Calculating Dead and Live Loads for Building Design

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To calculate dead and live loads for building design, local building codes are essential resources that provide specific values. A general estimate for live loads is around 100 pounds per square foot (psf) per floor, which encompasses both dead and live loads. Statics textbooks often contain tables or values that can assist in these calculations. Understanding these loads is crucial for ensuring structural integrity in design projects. Accurate estimations will help in effectively designing the building's columns and overall structure.
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Hey guys I am a first year civil engineering student and we have a project where we have to design a building! everything is all good except we havnt been taught anything at all about calculating an estimated weight for our designed building and how do get the dead and live loads the the columns will be under if the building was complete!
my question is does anybody know any basic formulas for guestimating a weight for my structure and how to calculate basic dead and live loads??

cheers!
 
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quickzx said:
Hey guys I am a first year civil engineering student and we have a project where we have to design a building! everything is all good except we havnt been taught anything at all about calculating an estimated weight for our designed building and how do get the dead and live loads the the columns will be under if the building was complete!
my question is does anybody know any basic formulas for guestimating a weight for my structure and how to calculate basic dead and live loads??

cheers!

Local building codes will give you the dead and live loads. Other than that, your statics book should have some values listed.

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Guesstimate - 100 psf per floor, which includes dead + live loads.
 
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