Abstract:
The paper presents a numerical study of the assessment of the Sri Lanka Telecom Head Office
Building at Lotus Road, Colombo 01, affected by blasting activates. The assessment of the building under
dynamic loading has been done using the finite element modeling technique (SAP2000), to find out if any
deficiency of the dynamic performance of the building. Dynamic analysis show that this building
performance for lateral drift, vibration and stresses developed in columns are within allowable limits, even
for the intensity of the ground motion equal to MMI 5, and acceptance criteria for vibration are more critical
for this building.
