Project:

Location:
Owner:

DESIGN CRITERIA:

1. Loads:
a. Dead load
Partitions = 1.0 KPa
Utilities = 0.3 KPa

b. Live load
Ground, upper ground and Second Floor:
Commercial/office = 2.4 KPa
Third and roof deck
Residential = 1.9 KPa

2. Materials
a. Concrete:
Compressive strength, fc’ = 28 MPa
Unit weight = 23.6 kN/m3

b. Reinforcement:
Tensile strength, fy = 275 MPa

2. Soil Bearing Capacity

Based on geological information, said site in Quezon City is known to have a gently sloping
terrain composing of pyroclastic rocks made up of tuff, sandstone and conglomerates belonging
to the Guadalupe Tuff Formation. As revealed in reference Foundation Handbook by J. E.
Bowles (Attachment 1), the presumptive bearing capacities for such material suggested by
various building codes may range from 340 KPa to 1400 KPa (Considered maximum limit is
30% of the minimum = 440 KPa)

3. Seismic
V = ZICW/Rw
Minimum requirements as per UBC Code
Where V = Base Shear;
Z = Zone Factor (0.4)
I = Importance factor (1.25)
C = 2.75 (max as per code) fc
Rw = Response modification factor (8)

4. Codes and References

UBC Code
ACI 318
National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP)
Foundation Design, 5TH Edition, by J. E. Bowles
(Extracted from FOUNDATION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN, 5th Edition, by Joseph E. Bowles)
Loading Calculations

A. DEAD LOAD

Intermediate floors
Slab = 0.10 m X 23.6 kN/m3 = 2.36 kN/m2
Partitions (lightweight) = 1.5 kN/m2
Plaster = 0.05 m X 23.6 kN/m3 = 1.18 kN/m2
Utilities (approximate) = 0.5 kN/m2
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TOTAL DEAD LOAD = 5.54 kN/m2
Say 5.6 kN/m2

Roof floor
Slab = 0.10 m X 23.6 kN/m3 = 2.36 kN/m2
Plaster = 0.05 m X 23.6 kN/m3 = 1.18 kN/m2
Utilities (approximate) = 0.5 kN/m2
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TOTAL DEAD LOAD = 4.04 kN/m2
Say 4.1 kN/m2

B. LIVE LOAD

Lower Ground, Upper Ground and 2nd Floor

Commercial/Office Occupancy = 2.4 kN/m2

Third Floor and Roof

Residential = 1.9 kN/m2

C. REMARKS

Above loadings are applied as floor load in STAAD software. Automatic distribution of the
loads will be generated by said software

D. SAFETY FACTOR CONSIDERATIONS


Loads on roof are assumed to be same as third floor (1.9 kN/m 2) while NSCP allows
uniform load for roof as 1.0 kN/m2

In the model, footings are assumed to take full moment from column base despite
provision of footing tie-beams that are expected to actually absorb such moment

Mezzanine area is assumed to be same area of the other floors although its actual area
is only 64 m2 (calculated from 4 units of 16 m2 each), which is only about 8% of
the total floor area of the upper floors