Equipment Platform Live Load
Equipment Platform Live Load
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What Live Load is typically used for Equipment Platforms? I was thinking 100 psf. IBC is not clear whether it is 60 psf or something else.
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RE: Equipment Platform Live Load
RE: Equipment Platform Live Load
IBC does not really give recommendations, just minimums. However if you want to "force" IBC to "suggest" a number... here is one way to look at it:
1. Most platforms are accessed by stairs.
2. Other than residential use, IBC 2003 says that the minimum requirement for stairs is 100 psf.
3. If the stairs are rated 100 psf, then having the platform rated 100 psf makes sense.
Of course this is completely arbitrary, but if you need to "justify" a number, there is one way to do it.
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RE: Equipment Platform Live Load
In the aerospace industry at launch complexes, they usually use 60 and 100 PSF live load on fixed platforms depending on the location. This is done in addition to 2000 ponds concentrated load.
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Lutfi
RE: Equipment Platform Live Load
SRE. That's what I was thinking as well for IBC. They have a category for "Walkways and elevated platforms (other than exitways)" which has a min LL of 60 psf. IBC is not completely clear, but I think this applies to stage type platforms, not industrial. Most of the platforms I've seen in power plants used 100 psf LL. I seen 150 psf on a couple occasions where buckets of powdered chemicals were stored, double stacked up on the platform.