loads on building

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Dead loads shall include self-weight of all items of permanent nature that will act continuously throughout the service life of the building, street, building works, street works, and the variations of its magnitude with time are insignificant.

It shall be taken to include but not limited to the following:

(a) the structure;
(b) all other structural elements that are affixed to the structure (e.g. windows, claddings and other forms of permanent construction);
(c) non-structural elements (e.g. finishes, roofing, surfacing and coverings, linings, kerbs , suspended ceilings, insulation, earth and ballast);
(d) permanent equipment including fixtures and fittings (e.g. permanently fixed wiring and reticulated services);
(e) partitions the positions of which are indicated on the building plans submitted to the Buildings Department (“BD”) for approval; and
(f) soil fill, waterproofing and drainage system for gardening, greenery or planting.

The weights of tanks and other receptacles shall be considered as dead loads. The contents of
tanks and receptacles shall be considered as imposed loads.

When there is doubt to the permanency of loads, such loads should be treated as imposed
loads while reduction of which under clause 3.7 should not be taken on beams and vertical
members.


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