Design Criteria -part 1

It's very important to fill up the Design Criteria before you proceed with STAAD analysis. 

The Design Criteria basically contains all the assumptions that the designer use in the design such as, Reference Code, Dead Load, Live Load, Seismic Load, Soil Data, Materials and Design Constants.

Reference Code

Here are the usual Reference Code that we use.

1. National building Code of the Philippines (NBCP)

2. National Structual Code of the Philippines NSCP 2010, 6th Edition volume 1 - for vertical structures

3. National Structual Code of the Philippines NSCP 2010, volume 2 - for horizontal structures

Here are some other codes that we use as reference and guide for the design.

4. National Building Code of the Philippines

5. 2010 National Structural Code of the Philippines Volumes 1 & 2

6. National Plumbing Code of the Philippines

7. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

8. American Concrete Institute Manual of Concrete Practice (ACI) 2005

9. American Society of Civil Engineers Manual 7 – 2005

10. Uniform Building Code 1997

11. American Institute Manual of Steel Construction, AISC-360-06

12. Philippine Electrical Code

13. Philippine Mechanical Code

14. Philippine Fire Code

15. AWWA/ ISO Standards

16. AASHTO (Edition as referred to 2010 NSCP)

Dead Load 

Dead Loads, should either be computed separately or be based on table 204-2 (Minimum Design  

Dead Loads) page 2-8 of NSCP 2010, 6th Edition, volume 1 .

Sample of Dead Load Computation for 2 Storey-Residential Building

Live Load

Live Loads, should either be computed separately or be based on table 205-1 (Minimum Uniform and 

Concentrated Live Loads) page 2-10 of NSCP  2010, 6th Edition, volume 1 .

Sample of Live Load Computation for 2 Storey-Residential Building