construction load
 

construction load
how do you compute the allowable construction load?
lets say, i am casting my precast wall panel on top of the ugf floor slab....
the precast wall panel will give a 100 psf load to the slab.
any thoughts?
engr. rejido
asce publishes a construction design book, asce 37 i belive. certainly that would provide some guidance on the live load to use. dead load is dead load.
another book is "temporary structures in construction", by robert ratay. you can get a nice preview of this book at this link:
thanks sliderule, always good to see more views on this topic.
some codes will give basic guidelines on this as well, though i can't say i've seen a building code that does (csa s6-06 has a few guidelines for bridge construction loads).
in reference to jrisebo's comments, concrete being cast is generally treated as a live load in limit states designs.
thank you very much...
engr. rejido