Following the sever events of April 2009, the University of L'Aquila through the Department of Structural, Water and Geotechnical Engineering - DISAT, with specific skills in seismic engineering field, by means of the UOIS Research Unit, established by spontaneous and voluntary action, to assure immediately an efficient organization of the different people which operated in the University acted in various activities, to support the University and the city of L'Aquila.

To follow up the traditional experience in the seismic engineering field and the activities under way in the DISAT Departement, and at the same time to preserve the activities of different Departments working in the University (CSE, UOIS, etc.), and to promote a durable planning of training and research activities in the seismic engineering field, the University of L'Aquila and the Joint National Committee for Building Workers' Welfare Funds - CNCE (on ente nazionale per la formazione professionale -Formedil- and ente nazionale per la prevenzione degli infortuni sul lavoro -CNCPT- name), have constituted the CERFIS-TREEC.

According to the University Statute, with the acceptation of DISAT and other Departments (as DAU, Department of Internal Medicine and Health Sanity, and the Departments directors council), the DISAT believes to assign to CERFIS-TREEC the following aim:

• development of new skills and cooperation between the preexisting;
• vocational training of human resources;
• creation of national and international collaborations;
• development of cooperation and relations with local activities;
• development of project with either national or international importance;
• management of technical demands in medium and long period;
• spread of scientific knowledge in the research community;
• proposal of new training activities;
• vocational training of building worker with the involvement of Joint National Committees.