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In past decades, shear walls are one of the most appropriate and important structural component in multi-storied building. Therefore, it would be very interesting to study the structural response and their systems in multi-storied structure. Shear walls contribute the stiffness and strength during earthquakes which are often neglected during design of structure and construction. The scope of present paper is to study the effect of seismic loading on placement of belts truss in building at different alternative location. This study shows the effect of belts truss and bracing belts truss which significantly affect the vulnerability of structures. In order to test this hypothesis, RCC building was considered with and without belts truss at different location. The aim of the paper is to detail and conceptualize the varied configurations of belt truss structures system and to integrate current structures into longer structures by use of belt truss system. Additionally, various issues associated with outriggers and belt truss system also are discussed. A close scrutiny of literature available within the field of Outrigger system is applied and therefore the summary and gaps encountered within the study are listed during this paper. This paper introduces a replacement concept of virtual Outrigger. In which, using the belt truss structural within the RCC building so as to extend the performance of the building under the dynamic load and wind loads is studied. Concept of belt truss as Virtual outrigger is reviewed within the paper.