Source: ingenio-web.it
The tam tam had become so dense, and the sources that gave us confirmation so different, that we decided to give the news: the decree of publication of the Technical Standards of Construction was signed by Ing. Massimo Sessa, President of the Superior Council of the LLPP, and then done his part, sent the document to Minister Delrio, who then signed it.
And now: in 2008 the Decree, despite being Ministerial (of the MIT) had been published “.. in agreement with the MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR and with the HEAD OF THE CIVIL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT”. So we also need these two signatures. We have already had confirmation that Delrio has sent the DM to Civil Protection and the Minister of the Interior for its signature.
The “NTC 2018” are born.
Being able to give the acronym NTC a number, after exactly 10 years (in 2008 they were published on January 14), is already an achievement.
As anticipated by INGENIO in October, the NTC come out first, then with differentiated measures the circular (which should go to the assembly of the Sup.LL.PP Council) and the technical annexes (which already appear to have passed this step).
The measure would also come after the sensational Sentence of the Court of Cassation no. 190/2018 (LINK article) on the now famous seizure or not seizure of the school with CIS less than 1.
With the publication of the NTC2018, this sentence remains in the principles, but lapses “de facto” in the specific case. In fact, we know that the new text of the NTC has its share of great novelty especially on the issue of the “seismic improvement” of existing buildings, and for some time it has been argued that these regulations are necessary precisely because if we were to intervene in Italy with the previous ones, therefore aiming at a seismic adaptation of existing buildings and not at the improvement, the resources for intervention would be too high.
Obviously we will update this article as we have news to give to our readers, and already tomorrow we will begin to try to have specific and qualified comments on the text.
For the moment, we have collected numerous valuable comments and technical notes:
- Franco Braga: NTC 2018 – less risk for all instead of more security for a few (LINK)
- Edoardo Cosenza and Marco Di Ludovico: NTC2018: the new TECHNICAL STANDARD and REINFORCED CONCRETE constructions (LINK)
- Paolo Riva: Brief comment on Chapter 7, Design for Seismic Actions (LINK)
- Giovanni Plizzari: Fibre-reinforced concrete: a new structural material in the new Technical Standards for Construction (LINK)
- Maurizio Piazza: Wooden constructions in the new technical standards for construction (LINK)
- Antonio Borri: Chapter 8 and #NTC2018, here’s what will change for existing buildings… and for #scuole (LINK)
- ANDIL: NTC 2008-2018: the main innovations in the brick sector (LINK)
Furthermore, we recall that the text had been presented some time ago to the Superior Council of the LLPP, and of which INGENIO had taken up the presentations, and although dated, they are still a useful reference to understand more:
- Massimo Sessa’s presentation (General) – VIDEO LINK
- Pietro Croce’s presentation – LINK VIDEO
- Franci Braga’s presentation – LINK VIDEO
- Giovanni Cardinale’s presentation (Chapters 9 and 10) – VIDEO LINK
For clarity and usefulness, we attach the text of the version of the NTC that was notified to the EU Commission in February 2017
