Building Basics

Types of Buildings

• Religious

• Towers

• Grocery Stores

• Apartments

• Houses

• Skyscrapers

• Ect.

• What types of special features do each of these have that might be affected by an earthquake?

Essential parts of a building

Beams: Horizantal members of buildings that support floors.

Girders-Horizantal members that run perpendicular to the beams that support those beams

Essential Parts of a building

• Columns: Vertical members of a building that support beams, girders and floor

Forming a building

• Start with foundation, shallow or deep

Forming a building

• Next add columns

Dead Loads

Live Loads

Diagonal Bracing

Drawing of Moment Frame Connection