Thank you all for your input. It confirms a lot of my own thoughts on the subject.
RonEbelhar: The increased costs are due to added structural requirements. Whether this is due to added engineering fees (Structural) or materials (additional connectors, etc.) I do not know - Probably a little of...
Focht3, Most of the cost issues have come from the owners with the structural engineers a close second (likey from pressure by the owner).
My reason for the question on the deep foundations was that someone suggested to me the Site Class could be improved (say from a D to C) since the piles...
I have found that several clients have been complaining about increased costs as a result of seismic design requirements under the 2000 IBC. These increased costs seem to generally occur when you have a soil Site Class of D, E or F. My questions are what can be done to reduce these costs, if...
