Real Floor Loading
The following table summarises an extensive review of real floor loading studies undertaken by A E Peters (aep54@cam.ac.uk). Over 2.5 million square metres of floor area, area weighted average floor loading of 0.60kPa was found.
Table 1
|
Mean (kN/m2) |
Standard deviation (kN/m2) |
Total Standard Deviation (kN/m2) |
Total Area (m2) |
Cumulative density at 2.5 kN/m2 (gamma distribution) |
Cumulative density at 3 kN/m2 (gamma distribution) |
|
|
Average value |
0.58 |
0.43 |
0.44 |
|
0.93 |
0.96 |
|
Average area weighted |
0.60 |
0.34 |
0.05 |
|
0.99 |
1.00 |
|
Total Area (m2) |
2,500,694 |
The table below contains summary data from each of the studies that fed into Table 1. The references are provided in the zip file linked here.
Table 2
|
Description (see reference) |
Reference |
Mean (kN/m2) |
Standard deviation (kN/m2) |
Total Standard Deviation (kN/m2) |
Total Area (m2) |
Number of Rooms |
Cumulative density at 2.5 kN/m2
Gamma distribution |
Cumulative density at 3 kN/m2
Gamma distribution |
|
Basement |
Woodgate
and Mitchell [1] |
1.03 |
1.24 |
1.24 |
198 |
180 |
0.60 |
0.70 |
|
Basement |
0.90 |
0.99 |
0.99 |
452 |
323 |
0.70 |
0.80 |
|
|
Basement |
0.89 |
0.93 |
0.93 |
1538 |
641 |
0.73 |
0.83 |
|
|
Basement |
0.93 |
0.84 |
0.84 |
5710 |
1098 |
0.76 |
0.86 |
|
|
Basement |
0.90 |
0.70 |
0.70 |
18148 |
1396 |
0.84 |
0.93 |
|
|
Basement |
0.84 |
0.60 |
0.60 |
27269 |
874 |
0.91 |
0.97 |
|
|
Basement |
0.85 |
0.58 |
0.58 |
21344 |
368 |
0.92 |
0.97 |
|
|
Basement |
0.74 |
0.46 |
0.46 |
10119 |
91 |
0.98 |
1.00 |
|
|
Basement |
0.75 |
0.43 |
0.43 |
14415 |
75 |
0.99 |
1.00 |
|
|
Ground |
0.64 |
0.83 |
0.83 |
416 |
378 |
0.82 |
0.88 |
|
|
Ground |
0.70 |
0.87 |
0.87 |
897 |
641 |
0.79 |
0.87 |
|
|
Ground |
0.68 |
0.71 |
0.71 |
2995 |
1248 |
0.87 |
0.93 |
|
|
Ground |
0.68 |
0.64 |
0.64 |
11185 |
2151 |
0.90 |
0.95 |
|
|
Ground |
0.67 |
0.55 |
0.55 |
45773 |
3521 |
0.95 |
0.98 |
|
|
Ground |
0.67 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
60590 |
1942 |
0.97 |
0.99 |
|
|
Ground |
0.65 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
48372 |
834 |
0.99 |
1.00 |
|
|
Ground |
0.64 |
0.34 |
0.34 |
22462 |
202 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Ground |
0.62 |
0.36 |
0.36 |
27869 |
145 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
All Other |
0.70 |
0.89 |
0.89 |
3507 |
3188 |
0.78 |
0.86 |
|
|
All Other |
0.70 |
0.77 |
0.77 |
6580 |
4700 |
0.84 |
0.91 |
|
|
All Other |
0.66 |
0.65 |
0.65 |
21216 |
8840 |
0.90 |
0.95 |
|
|
All Other |
0.64 |
0.53 |
0.53 |
74308 |
14290 |
0.96 |
0.99 |
|
|
All Other |
0.62 |
0.46 |
0.46 |
265746 |
20442 |
0.98 |
0.99 |
|
|
All Other |
0.61 |
0.35 |
0.35 |
445630 |
14283 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
All Other |
0.59 |
0.30 |
0.30 |
377638 |
6511 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
All Other |
0.58 |
0.26 |
0.26 |
209612 |
1885 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
All Other |
0.57 |
0.22 |
0.22 |
221414 |
1152 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Office |
Acheng [2] |
0.36 |
0.14 |
0.17 |
15 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Office |
0.32 |
0.10 |
0.12 |
20 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Office |
0.28 |
0.14 |
0.16 |
20 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Circulation |
0.24 |
0.27 |
0.28 |
20 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Ground floor |
0.37 |
0.25 |
0.27 |
20 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
First and above |
0.35 |
0.17 |
0.19 |
20 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
||
|
Clerical |
Andam [3] |
0.44 |
0.27 |
0.27 |
711 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Clerical |
0.33 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
7846 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Clerical |
0.29 |
0.19 |
0.19 |
11630 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Clerical |
0.41 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
819 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Clerical |
0.43 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
362 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
General |
0.34 |
0.36 |
0.36 |
235 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
General |
0.36 |
0.45 |
0.45 |
1082 |
|
0.98 |
0.99 |
|
|
General |
0.22 |
0.11 |
0.11 |
409 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Conference |
0.28 |
0.21 |
0.21 |
134 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Conference |
0.24 |
0.11 |
0.11 |
754 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Conference |
0.31 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
174 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Dealing room |
Fitzpatrick
[4] |
0.85 |
|
0.00 |
34 |
|
|
|
|
Financial advisors
office |
0.36 |
|
0.00 |
33 |
|
|
|
|
|
Office |
0.52 |
|
0.00 |
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
Offices |
CIB [5] |
0.52 |
0.28 |
0.28 |
353400 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Offices |
1.71 |
0.68 |
0.68 |
|
|
0.55 |
0.80 |
|
|
Offices |
Choi [6] |
0.52 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
171295 |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Technical |
Kumar [7] |
0.55 |
0.25 |
0.25 |
273 |
21 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Clerical |
0.55 |
0.17 |
0.17 |
2554 |
84 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
General |
0.41 |
0.21 |
0.21 |
2808 |
108 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
Seminar |
0.49 |
0.16 |
0.16 |
575 |
8 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
|
Culver
[8] |
0.78 |
0.78 |
0.78 |
96 |
41 |
0.81 |
0.90 |
|
|
0.63 |
0.60 |
0.60 |
1316 |
188 |
0.92 |
0.97 |
|
|
|
0.44 |
0.31 |
0.31 |
16721 |
899 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
|
|
0.42 |
0.43 |
0.43 |
6305 |
226 |
0.98 |
1.00 |
The eight references above are available to download in the zip files linked here.