摘要: |
The Charles Pankow Foundation, in partnership with Magnusson Klemencic Associates, the Portland Cement Association Education Foundation, and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 7-22 Subcommittee on Dead and Live Loads, has published the new research report Assembly Live Load Consistency for Buildings: Gateway to Reducing Embedded Energy, which is available for free download from the ASCE Library. Since the 1800s, there have been live load surveys and analyses carried out, particularly of area-dependent loads in office buildings. Although some occupancies have received careful examination, there has been no systematic review and consideration of reliability-based scenarios for office gathering space live loads. The results of the research reported here support a more consistent, reliable, and economic design load for office gathering spaces in buildings. These results provide the theoretical and practical basis for design live loads for gathering spaces within offices, a step toward possible enactment in the current standard and subsequent adoption into the International Building Code and materials standards. |