1. Building Basics

2. 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?

3. 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

4. Essential Parts of a building Columns: Vertical members of a building that support beams, girders and floor

5. Forming a building Start with foundation, shallow or deep

6. Forming a building Next add columns

9. Dead Loads

10. Live Loads

15. Diagonal Bracing

16. Drawing of Moment Frame Connection