US Department of Defense

UNIFIED FA CILITIES CRITERIA

(UFC)

STRUCTURAL LOAD DATA

APPENDIX B

MINIMUM UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED LIVE LOADS AND MINIMUM

CONCENTRATED LIVE LOADS

B-1 REFERENCES. All section references are to the International Building

Code (IBC) 2003. Table B-1 includes the IBC 2003 Table 1607.1 with additional
Occupancy or Use classification for military facilities that are shown in Bold-
Italics.

TABLE B-1 MINIMUM UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED LIVE LOADS

9
AND MINIMUM CONCENTRATED LIVE LOADS

OCCUPANCY OR 8.9kN
UNIFORM
350
50
100
8.9500
(pst)
(Ibs.)
2,000 CONCENTRATED
4.8 16.8
USE 23.9
23.9
2.4 kPa
1. Access floor systems
Office use
Computer use
2. Ammunition Storage
High explosives
(one story)
Inert explosives
(one story)
Pyrotechnics (one
story)
Small arms (one
story)
Torpedo (one story)
3. Apartments (see
residential)
4. Armories and drill 7.2 150
 rooms2
- ---
0.89
1.33
h
400
20050 300
60
75
80
40
60
60
100
Served
125
Same
300 200as 4.8
Occupancy 2.4
1.914.4
4.8
6.0
19.2
2.9 --
--- Same
2.9
4.8
3.6
4.8
3.8
9.6
3.6 as
Served mm
(on exceeding
area of h
13.
(100
650 (42
Cornices
mm
9.3min.
ft.
First )»
20.
18.
2
Elevator
Decks
floor
Catwalks
2
machine
otherwise
construction room
indicated
oor)
cer Occupancy6.
7. Cold
11. control
theaters
Battery 17.
Balconies
Stages
5.
familyrooms
(on
Dining
residences
residential)
21.
Day Finishand
projection
Assembly
charging
Storage area
rooms
only,
(exterior)
and
provision
light of
areas
room
(Food 2600
and and
orfreezer)
floor plate

4---11
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4.45
8.9 60
125
40
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2200
150
250
80
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40
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12.0
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13.34
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1607.7
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60
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1,000
Section
2,000 a 4.8
9.6
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12.0
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See
2.9
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3.8 6.0
9.6
1.9 -
Section
4.8
3.6
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in. 33. Laboratories, normal
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sd)
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ent 35.27.
24.34.floor
29. Guard
Provision
Garages 31.
36.
»
23.
Libraries
32. House
storage
stadium
Hotels (seeand
Reading
Operating
(passenger
Manufacturing
Preparation
bleachers)
Galleysroom
Heads!
Incinerators;
Handrails, guards arena
residential)
rooms
rooms,
Dishwashing
Light rooms
charging
and
22. Fire escapes
 38. Mechanical 8.9150
125
100
250
8.960
80
502,000
200
40
275 3.8
2.4
4.8 7.2
equipment 1.9
13.2
12.0
4.8
6.0 9.6
4.8
6.0
2.9
43.
41. Lobbies
Penal and
electronic
rooms
rooms
floor
antennas
Offices
Corridors
floor
equipment
51. Morgue
Refrigeration
40.
designed
supporting
occupancy Cellfirst
shall
General
and
Institutions
Mechanical blocks
corridors
and
above be
area
radio
storage
for
(radio)
room first
telephone
including
(general)
File and computer
gs
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c10 ec 4.8 12.0c e
125
4.45
4.45 250
35.6
200
-IBC 30
d100
300
80
1607.11
1607.11-
Section
Note
Section
IBC
Section
52. Residential 2001.4
60c8,000
40
20 1.9 ---
1.00.5
1607.11
1,000 1.9
14.4
12.0
6.0
-3.8
6.0
9.6
IBC 4.8 c
Section
Note
4.8 All other areas
2.9cd
BC
dt
air 54.
56. Habitable
Hotels balconies
and
bleachers
areas
and
Public
59.Roofs rooms
attics
Scuttles,
53. Reviewing
57. Aircraft
stands,
multifamily
Skating attics
with
Bleachers
corridors Uninhabitable
and
Classrooms
corridors
andand Private
&accessible
Industrial
skylight
utility
dwellings
storage
Shops:
serving
dwellings rinks
One
Manufacturing
them ribs,
two rooms
family &
 125250 11.97
9.58 7.2 23.94
14.36
9.58
47.88
61. StairsNote 1607.7
4.45125
1607.7
IBC
4.4575
75
IBC
100
150
60
Section
8.9
and 40 2000
f300 - - f 4.8
Note
Section
Section exits
1607.7
1,000 3.6
7.26.0 3.6
2.9
4.8
1.9 Section
-IBC 200
300
1000 300
200
250150
500 11.97
6.0
IBC
s) 66.
63.
68.Vehicle
story) Stores
Yards barriers
First
heavier
spaces
62. Storage and
platforms
Paint Retail
and
required floor
Hardware
rooms
loads if
terraces,
(shall and
oil anticipate
warehouses
for (one
be central
designed for
ly & metal
pe

Notes to Table B-1, "MINIMUM UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED LIVE LOADS AND

MINIMUM CONCENTRATED LIVE LOADS"
2 2
For SI: 1 square inch = 645.16 mm , 1 pound per square foot = 0.0479 kN/m =
3
0.0479 kPa, 1 pound = 0.004448 kN, 1 pound per cubic foot = 16 kg/m .
a. Floors in garages or portions of building used for the storage of motor
vehicles shall be designed for the uniformly distributed live loads shown or the
 following concentrated loads: (1) for passenger cars accommodating not
more than nine passengers, 13.34 kN (3,000 pounds) acting on an area of
114 mm x 114 mm (4.5 inches x 4.5 inches); (2) for mechanical parking
structures without slab or deck which are used for storing passenger vehicles
only, 10.0 kN (2,250 pounds) per wheel.
b. The loading applies to stack room floors that support non-mobile, double-
faced library book stacks, subject to the following limitations:
1) The nominal book stack unit height shall not exceed 2,290mm (90
inches).
2) The nominal shelf depth shall not exceed 305mm (12 inches) for each
face; and
3) Parallel rows of double-faced book stacks shall be separated by aisles
not less than 915 mm (36 inches) wide.
c. Design in accordance with the ICC Standard on Bleachers, Folding and
Telescoping Seating and Grandstands.
d. Other uniform loads in accordance with an approved method which
contains provisions for truck loadings shall also be considered where
appropriate.
2
e. The concentrated wheel load shall be applied on an area of 12,900 mm
(20 square inches).
2
f. Minimum concentrated load on stair treads (on area of 2,600 mm (4 square
inches» is 1.3 kN (300 pounds).
g. Where snow loads occur that are in excess of the design conditions, the
structure shall be designed to support the loads due to the increased loads
caused by drift buildup or a greater snow design determined by the building
official. (See IBC Section 1608). For special-purpose roofs, see IBC Section
1607.11.2.2.

h. See IBC Section 1604.8.3 for decks attached to exterior walls.