1993 Volume 454 Pages 155-163
The quantity of structural materials varies with structural conditions such as span length, number of stories, floor load and height of story etc.. The purpose of this study is to clarify the relation between structural design conditions and structural cost by performing both the structural calculations and construction cost estimations by computer automatically. The building plan used in this study is square plan ( l_X.=l_Y=36 m). By using these data, it is possible to make an estimate of structural cost and to select a structural system. So this study will help architects and structural engineers to make selections of structural system and to estimate the structural cost at the early stage of structural design.
