The weight of all landscaping materials shall be considered as dead load and shall be computed on the basis of saturation of the soil.
Roof live load ibc.
These loads are not considered to be per manent because of their inherent degree of variability with respect to time see the definition of loads in ibc 202.
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The roof live load used in the design shall be indicated for roof areas section 1607 13.
The uniform design live load in unoccupied landscaped areas on roofs shall be 20 psf 0 958 kn m2.
This modification makes two key changes.
1607 12 4 awnings and canopies.
Grab bars shower seats and dressing room bench seat systems shall be designed to resist a single concentrated load of 250 pounds 1 11 kn applied in any direction at any point.
Where uniform roof live loads are reduced to less than 20 psf 0 96 kn m 2 in accordance with section 1607 12 2 1 and are applied to the design of structural members arranged so as to create continuity the reduced roof live load shall be applied to adjacent spans or to alternate spans whichever produces the most unfavorable load effect.
Live loads roof live loads snow loads rain loads wind loads and earthquake loads are all examples of variable loads.
284 2006 international building code structural design 2006 international building code 285 structural design occupancy or use uniform psf concentrated lbs 1.