This document discusses seismic strengthening of multi-storey buildings with soft storeys. It defines local and global damage indices, with interstorey drift ratio (IDR) identified as an easy way to find the damage index. Analytical approaches like pushover analysis and time history analysis are evaluated. Experimental problems analyze buildings with varying soft storey heights subjected to earthquakes, comparing damage indices among storeys. The conclusion is that damage index increases with more storeys and higher soft storeys, and can exceed 1 based on IDR. Pushover analysis provides capacity while time history gives maximum IDR under seismic loads.