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Assalam O Alykum Can anybody particularly seniors can advise on the below The seismic analysis and design shall be considered from ground to top most story or for instance if we have basement shall also be included. Third party structural team is insisting to exclude the basement structure from the seismic analysis. If we include it the whole design will be destroyed. Can anybody advise what is the actual scenario ?appreciate if we have code reference for that. Too many issues are also encountered in the model not applied the amplification factor to design the members in the presence of torsional irregularity > 1.2 plus elastic displacement is used to calculate the expansion joint width. Thank you load pattern.pdf
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I came across this very useful article. Here is the summary of the article: Thanks. Location of Base for Seismic Design.pdf
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- highrise with basements
- seismic design basement
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