Building codes generally ensure that structures are built to
resist the effects of earthquakes to the best of their abilities, but in many
developing countries such codes are absent, leaving building owners vulnerable
to the possibility of a damaging earthquake. Even when the motivation to
develop a building code exists, many nations are unable to do so because building
codes rely on having in-depth physical, meteorological, geological and seismic
data that can be difficult and costly to collect.
ISO 28841:2013 provides sufficient information for
performing seismic assessment and rehabilitation of any structural concrete
building that complies with limitations established in the standard. The
standard can be used as an alternative to the development of a building code
where no building codes are present, and can help evaluate undamaged structures
as well as structures that have undergone damage after seismic events.
ISO has also released a similar standard for concrete
bridges (ISO 28842:2013).
Find more information here.