Design Loads:
Unless otherwise specified Zaidan pre-
engineered steel buildings are designed
for the following minimum loads:
Roof Live Load: 0.57 kN/m2
Design Wind Speed: 110 km/h
Design for snow loads, earth quake loads,
collateral loads, crane loads or any other
loading condition, must be specified.
Loads are applied in accordance with the
latest American codes and standards
applicable to pre-engineered buildings.
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Eave Height:
The distance from the bottom of the
column base plate to the top point of
the eave strut. When columns are
elevated from finished floor, eave height
is the distance from finished floor level
to top of eave strut.
Building Length/Width:
The length of the building is measured
from out to out of end wall steel lines
and the width of the building is measured
from end to end of the side walls.
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Roof Slope:
This is the angle of the roof with respect
to the horizontal. The most common roof
slopes are from five to ten percent. Any
practical roof slope is possible.
Interior bay length:
The distance between the center lines
of two adjacent interior main frame
columns. The most common bay lengths
are 6 m, 7.5 m and 9 m.
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