8A. ANALYSIS Part 1: NEW BUILDINGS

CHAPTER 8A 'ANALYSIS' 25 1. Σ3.§ Criteria for exemption from the structural adequacy inspection of existing buildings (Government Gazette 350/17-2- 2016) SCADA Pro has incorporated the criteria for exemption from the structural adequacy inspection of existing buildings, according to Government Gazette 350/17-2-2016. The exemption applies to additions, changes of use-conversions and their simultaneous combination. A prerequisite for the exemption is that the building must not "evidence of significant structural deficiency" which are: Obvious damage to the load-bearing structure or obvious serious design weaknesses such as: 1. Large cracks >0,4~0,5 mm 2. Significant reduction of reinforcement due to corrosion 3. Short columns without clamping in critical positions 4. Significant reduction of wall infill on adjacent floors (e.g. pillar) or very asymmetrical arrangement of wall infill in combination with lack of vertical elements with significant stiffness (risk of formation of a loose floor). In addition, in the case of an addition, a prerequisite is: "The structural design of the existing building has been carried out with "full provision for the addition", i.e. all floors of the addition have been included in the structural simulation of the existing building" The course of action followed in the programme for the above cases is as follows: The entity is entered as existing and an analysis scenario is selected for its analysis according to its original design. The possible scenarios in the program are in this case seismic (EAK and old) and EC8 Greek (Static or Dynamic). Then, the addendum is inserted and a new analysis scenario is created (this study as opposed to the original one) which is necessarily an EAK (Static or dynamic-et) or Eurocode 8 (Static or Dynamic). The following option has been added to these scripts in their configuration dialog box: Selecting it displays the following