Earthquake resistant construction of precast concrete halls

o Halls made from precast concrete components are standard in the area of reinforced concrete construction, they are therefore inevitably erected also in earthquake regions. It is necessary to follow the main principles of the so-called modern earthquake capacity design- method in order to come up with an earthquake resistant design. In addition it is necessary to pay attention to the structural detailing of the columns and particularly to the connection of the individual precast elements. In this article further suggestions based on Eurocode 8 will be given.