CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSES & INSPECTIONS
Construction Services Division - Engineering Services Unit
Structural Design Criteria
Municipal Services Building - Concourse Level Philadelphia Building Code
1401 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 All sections below are required to be completed.
PROPERTY ADDRESS: ____________________________________ Application #: ____________
1. Floor Live Loads (1607) Uniform (psf) Concentrated (lbs.)
a) Basement = = Note: Design live loads exceeding
b) First floor: = = 50 psf shall be posted in
c) Second floor: = = accordance with the code.
d) Third floor: = =
e) Additional floors: = =
{Live Load Reduction Factor (if any)
2. Roof Live Loads (1607.11) = = = }
3. Snow Loads (1608)
a) Ground Snow Load, Pg (ASCE 7, 7.2) = 25 psf
b) Flat-roof snow load, Pf (ASCE 7, 7.3) =
i) Exposure Factor, Ce (ASCE 7, 7.3.1) =
ii) Thermal Factor, Ct (ASCE 7, 7.3.2) =
iii) Importance Factor, I (ASCE 7, 7.3.3) =
c) Sloped Roof Snow Load, Ps (ASCE 7, 7.4) =
i) Roof Slope Factor, Cs (ASCE 7, 7.4.1) =
4. Wind Load (1609)
a) Basic Wind Speed, V (ASCE 7, 6.5.4) d) Adjustment Coeff., λ (ASCE 7, Fig. 6-2) =
= 90mph, (3 sec. gust) i) Mean Roof Height =
b) Importance Factor, I (ASCE 7, 6.5.5) = e) Roof Angle =
i) Occupancy Cat. (ASCE 7, Table 1-1) = f) Load Case =
c) Exposure Category (ASCE 7, 6.5.6) =
5. Lateral Soil Load (1610) Unified Soil Classification = Active Pressure = psf At-rest Pressure = psf
6. Earthquake Loads (1613)
a) Seismic Importance Factor, I (ASCE 7, Table 11.5-1) =
b) Occupancy Category (Check one) (ASCE 7, Table 1-1) = I II III IV
c) Mapped Spectral Response Accelerations, (ASCE 7, 11.4.1) Ss = .28 (28% g) S1 = .06 (6% g)
d) Site Class = {Use Site Class “D” when soil properties are not known} (ASCE 7, 11.4.2)
e) Spectral Response Coeff., (ASCE 7, 11.4.4) Short Period (SDS) = / 1-Sec. Period (SD1) = _____ _
For Site Class “D”, (SDS) = .295 (29.5% g) / (SD1) = .096 (9.6% g)
f) Seismic Design Category (Check one) = A B C D (Based on most severe: Short Period; 1-Sec.)
g) Basic Seismic-Force Resisting System(s) (ASCE 7, Table 12.2-1) =
h) Seismic Response Coefficient(s), Cs (ASCE 7, 12.8.1.1) =
i) Design Base Shear (ASCE 7, 12.8.1) =
j) Response Modification Factor, R (ASCE 7, Table 12.2-1) =
k) Analysis Procedure Used : ________________________________________________________
7. Special Loads =
Building, structures and parts thereof shall be designed and constructed in accordance with strength design, load and
resistance factor design, allowable stress design, empirical design or conventional construction methods, as permitted by the
applicable material chapters.
Buildings and other structures, and parts thereof, shall be designed and constructed to support safely the factored loads in
load combinations defined in this code without exceeding the appropriate strength limit states for the materials of
construction. Alternatively, buildings and other structures, and parts thereof, shall be designed and constructed to support
safely the nominal loads in load combinations defined in this code without exceeding the appropriate specified allowable
stresses for the materials of construction.
I hereby certify that the statements contained herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Submission of this form shall not relieve the design professional from determining the effects of all structural loads applied
to the structure, in whole or in part, as specified in the Philadelphia Building Code and its referenced standards, including
ASCE 7.
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structural design criteria form.02.2010
