Design the seismic resisting systems for two different seismic load cases optimizing the amount of materials used in each portion of the building.

The University of Alaska Southeast was constructed on two different seismically classified soil types.  Both building units look identical, but the internal structure is not the same.  The seismic forces induced in the lateral resisting elements were increased in one of the dormitory structures and those elements and the foundation were scaled up accordingly.

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