4.1.6.3. Full and Partial Loading (1) The uniformly distributed load shall be not less than the value listed in Table 4.1.6.3., reduced as may be provided for in Article 4.1.6.9., applied uniformly over the entire area, or on any portions of the area, whichever produces the most critical effects in the members concerned. Table 4.1.6.3. Specified Uniformly Distributed Live Loads on an Area of Floor or Roof Forming Part of Sentence 4.1.6.3.(1)  Use of Area of Floor or Roof

Minimum Specified Load, kPa


Assembly Areas

 


(a) except for those areas listed under (b) and (c), assembly areas with or without fixed seats including

 


Arenas, Rinks, Stadia, Auditoria, Gymnasia

 


Churches, Museums, Promenades

 


Dance floors, Dining areas (1)

 


Foyers and entrance halls

 


Grandstands, reviewing stands and bleachers

 


Stages, Theatres

 


and other areas with similar uses

4.8


(b) assembly areas with fixed seats that have backs over at least 80 per cent of the assembly area for the following uses:

 


Churches, Courtrooms, Lecture halls, Theatres

2.4


(c) classrooms with or without fixed seats

2.4


Attics

 


Accessible by a stairway in residential occupancies only

1.4


Having limited accessibility so that there is no storage of equipment or materials

0.5


Balconies

 


Exterior

4.8


Interior and mezzanines that could be used for the assembly of people as a viewing area (2)

4.8


Interior and mezzanines other than above

(3)


Corridors, lobbies and aisles

 


Other than those listed below

4.8


Not over 1 200 mm in width and all upper floor corridors of residential areas only of apartments, hotels and motels (that can not be used for the assembly of people as a viewing area) (2)

(3)


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

2.4


Equipment areas and service rooms including

 


Generator rooms

 


Mechanical equipment exclusive of elevators

 


Machine rooms

 


Pump rooms

 


Transformer vaults

 


Ventilating or air-conditioning equipment

3.6(4)


Exits and fire escapes

4.8


Factories

6.0(4)


Footbridges

4.8


Garages for

 


Passenger cars

2.4


Unloaded buses and light trucks

6.0


Loaded buses and trucks and all other trucking spaces

12.0


Kitchens (other than residential)

4.8


Libraries

 


Stack rooms

7.2


Reading and study rooms

2.9


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

 


Basement and first storey

4.8


Floors above first storey

2.4


Operating rooms and laboratories

3.6


Patients’ bedrooms 

1.9


Recreation areas that cannot be used for assembly purposes including

 


Billiard rooms

 


Bowling alleys

 


Pool rooms

3.6


Residential areas (within the scope of Article 2.1.1.2.)

 


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 2.1.1.3.)

 


Bedrooms

1.4


Other areas

1.9


Stairs within dwelling units

1.9


Retail and wholesale areas

4.8


Roofs

1.0(5)


Sidewalks and driveways over areaways and basements

12.0


Storage areas, including locker rooms in apartment buildings

4.8(4)


Toilet areas

2.4


Underground slabs with earth cover

(4)


Warehouses

4.8(4)


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2 Notes to Table 4.1.6.3.: (1)See Article 4.1.6.6. (2)Reserved (3)See Article 4.1.6.4. (4)See Article 4.1.6.7. (5)See Article 4.1.7.1.