Interior partition loads - 5 psf or 10psf

[glass99]

Generally building codes such as the IBC require interior partitions to carry 5psf "Live load" which everyone assumes is really wind load of some kind. The wind load code requires a minimum load of 10psf (ASCE-07 6.1.4.2), which I have never assumed applied to a partition, say a butt glazed partition, though have had a certain individuals at the conservative end of the spectrum tell me that it should apply. Does it? Seems excessively conservative.

 

[dik]

In Canada, the NBCC stipulates a 20 psf partition load. There is a bit of an out if the partitions are fixed then it's not applicable and a 5 psf or thereabouts load is adequate.

Dik