Client: SCHNEIDER VIETNAM

Project: SCHNEIDER VIETNAM

Design Loading For Building, Equipment Structure

& Foundation

Tebodin

Tebodin Vietnam Co., Ltd.

9th Floor, ACB Building
444A-446 Cach Mang Thang Tam Street,
Ward 11, District 3
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam

Author: Bùi Trần Gia Vinh

- Telephone: +84 8 3990 6993
- E-mail: vinh.bui.tran.gia@tebodin.com

April 03, 2015

Order number: 63T84230
Document number: 1182001
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Table of contents

1 Scope 4
2 References 4
2.1 Project Standards 4
2.2 National/International Standards 5
2.3 Concrete work Standards 5
2.4 Steelwork Standards 5
2.5 Civil work Standards 7
3 Dead Loads 7
3.1 Buildings 7
3.2 Structures and Equipment Foundations 7
4 Piping Loads 7
5 Imposed Loads 7
5.1 Buildings 7
5.2 Structures 8
5.3 Handling Facilities 9
5.4 Roads, Bridges and Culverts 9
6 Dynamic Loads 9
6.1 Lifting Devices 9
6.2 Machinery 9
7 Wind And Earthquake Loads 9
8 Miscellaneous Loads 9
9 Loading Combinations 9

Attachments Revision Date

Drawings Revision Date

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1 Scope
1.1 This Standard specifies the minimum loads to be used in the design of buildings, structures, foundations and
equipment other than:
 Tank Foundations
 Machinery Foundations

1.2 Abbreviations
Abbreviations as used for Codes and Regulations shall have the following definitions:
TCVN Building codes of Vietnam
BS British Standards
ACI American Concrete Institute
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures

1.3 System of Measurements

The metric system shall be used for all measurements and loading.
2 References
Vietnamese National and Local Authority Codes of Practice and Standards shall be used where relevant and are not less
stringent than the Project and International Standards listed below. In the event of any conflict, CONTRACTOR shall seek
clarification from CLIENT before proceeding.

2.1 Project Standards

1182001 Design Loading for Building & Equipment Structure

1182002 Wind and Earthquake loading

1182003 Design of Concrete Foundations, Structures and Paving

1182004 Structural Steel Works Design

1182005 Influence Drainage Design

1182006 Site Preparation & Earth Works

1182007 Piling Works

1182008 Pile Load Test Procedure

1182009 Concrete Works

1182010 Post Tension Works

1182011 Anchor Bolt & Fixing

1182012 Grouting Works

1182013 Concrete Fire Protection

1182014 Structural Steel Fabrication

1182015 Road & Paving Works

1182016 Finishing Works

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2.2 National/International Standards

Applicable standards shall include but not be limited to the following:

TCVN Building codes of Vietnam

BS British Standard

AISC American Institute of Steel Construction

AISI American Iron and Steel Institute

IBC - 2009: International Building Code

2.3 Concrete work Standards

TCVN 2737-1995: Load and Impact

TCVN 5574:2012 Reinforced Concrete Structures - Design standards

TCXD 9379:2012 Building structures and foundation. Basic rules for calculations

TCXD 10304: 2014 Pile foundation - Specifications for design

TCXD 9393:2012 RC piles - Static load test method

TCXDVN 4453:1995 Reinforced Concrete Structures – Execution and Control

TCVN 3940:2012 Ready-mixed Concrete – Control of quality

BS 8110:1997 Structural use of Concrete

BS 4447:1973 Specification of anchorage for post-tensioned construction

AS 3600 – 2001, Tensioning of tendons

Section 19.3.4.5:
ACI 318 – 2002, Post-tensioning anchorages and couplers
Section 18.21:

ACI 318 – 2002, Post-tensioning ducts

Section 18.17:

2.4 Steelwork Standards

TCXDVN 170 : 2007 Steel structures - fabrication, assembly, check & acceptance – Technical
requirement

ASCE 7-05 Minimum Design Loads for Building and Other Structures

ASTM A6 Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bar, Plates,
Shapes and Sheet Piling

ASTM A36/A36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel

ASTM A53 Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped Zinc-coated Welded and Seamless

ASTM A123 Specification for Zinc, (Hot-Dip Galvanized) Coating on Iron and Steel Products

ASTM A153 Specification for Zinc Coating (Hot-dip) on Iron and Steel Hardware
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ASTM A193 Specification for Alloy-Steel and Stainless Steel Bolting Materials for High-
Temperature Service

ASTM A307 Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts and Studs, 60,000 psi Tensile Strength

ASTM A325 Specification for High Strength Bolts for Structural Steel Joints

ASTM A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products

ASTM A490 Specification for Heat Treated Steel Structural Bolts, 150 ksi Minimum Tensile
Strength

ASTM A501 Specification for Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel Structural
Tubing

ASTM A563 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts

ASTM F568M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Externally Threaded Metric Fasteners

AISC American Institute of Steel Construction - Allowable Stress Design Manual

AISC Specification for the Design, Fabrication and Erection of Structural Steel for
Buildings

AISC Manual of Steel Construction, 9th Edition (AISC M016)

AISC Code of Standard Practice for Steel Building and Bridges

AISC Specification for Structural Joints using ASTM A325 or A490 Bolts

AISC Specification for the Design of Light Gauge Cold-Formed Steel Structural
Members, Edition

AISI American Iron and Steel Institute

ANSI A12.1 Safety Requirements for Floor and Wall Openings, Railings and Toe Boards

ANSI A14.3 Safety Requirements for Fixed Ladders

AWS A 5.1 Covered Carbon Steel Arc Welding Electrodes

AWS A5.20 Carbon Steel Electrodes for Flex cored Arc Welding

AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code - Steel

JIS B 0205 Metric Coarse Screw Threads

JIS B 1180 Hexagon Head Bolts and Hexagon Head Screws

JIS B 1181 Hexagon Nuts and Hexagon Thin Nuts

JIS B 1186 Sets of High Strength Hexagon Bolts, Hexagon Nut and Plain Washers for
Friction Grip Joints

JIS G 3101 Rolled Steel for General Structures

JIS G 3106 Rolled Steel for Welded Structures

JIS G 3192 Dimensions, Weight and Permissible Variations of Hot Rolled Steel Sections
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JIS G 3193 Dimensions, Weight and Permissible Variations of Hot Rolled Steel Plates,
Sheets and Strips

JIS G 3444 Carbon Steel Tubes for General Structural Purposes

JIS G 4051 Carbon Steels for machine structural use (1979)

Z 3213 Covered Electrodes for High Tensile Strength Steel

UBC Uniform Building Code

2.5 Civil work Standards

TCXDVN 104-2007 Urban roads – Specifications for design
TCVN 4054-2005 Highway – Specifications for design
22TCN 211-06 Flexible pavement – Specifications for design
22TCN 223-95 Rigid pavement – Specifications for design
TCVN 8819-2011 Specification for Construction of Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete
pavement and acceptance
TCVN 7957-2008 Drainage and sewerage. External networks and facilities. Design
standard
22TCN 220-95 Calculation of flood flow characteristics
22TC 237-01 Road sign regulation

3 Dead Loads
3.1 Buildings
The following dead loads shall be included in the design of buildings:-

3.1.1 Self-weight of structural elements.

3.1.2 Framing, walls, floors, roofs, suspended ceilings, finishes, permanent partitions and stairs.

3.1.3 Fixed services equipment, machinery, lifts, runway beams, electrical feeders, heating/ventilating/air conditioning,
etc. wherever their loads are transmitted to structural elements. Equipment loads shall be taken from Manufacturer's
Data.

3.1.4 Fireproofing on structural steelwork.

3.2 Structures and Equipment Foundations

The following dead loads shall be included in the design of structures and foundations for equipment:-

3.2.1 Self-weight of structural elements.

3.2.2 Machinery, lifts, runway beams, equipment, valves and piping where these permanently load the structure. See
Section 4 of this Standard for piping loads.

3.2.3 Fireproofing on structural steel, vessel skirts and equipment.

3.2.4 Vessels, including all internals, refractory linings and hydro-test.

3.2.5 Insulation installed on piping and equipment.

3.2.6 Steel platform framing and floor plate.

Beams integral with the platform, but carrying loads additional to the live and other loads on the platform shall be
considered separately.
Weight of platforms, piping and ladders on towers shall be as specified on the vessel drawings.
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4 Piping Loads (Refer to Piping drawings)

5 Imposed Loads
5.1 Buildings
For the design of each structural element the imposed loads shall be applied in the least favorable pattern.
Imposed loads on floors shall be the actual loads when these are known, but shall not be less than the distributed loads
given below. The following loads are to be applied over the full floor area:

Warehouses Ground floor 30 kN/m2

Office 3.00 kN/m2

Generator and Transformer 10.00 kN/m2

Pump yard 7.50 kN/m2

5.1.1 Note: The actual load shall be checked against the above loading, with due account being taken of material
handling methods such as for lift trucks, which impose high concentrated loads.
Pedestrian areas, balconies, fire escape, etc. and Refer TCVN 2737-95
areas accessible to normal vehicular traffic
Roofs used for maintenance access only 1.00 kN/m2
Roofs used for access to equipment 3.00 kN/m2

5.2 Structures
Imposed loads on floors, platforms and framing in structures shall not be less than the distributed loads given below:
Point loads from pipe supports on structures shall be the actual loads when they are known. In the absence of known point
loads from pipe supports each structure members (excluding bracing) shall be checked for a single point load of 5.0 kN in
the least favorable position.
Note: The following distributed loads must be combined with dead loads and piping loads where applicable.

Steel floor plate (open grid flooring) 5.0 kN/m2

Concrete floor slabs, steel and concrete Framing 5.0 kN/m2

Minor platforms, walkways, and floors used for access to

equipment only 3.0 kN/m2

Floors, plates, platforms and framing subject to temporary

storage of heavy equipment components 5.0 kN/m2
Note: The structural elements shall be checked when the actual equipment storage loads become known

Roofs used for access to equipment 3.0 kN/m2

Roofs with access for maintenance only 1.0 kN/m2

Stairs and landings 5.0 kN/m2 or

5.0 kN concentrated load

Ladders (Vertical) 2.5kN concentrated load on a rung

(Horizontal) 0.5kN concentrated

Note: Roofs carrying equipment shall, in addition to the above, be designed for the load imposed
by the equipment supported.
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Platforms attached to vessels 2.5 kN/m2

Handrailing 1kN in any direction or 0.75 kN/m vertical and horizontal. 100% of the weight of process or test fluid, in vessels
and piping as appropriate for the load combinations given in Table 1

5.3 Handling Facilities

Permanent handling facilities shall be designed for the following loads:

5.3.1 Exchanger foundations, pull beams and their supports, shall resist bundle pulling forces of:
a) 100% bundle weight for bundles less than 22 kN
b) 22 kN for bundles 22 kN to 44 kN
c) 50% bundle weight for bundles greater than 44 kN

5.3.2 The pulling force shall be assumed to act at the centre line of the exchanger and is resisted by the fixed end support
only. The cases to be considered are:
a) Both bundles pulled simultaneously with each force acting at its respective center line.
b) The upper bundle pulling force acting at its centre line with the lower exchanger bundle having been removed (i.e.
reduced vertical loading).

5.4 Roads, Bridges and Culverts

The design of roads, bridges and box culverts shall be based on the wheel loads from a mobile crane with a maximum axle
load taken as 15 tonnes per axle to represent loading from multi-wheeled heavy load trailers.
6 Dynamic Loads
6.1 Lifting Devices
Imposed loads from the following equipment shall be increased by the amounts shown to allow for dynamic forces:
Elevator -100% vertical
Davits shall be designed for the heaviest item to be lifted plus 25% for impact but not less than a total of 450 kg. Lateral
forces shall be assumed as 20% of the lifted load. A line pull of 100% of the lifted load shall be included to provide for the
possibility of the load being handled by a line over a single pulley.

6.2 Machinery
Support structures and foundations for rotating or reciprocating machinery shall be designed in accordance with Project
Specification 1182009.
7 Wind And Earthquake Loads
Loads due to Wind and Earthquake shall be in accordance with Project Specification 1182002
8 Miscellaneous Loads
Consideration shall be given to loads of a special nature such as piping counterweights, spring hangers, thrusts from
expansion joints, expansion loads from horizontal vessels and exchangers, purpose made handling equipment such as
counterbalanced crane hooks, and thermal expansion of the structure.
9 Loading Combinations
All buildings, structures, equipment, and foundations shall be investigated for each of the loading combinations given in
Table 1 and 2, the most severe shall determine the final design. Load factors shall be in accordance with TCVN 2737-95,
ASCE 7.
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WORKING LOAD COMBINATIONS

 Table 1: ULS Load combination (excluding material factors)
Load Dead Live load Roof live Wind load Earth Earthquake
combination load load &Water (not applied)
pressure
1 1.1 1.3* 1.3* - 1.1 -

2 1.1 - - 1.2 1.1 -

3 1.1 0.9x1.3* 0.9x1.3* 0.9x1.2 1.1 -
4 1.1 - - - 1.1 -
5 1 0.6 - - 1 1

Factor 1.3 changed to 1.2 if live load > 2 KN/m2

 Table 2: SLS Load combination

Load Dead Live load Roof live Wind load Earth Earthquake
combination load load &Water (not applied)
pressure
1 1 1 1 - 1 -

2 1 - - 1 1 -
3 1 - - - 1 -

4 1 1 1 - 1 -