damaged by the L’Aquila earthquake was regulated by specific Ordinances of the Prime Minister. They established the procedures and the public financial contribution for the reconstruction of private buildings outside the historical centre of L’Aquila and surrounding municipalities. The public grant was released according to funding requests made by practitioners and checked by a proper commission entrusted by the government. According to the ordinances issued by the Italian government, the repair costs were fully covered by public grant, while different upper bounds were defined for global and local strengthening interventions as a function of the damages detected on the buildings by in situ inspections. The data collected on a set of private reinforced concrete (r.c.) buildings in terms of type of damages and repair costs are herein discussed and presented. In particular, the damage distribution on a set of 1,014 r.c. buildings is analyzed, discussed and correlated to the public grant to repair these buildings according to practitioners funding requests