Concern towards the significant hazards and damages occurred to the people and buildings due to an earthquake event such as Ranau earthquake that happened in June 2015 has led to the development of sustainable structures that against seismic loading in Malaysia. The present research investigates the effect of soil types on the seismic performance and the total cost of the reinforced concrete school building. The seismic performance of a building influences by the soil types, where foundation soils are the main elements in performing a correct seismic design for structures. Therefore, 14 models of reinforced concrete school building comprising of two-storey and four-storey, which under different soil types were used. The models had been designed based on Eurocode 2 and Eurocode 8 by using Tekla Structural Designer software. The results were discussed in terms of seismic base shear force and cost of material used. Models that designed under Ground Type D and Ground Type E are experienced the greatest seismic base shear force. It is also observed that the soil type strongly influences the total cost where the increment of the cost of material is between 33.80% and 110.60% for four-storey building and 22.06%–55.46% for two-storey building as compared to the building without seismic resistance.

由于2015年6月发生的Ranau地震等地震事件而对人员和建筑物造成重大危害和破坏，这引起了人们的关注，这导致了在马来西亚抵御地震荷载的可持续结构的发展。本研究调查了土壤类型对钢筋混凝土教学楼的抗震性能和总成本的影响。建筑物的抗震性能受土壤​​类型的影响，其中基础土壤是执行正确的结构抗震设计的主要因素。因此，使用了14层由两层和四层组成的钢筋混凝土教学楼模型，它们分别根据不同的土壤类型而设计。这些模型是通过使用Tekla Structural Designer软件基于Eurocode 2和Eurocode 8设计的。根据地震基础剪切力和所用材料的成本对结果进行了讨论。在D型和E型地面下设计的模型承受的地震基础剪力最大。还可以观察到，土壤类型对总成本有很大影响，其中四层建筑的材料成本增量在33.80％至110.60％之间，而两层建筑的材料成本增量在22.06％至55.46％之间抗震性。