Maximum vehicle weight for parkign structure
Maximum vehicle weight for parkign structure
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I have to design a ledge repair in a parking structure. The ledge is on the side of the beam and supports a slab. I know there are concentrated loads in the Ontario Building Code for various vehicle weights, but they go in big increments, from 4000 kg vehicle to 9000 kg vehicle. Anyone know where I can find the gross vehicle weights of the heaviest vehicles likely to use the garage? Would they be SUV's and contractor's trucks? A quick search of the web did not turn up much, but maybe I just don't know where to look.






RE: Maximum vehicle weight for parkign structure
Is there some way to find what the original design was based on?
RE: Maximum vehicle weight for parkign structure
I guess the question is how big a vehicle can get to the area in question?
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There is no way a fire truck could get around the spiral ramp that is the only entrance. So we don't need to concern ourselves with fire trucks in this case.
JStephen
One of the vehicle weight categories of the 2012 Ontario Code is for vehicles < 4000 kg (8800 pds); that requires design for a concentrated load of 18 kN (4000 pounds) spread over 120 mm x 120 mm (5"x5") according to the Code. So that load is more than your 3000 pds but is in roughly the same ballpark. My question boils down to whether SUVs have GVW in the 8800 pds range. Is there anywhere that lists the GVW's of SUV's? I am not that worried about other vehicles.
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Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
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RE: Maximum vehicle weight for parkign structure
Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
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A passenger vehicle garage shouldn't need to be designed for fire truck or trash trucks.
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RE: Maximum vehicle weight for parkign structure
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RE: Maximum vehicle weight for parkign structure
If ambulance and fire truck loading is not necessary, the code requires a uniform live load of 40 psf or 3000 lb. concentrated load applied anywhere along the deck. The 3000 lb. conc. load accounts for typical wheel/jack loading.
Of course, there could be special, project specific load requirements beyond the above that I'm not aware of.
Good luck!
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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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