The reliability of advanced nonlinear static procedures to estimate deformation demands of steel momentresisting
frames under seismic loads is investigated. The advantages of refined adaptive and multimodal pushover procedures
over conventional methods based on invariant lateral load patterns are evaluated. In particular, their computational
attractiveness and capability of providing satisfactory predictions of seismic demands in comparison with those obtained
by conventional force-based methods are examined. The results obtained by the static advanced methods, used in the form
of different variants of the original Capacity Spectrum Method and Modal Pushover Analysis, are compared with the results
of nonlinear response history analysis. Both effectiveness and accuracy of these approximated methods are verified
through an extensive comparative study involving both regular and irregular steel moment resisting frames subjected to
different acceleration records.