The cost of construction of columns of a building covering certain plinth area varies for a
combination of story and seismic zone. For a particular seismic zone, the relationship
between the costs of columns over a wide range of story is not necessarily linear. Similarly,
the difference in cost for a particular story over a range of seismic zone factors has to
depend on the number of story as well. This study is an attempt to make such a comparison
possible based on structural analysis and design of various buildings having same plinth …