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That is for occupant load. If the floor was designed at 40 lbs, assume 200 lbs per person then area would have to be a minimum 500 sq ft. If it was smaller than that then it was overloaded by weight.mjesse said:Designed occupant load 11, actual occupancy 100?
It was an apartment and would have been built under the 91 or 94 SBCCI codes depending on the adoption date of the 94Officials have not determined why the floor collapsed in the four-bedroom apartment
Frank,Frank said:At 40 psf it is generally hard to get enough people in to exceed the design load--3 sq ft allows for 120# person 5 sq ft 200# 15 sq ft as tables and chairs for Thanksgiving dinner allows for 600# per person100 people in 2200 sq ft apartment --22 sq ft per person gives average load of 10 psf for 220 pound people--common room was likely higher
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