JULY 2005
SOLICITATION FOR OFFERS
OUTPATIENT CLINIC
SFO NO. V101-183R-xxx-xxx-xx
[INSERT LOCATION OF FACILITY]
SECTION 6: BUILDING DESIGN CRITERIA
6.1 STRUCTURAL:
Structural design of VA facilities shall comply with the latest editions of the following:
Reinforced concrete design - Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete (ACI Standard
318-02) and Commentary (ACI-318R-02), American Concrete Institute.
Structural steel design - Manual of Steel Construction, Load and Resistance Factor Design,
Specifications for Structural Steel Buildings, American Institute of Steel Construction, Second Edition.
International Building Code (IBC 2003), International Conference of Building Officials.
VA Seismic Design Requirements (H-18-8)
Editing Note: Use the following paragraphs if VA will
allow existing buildings to be offered for lease.
//Where applicable, a licensed structural engineer shall verify the load-bearing capability of the existing
structural elements to support the new design loads. Provide evidence of compliance with lateral force
requirements in Paragraph 6.1.3 with offer as specified in Paragraph 1.7.//
//Where alterations are made to the structural elements in existing buildings, these elements individually
and the buildings as units, must maintain adequate strength to safely resist both gravity and lateral loads.
Any resulting deficiencies must be reinforced accordingly.//
6.1.1
FLOOR LOADS:
Minimum uniform basic design live loads shall conform to the International Building Code (IBC 2003)
requirements, except as modified in this paragraph.
Allowance of 20 psf shall be made for partitions on floors where specified live load is less than 100 psf, in
addition to all other loads. Where live loads are 100 psf and greater, specific partition locations may be
used for design; however, appropriate notes must be made on the drawings.
Provision shall be made in designing floors for a concentrated load of 2000 lb, placed upon any space 2.5
feet square, wherever this load upon an otherwise unloaded floor would produce stresses greater than
those caused by the uniform load required therefor.// On walk-on ceiling the design concentrated load
shall be 300 lb. //
In order to provide a flexible design allowing certain range of occupancy changes in the future, generalized
live load categories should be applied to large areas.
Where actual occupancy load requirements or concentrated equipment loads distributed over a
reasonable area exceed the equivalent generalized uniform live loads, the areas in question shall be
designed to meet the specific load conditions.
6.1.2
ROOF LOAD:
Roof live loads shall be based on geographical location and local governing building code requirements;
however, they shall not be less than 20 psf.
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