Investigation of the impact of seismic zone to the cost of construction of a 5-storey R/C building

Abstract

Residing in a country like Greece, where the earthquake is a common phenomenon in most of its areas, the need for constructing earthquake resistant buildings that will provide security and functionality to their residents is imperative. For this reason, the present study estimates the cost of constructing the same five-storey building in three different seismic hazard zones. Initially, this building is studied, in accordance with the provisions of Eurocode 8, for seismic zones I, II and III. The dimensioning and calculation of the weight of the required steel and the volume of the required concrete is carried out. The results from the three seismic zones are presented in detail, both for each structural element of the construction separately and for the whole construction, and a comparison is made between them. © 2021 COMPDYN Proceedings.