DESIGN OF HIGHRISE BUILDINGS

Course Content :

• Introduction to Tall Building Guidelines
• Global Trends and State-of-the-Art Developments in the Design of Tall Buildings
• Conceptual Design of Tall Buildings
• Tall Building Structural Systems
• Basis of Design for Tall Buildings
• Schematic Design of Tall Buildings
• Wind Design of Tall Buildings
• Seismic design of tall buildings
• Introduction to Dynamics of Tall Buildings
• Introduction to Performance-Based Design of Tall building
• Retaining Structures for Tall Buildings
• Tall Building Substructures
• Advanced Considerations in Tall Buildings Design
• Critical Construction Considerations related to Tall Buildings
• Good Practices in Detailing Tall Buildings
• Computer methods (ETABS etc)
• Individual Assignment on Tall Buildings