1.

LOAD FACTORS AND LOAD COMBINATIONS FOR THE ULTIMATE LIMIT STATES DESIGN
(ACCORDING TO NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF CANADA 2015)1

2. IMPORTANCE FACTORS FOR SERVICEABILITY CALCULATIONS (DEFLECTIONS)

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF CANADA 2015

1
REFERENCE: Hatzinkolas, Korany and Brzev textbook Chapter 1
 3. REINFORCING BAR DESIGNATIONS IN CANADA AND CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS TO BE
USED FOR DESIGN2
(Example: 15M denotes bar with 15 mm nominal diameter, M stands for metric, and Area is 200
mm2)

2
REFERENCE: textbook “Reinforced Concrete Design – A Practical Approach” by Svetlana Brzev and John Pao
SELF-WEIGHT OF MASONRY WALLS AND BEAMS3

3
REFERENCE: Hatzinkolas, Korany and Brzev textbook Chapter 4