GLOBAL FLOOR LOADING CODES
In this table is a summary of floor loading in there design of offices, as assembled from design codes.
This data is also found at the following DOI: http://bit.ly/2wS38F0
COUNTRY |
POPULATION |
AREA LOAD min (kN/m2) |
AREA LOAD (heavily loaded space) (kN/m2) | POINT LOAD min (kN) |
POINT LOAD heavily loaded rooms (kN) | URBAN POPULATION (%) |
CODE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1,349,585,838 | 2 | 51% | GB50009-2012 | |||
| India | 1,220,800,359 | 2.5 | 5 | 2.7 | 9 | 31% | IS 875 Part 2 – 1987 |
| United States | 316,668,567 | 2.4 | 4.79 | 8.9 | 82% | ASCE 7-98 | |
| Indonesia | 251,160,124 | 2.4 | 4.79 | 8.9 | 51% | SNI 1727-2013 | |
| Brazil | 201,009,622 | 2 | 3 | 87% | ABNT NBR 6120:1980 | ||
| Pakistan | 193,238,868 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 9 | 36% | Building code of Pakistan | |
| Nigeria | 174,507,539 | 2.5 | 5 | 9 | 50% | Nigeria National Buildong Code | |
| Bangladesh | 163,654,860 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 9 | 28% | Bangladesh National Building Code DRAFT | |
| Russia | 142,500,482 | 2 | 74% | СП20.13330.2011 | |||
| Japan | 127,253,075 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 91% | AIJ Recommendations for Loads on Buildings | ||
| Mexico | 116,220,947 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 78% | CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS, ARTÍCULO 163 |
| Philippines | 105,720,644 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 9 | 49% | Building code for Philippines | |
| Ethiopia | 93,877,025 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17% | EBCS-1: 1995 | |
| Vietnam | 92,477,857 | 2 | 3 | 31% | TCVN 2737:1995 | ||
| Egypt | 85,294,388 | 2.5 | 44% | ECP 201-2011 | |||
| Germany | 81,147,265 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 74% | DIN EN 1991-1-1/NA:2010-12 |
| Turkey | 80,694,485 | 2 | 72% | TS 498/1997 | |||
| Iran | 79,853,900 | 2 | 2 | 69% | IPS-E-CE-500 | ||
| France | 65,951,611 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 85% | NF EN 1991-1-1:2004 / NF P 06-111-2 |
| United Kingdom | 63,395,574 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 80% | NA to BS EN 1991-1-1:2002 |
| Italy | 61,482,297 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 68% | UNI-EN 1991-1-1:2007 |
| Burma | 55,167,330 | 2.39 | 4.79 | 8.9 | 33% | National Building Code Part 3 | |
| South Africa | 48,601,098 | 2.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | 62% | SANS 10160-2 |
| Spain | 47,370,542 | 2 | 2 | 4.5 | 77% | DB SE-AE, CTE - Codigo Técnico de la Edificacion | |
| Ukraine | 44,573,205 | 2 | 69% | ДБН В.1.2-2:2006 | |||
| Poland | 38,383,809 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 61% | PN-EN 1991-1-1 |
| Canada | 34,568,211 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 9 | 81% | National building code 2015 | |
| Afghanistan | 31108077 | 2.39 | 4.79 | 8.9 | 24% | Section 1004 IBC. | |
| Australia | 22,262,501 | 3 | 5 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 89% | AS/NZS 1170.1:2002 |
| Romania | 21,790,479 | 2.5 | 53% | SR EN 1991-1-1-2004/NA-2006 | |||
| Netherlands | 16,805,037 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 83% | SNiP 2.01.07-85; NCM E.01.02-2005 (EN 1991)* |
| Portugal | 10,799,270 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 61% | NP EN 1991-1-1 2009 |
| Greece | 10,772,967 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 61% | ΕΛΟΤ EN 1991.01.01/NA |
| Belgium | 10,444,268 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 97% | NBN EN 1991-1-1 ANB:2007 |
| Czech Republic | 10,162,921 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 73% | BAS EN 1991-1-1/NA: 2016 |
| Hungary | 9,939,470 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 70% | MSZ EN 1991- 1-1 NM |
| Belarus | 9,625,888 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4.5 | 75% | ТКП EN 1991-1-1-2016 |
| Sweden | 9,119,423 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 85% | BFS 2013:10 EKS 9, SS-EN 1991-1-1 |
| Austria | 8,221,646 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 68% | ÖNORM B 1991-1-1: 2017 02 01 |
| Switzerland | 7,996,026 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 74% | SIA 261 |
| Serbia | 7,243,007 | 2 | 56% | SRPS EN 1991-1-1/NA:2015 (EN 1991)* | |||
| Hong Kong | 7,182,724 | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 4.5 | 100% | Code of Practice for Dead and Imposed Loads |
| Bulgaria | 6,981,642 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 73% | EN 1991-1-1:2004/NA:2011 |
| Denmark | 5,556,452 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 87% | DS/EN 1991-1-1 DK NA:2013 |
| Slovakia | 5,488,339 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 55% | STN EN 1991-1-1/NA/Z1 (73 0035) |
| Singapore | 5,460,302 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 100% | EN 1991 |
| Finland | 5,266,114 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 85% | SFS-EN 1991-1-1:2010 |
| Ireland | 4,775,982 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 62% | I.S. EN 1991-1-1:2002/NA:2013 |
| Norway | 4,722,701 | 3 | 79% | NS-EN 1991-1-1:2002/NA:2008 | |||
| Croatia | 4,475,611 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 58% | HRN EN 1991-1-1/NA |
| New Zeland | 4,365,113 | 3 | 5 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 86% | AS/NZS 1170.1:2002 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,875,723 | 2 | 9% | BAS EN 1991-1-1/NA: 2016 | |||
| Moldova | 3,619,925 | 2 | 48% | SNiP 2.01.07-85; NCM E.01.02-2005 | |||
| Lithuania | 3,515,858 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 67% | LST EN 1991-1-1:2004 |
| Albania | 3,011,405 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 52% | EN 1991 |
| Latvia | 2,178,443 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 68% | LVS EN 1991-1-1:2003 /NA:2010 (EN 1991)* |
| Slovenia | 1,992,690 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 50% | SIST EN 1991-1-1:2004/AC:2009 (EN 1991)* |
| Estonia | 1,266,375 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 70% | EN 1991* |
| Cyprus | 1,155,403 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 71% | NA to CYS EN 1991-1-3:2002 |
| Luxembourg | 514,862 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 85% | EN 1991-1-1:2002/AN-LU:2011 |
| Brunei | 415,717 | 2.5 | 5 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 76% | PBD 12 : 2017 |
| Malta | 411,277 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 95% | EN 1991* |
| Iceland | 315,281 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 93% | EN 1991* |
| Andorra | 85,293 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 88% | EN 1991* |
| TOTAL | 5,598,083,734 | ||||||
| AVERAGE | 2.38 | 3.51 | 1.81 | 5.36 | |||
| MEDIAN | 2.40 | 3.00 | 1.50 | 4.50 |