SERA – CEN/TC 250/SC 8 workshop on seismic hazard

Abstract

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission organised a workshop on seismic hazard assessment, together with SERA partners and experts from CEN/TC 250/SC 8, which is responsible for the development of Eurocode 8, within the SERA communication activities. The objectives of the workshop were to provide first-hand insights on the outputs of SERA, integrate SERA activities with other scientific efforts in the field and ensure a widely accepted basis for the development of the new European Seismic Hazard Model. The workshop was attended by about 40 participants, including SERA partners, experts and national delegates in CEN/TC 250/SC 8, researchers, academics and practitioners with experience in seismic hazard assessment. SERA and CEN/TC 250/SC 8 agreed to further enhance collaboration with the objective of optimizing efforts and results in order to ensure consistency of requirements and outputs, and investigate the means for Eurocode 8 to take profit of the research performed by SERA to advance towards a harmonised European seismic zonation.