ENGR 836

Design Project #2

The above figure shows the plan of a 3 storied office building that you will design using a
buckling restrained braced frame. Assume floor height of 13 ft. You are required to do
the following:

Size the buckling restrained braced frame beams, braces and columns in the
longitudinal and transverse directions using the static lateral force procedure of
ASCE 7. Assume the following loads (both gravity and seismic)
o Roof: 95 psf
o 3rd : 90 psf
o 2nd : 92 psf
Consider regular office occupancy live load of 50 psf.
Your client has sought your opinion on a separate design project where he is
planning to build a 3 storied medical facility very similar to your project. He is
choosing between moment frames, eccentrically braced frames, a damped
moment frame and a base isolated structure. Write a one page summary advising

him about the pros and cons of each system. (You will need to do an independent
literature survey and come up with some credible statements).