4.1.5.3.Full and Partial Loading

(1) The uniformly distributed live load shall be not less than the value listed in Table 4.1.5.3., which may be reduced as provided in Article 4.1.5.8., applied uniformly over the entire area or on any portions of the area, whichever produces the most critical effects in the members concerned. Table 4.1.5.3. Specified Uniformly Distributed Live Loads on an Area of Floor or Roof Forming Part of Sentence 4.1.5.3.(1) Minimum Specified Use of Area of Floor or Roof Load, kPa Assembly Areas (a) Except for the areas listed under (b), (c), (d) and (e), assembly areas with or without fixed seats including Arenas(1) (areas without fixed seats that have backs) Auditoria Churches (areas without fixed seats that have backs) Dance floors Dining areas(2) Foyers and entrance halls Grandstands(1) (areas without fixed seats that have backs), reviewing stands and bleachers 4.8 Gymnasia Lecture halls(1) (areas without fixed seats that have backs) Museums Promenades Rinks Stadia(1) (areas without fixed seats that have backs) Stages Theatres (areas without fixed seats that have backs) Other areas with similar uses (b) Classrooms and courtrooms with or without fixed seats(1) 2.4 (c) Portions of assembly areas with fixed seats that have backs for the following uses: Arenas(1) 2.9 Grandstands(1) Stadia(1) (d) Portions of assembly areas with fixed seats that have backs for the following uses: Churches 2.4 Lecture halls(1) Theatres (e) Vomitories, exits, lobbies and corridors(1) 4.8 Attics(1) Accessible by a stairway in residential occupancies only 1.4 Having limited accessibility so that there is no storage of equipment or material 0.5 Balconies Exterior 4.8 Interior and mezzanines that could be used by an assembly of people as a viewing area(1) 4.8 Interior and mezzanines other than above (3) Table 4.1.5.3. (Cont’d) Specified Uniformly Distributed Live Loads on an Area of Floor or Roof Forming Part of Sentence 4.1.5.3.(1) Minimum Specified Use of Area of Floor or Roof Load, kPa Corridors, lobbies and aisles(1) Other than those listed below 4.8 Not more than 1 200 mm in width and all upper floor corridors of residential areas only of apartments, hotels and motels (3) (that cannot be used by an assembly of people as a viewing area) In a Group B, Division 3 occupancy that contains sleeping accommodation for not more than 10 persons and not more 2.4 than 6 occupants require assistance in evacuation in case of an emergency Equipment areas and service rooms including Generator rooms Mechanical equipment exclusive of elevators Machine rooms 3.6(4) Pump rooms Transformer vaults Ventilating or air-conditioning equipment Exits and fire escapes 4.8 Factories 6.0(4) Footbridges 4.8 Garages for Vehicles not exceeding 4 000 kg gross weight 2.4 Vehicles exceeding 4 000 kg but not exceeding 9 000 kg gross weight 6.0 Vehicles exceeding 9 000 kg gross weight(1) 12.0 Kitchens (other than residential) 4.8 Libraries Stack rooms 7.2 Reading and study rooms 2.9 Office areas(1) (not including record storage and computer rooms) located in Basement, and floors, including mezzanines, with direct access to the exterior at ground level 4.8 Other floors 2.4 Operating rooms and laboratories 3.6 Patients’ bedrooms 1.9 Recreation areas that cannot be used for assembly purposes including Billiard rooms 3.6 Bowling alleys Pool rooms Residential areas (within the scope of Article 1.3.3.2. of Division A) Sleeping and living quarters in apartments, hotels, motels, boarding schools and colleges 1.9 Work areas within live/work units 2.4 Residential areas (within the scope of Article 1.3.3.2. of Division A) Bedrooms and other areas 1.9 Other areas Stairs within dwelling units Retail and wholesale areas 4.8 Roofs(1) 1.0(5) Table 4.1.5.3. (Cont’d) Specified Uniformly Distributed Live Loads on an Area of Floor or Roof Forming Part of Sentence 4.1.5.3.(1) Minimum Specified Use of Area of Floor or Roof Load, kPa Sidewalks and driveways over areaways and basements(1) 12.0(5) Storage areas, including locker rooms in apartment buildings 4.8(4) Toilet areas 2.4 Underground slabs with earth cover (5) Warehouses 4.8(4) Notes to Table 4.1.5.3.: (1) See Note A-Table 4.1.5.3. (2) See Article 4.1.5.6. (3) See Article 4.1.5.4. (4) See Sentence 4.1.5.1.(1). (5) See Article 4.1.5.5.