The study concerns the seismic assessment of a seven-storey building made of reinforced concrete, which was built in 1999 in the city of Larissa, Greece. This study is based on the basic principles, criteria and provisions of the Greek code for structural interventions (KAN.EPE.). As this is a costly and time-consuming process, whenever a rapid determination of a building lateral-load capacity is necessary, simplified methods for seismic assessment are employed.     

Initially, the Rapid Visual Inspection method was executed, which classified the building in the priority category for further checking. Then, the 2nd level seismic assessment methods proposed by Dritsos S. and Vougioukas E. were applied and the base shear capacity was approximated. In addition, a nonlinear static analysis was performed per the Greek code for structural interventions (KAN.EPE.) via the SeismoBuild software and a comparative evaluation of the results of the above methods was performed.    

As a part of the study, using the results of the nonlinear static analysis and with the help of the SPO2FRAG software, the fragility curves of the building were assessed. Then, the cost of the necessary repairs to structural (columns, beams, etc.) and non-structural elements for various levels of damage was estimated. Finally, the data above were used in the PACT FEMA P-58 software to estimate the average annual repair losses due to earthquakes.