Office areas storage load
Office areas storage load
(OP)
Hi,
What is the live load you recommend to use when you design an office floor used for record storage? I don't think that 50 lbs/pi2 is adequate.
Thanks for your tips!
What is the live load you recommend to use when you design an office floor used for record storage? I don't think that 50 lbs/pi2 is adequate.
Thanks for your tips!






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If it is high density systems it runs between 200 and 250 psf.
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125psf for light storage
If you have rolling files check with the manufacturer's specs. They can be quite high. I've typically used 250psf.
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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Absent any specific information at the time of design (which is quite common for office buildings where the owner is still lining up tenants during the design) we design designated floor areas for 250 psf live load. This handles most rolling file storage systems.
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Now, what live load would use for a pharmacy floor?
Would you use 100 psf, 125 psf or higher?
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A pharmacy would be the same for any commercial premises except for the area where the compactus/filing is.
Densely packed paper weighs a lot, medicines in loose containers not so much.
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I had to evaluated a storage mezzanine for this kind of loading. The remedial structural improvements were quite costly.