challenges of ranking newly built rc buildings in terms of seismic safety in iran

A residential, office or commercial building unit is one of the most expensive commodities in the consumer goods market basket. nowadays, every commodity comes with a reference manual, specifications list, and guarantee or warranty documents. in most parts of the world, including iran, buildings as expensive commodity lack such critical documentation. in the past few years, a technical identification document (technical property document) is introduced as arequirement for obtaining a construction permit. however, the authorities issuing permits have failed to implement this rule throughout the country. therefore, it is essential to simplify the effort to assess a building's performance by reviewing and clarifying the required metrics, methods and steps in the process. the seismic performance of a building is a criticalmetric for assessing its quality.