Abstract:
Pakistan is still striving for improvements in the construction industry. Major
construction in the private sector is carried out as non-engineered; there are very
few projects that are properly designed for gravity and lateral loads, which is the
main cause behind deaths in major earthquakes. Severe earthquakes, when
near inhabited districts, have caused extensive loss of life and property. For
example, Kashmir-Hazara (2005) earthquake caused the deaths of 85,000
people. Nevertheless, after the Kashmir-Hazara (2005) earthquake, the
government and engineering commission stressed the execution of a seismic
code. By constructing seismic resisting structures losses can be reduced. The
aim of this study was to compare the seismic vulnerability of partially completed
and fully completed RC structures in horizontal direction using two different
approaches, empirical and analytical. Our main goal is whether the vulnerability
assessment of partially completed buildings is necessary or not and to compare
the vulnerability of partially and fully completed buildings. In the empirical
approach, the RVS method was used while pushover analysis was used in the
analytical approach to calculate the seismic vulnerability of structures.
