Systems and methods for resisting soft story collapse

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The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for providing resistance to soft story collapse in a multi-story structure. Such systems and methods includes providing a multi-story structure having a first floor and one or more upper floors, wherein a structural of the first floor is less than 70% of a structural stiffness of the one or more upper floors, and decreasing the structural stiffness of the one or more upper floors to be less than or substantially equal to the structural stiffness of the first floor.

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THE STEEL NETWORK INCPOST OFFICE BOX 13887 2012 TW ALEXANDER DRIVE DURHAM NC 27709

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diGirolamo, Edward R Raleigh, US 38 1216
Salem, Hamed M M Giza, EG 1 0

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