Are loads on guards and handrails factored loads?

[sunyaer]

This is from Ontario building code part 4:
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4.1.5.14. Loads on Guards and Handrails
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(a) a concentrated load not less than 0.9 kN applied at any point and in any direction for all handrails, and
(b) a uniform load not less than 0.7 kN/m applied in any direction to handrails not located within dwelling units.
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questions:

1. Are these loads factored loads? If not, what is the factor to obtain factored loads?
2. Same question to loads on guards and handrails in part 9.

 

[tmurray]

These are the final loads to meet for compliance.

Factors like an importance factor would not apply to these loads in either Part 3 or 9.

 

[sunyaer]

These are the final loads to meet for compliance.

Factors like an importance factor would not apply to these loads in either Part 3 or 9.

What about in part 4, 4.1.5.14. Loads on Guards and Handrails ?

 

[tmurray]

What about in part 4, 4.1.5.14. Loads on Guards and Handrails ?

See the section on importance factors for how they apply. It does not apply to loads from the use or occupancy of a building.