Access Floor - Equipment Rolling Load Vs. Live Load
Access Floor - Equipment Rolling Load Vs. Live Load
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I have a project in CA where the Live Load is specified as 150psf, and the Equipment Load is specified as 1050psf. The equipment is being rolled of the access floor, onto its own self supporting structure.
Does the Access Floor need to be designed with the 1050psf as the Live Load? How does this rolling equipment load affect the design of the access floor?
Does the Access Floor need to be designed with the 1050psf as the Live Load? How does this rolling equipment load affect the design of the access floor?






RE: Access Floor - Equipment Rolling Load Vs. Live Load
150 psf is a bit high - What are they putting in there??
If you can move this "rolling" load - I doubt the 150 psf load would be in the same location??
RE: Access Floor - Equipment Rolling Load Vs. Live Load
The minimum uniform live load is slightly less (100 psf or 50 psf depending on use).
RE: Access Floor - Equipment Rolling Load Vs. Live Load
RE: Access Floor - Equipment Rolling Load Vs. Live Load
Perhaps a heavier structural corridor could be established that would be reinforced for the load to allow movement of the equipment in now and out in the future should it need to be replaced. It could be marked as such on the floor.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering