Notes to Table 4.1.3.2.B.:
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) Item   Column 1 Use of Area of Floor or Roof   Column 2 Minimum Specified Load, kPa 

  1.   Assembly Areas   4.8 

       (a) Except for those areas listed under (b), (c), (d) and (e), assembly areas with or without fixed seats including:     

      Arenas (areas without fixed seats that have backs)     

      Auditoria     

      Churches and similar places of worship (areas without fixed seats that have backs)     

      Dance floors     

      Dining areas (1)     

      Foyers and entrance halls     

      Grandstands (areas without fixed seats that have backs), reviewing stands and bleachers     

      Gymnasia     

      Lecture halls (areas without fixed seats that have backs)     

      Museums     

      Promenades     

      Rinks     

      Stadia (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   2.4 

       (c) Portions of assembly areas with fixed seats that have backs for the following uses:   2.9 

      Arenas     

      Grandstands     

      Stadia     

       (d) Portions of assembly areas with fixed seats that have backs for the following uses:   2.4 

      Churches and similar places of worship     

      Lecture halls     

      Theatres     

       (e) Vomitories, exits, lobbies and corridors   4.8 

  2.   Attics     

      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 

  3.   Balconies     

      Exterior   4.8 

      Interior and mezzanines  that could be used by an assembly of people as a viewing area   4.8 

      Interior and mezzanines other than above   (2) 

  4.   Corridors, lobbies and aisles     

      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 (that cannot be used by an assembly of people as a viewing area)   (2) 

      In a Group B, Division 3 occupancy that contains sleeping accommodation for not more than 10 persons and not more than 6 occupants require assistance in evacuation in case of an emergency   2.4 

  5.   Equipment areas and service rooms including:   3.6(3) 

      Generator rooms     

      Mechanical equipment exclusive of elevators     

      Machine rooms     

      Pump rooms     

      Transformer vaults     

      Ventilating or air-conditioning equipment     

  6.   Exits and fire escapes   4.8 

  7.   Factories   6.0(3) 

  8.   Footbridges   4.8 

  9.   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   12.0 

  10.   Kitchens (other than residential)   4.8 

  11.   Libraries     

      Stack rooms   7.2 

      Reading and study rooms   2.9 

  12.   Office areas (not including record storage and computer rooms) located in     

      Basement and the first storey   4.8 

      Floors above the first storey   2.4 

  13.   Operating rooms and laboratories   3.6 

  14.   Patients’ bedrooms    1.9 

  15.   Recreation areas that cannot be used for assembly purposes including:   3.6 

      Billiard rooms     

      Bowling alleys     

      Pool rooms     

  16.   Residential areas (within the scope of Article 1.1.2.2. 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 

  17.   Residential areas (within the scope of Article 1.1.2.4. of Division A)     

      Bedrooms and other areas   1.9 

      Stairs within dwelling units   1.9 

  18.   Retail and wholesale areas   4.8 

  19.   Roofs   1.0(4) 

  20.   Sidewalks and driveways over areaways and basements   12.0(4) 

  21.   Storage areas, including locker rooms in apartment buildings   4.8(3) 

  22.   Toilet areas   2.4 

  23.   Underground slabs with earth cover   (4) 

  24.   Warehouses   4.8(3)