AS1170.1-2002

AS/NZS1170.1:2002(IncludingAmendmentNo.1)Australian/NewZealandStandard™StructuraldesignactionsPart1:Permanent,imposedandotheractionsAS/NZS1170.1:2002AccessedbyISONET-CHINASTATEBUREAUOFTECHNICALSUPERVISon20Mar2006AS/NZS1170.1:2002ThisJointAustralian/NewZealandStandardwaspreparedbyJointTechnicalCommitteeBD-006,GeneralDesignRequirementsandLoadingonStructures.ItwasapprovedonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsAustraliaon29March2002andonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsNewZealandon28March2002.ThisStandardwaspublishedon4June2002.ThefollowingarerepresentedonCommitteeBD-006:AssociationofConsultingEngineersAustraliaAustralianBuildingCodesBoardAustralianInstituteofSteelConstructionBuildingResearchAssociationofNewZealandCementandConcreteAssociationofAustraliaCSIRO,Building,ConstructionandEngineeringCycloneTestingStation—JamesCookUniversityElectricitySupplyAssociationofAustraliaHousingIndustryAssociationInstitutionofEngineersAustraliaInstitutionofProfessionalEngineersNewZealandMasterBuildersAustraliaNewZealandHeavyEngineeringResearchAssociationSteelReinforcementInstituteofAustraliaUniversityofNewcastleUniversityofAuckland(NewZealand)UniversityofCanterbury,NewZealandUniversityofMelbourneKeepingStandardsup-to-dateStandardsarelivingdocumentswhichreflectprogressinscience,technologyandsystems.Tomaintaintheircurrency,allStandardsareperiodicallyreviewed,andneweditionsarepublished.Betweeneditions,amendmentsmaybeissued.Standardsmayalsobewithdrawn.ItisimportantthatreadersassurethemselvestheyareusingacurrentStandard,whichshouldincludeanyamendmentswhichmayhavebeenpublishedsincetheStandardwaspurchased.DetailedinformationaboutjointAustralian/NewZealandStandardscanbefoundbyvisitingtheStandardsWebShopat:2002(IncludingAmendmentNo.1)Australian/NewZealandStandard™StructuraldesignactionsPart1:Permanent,imposedandotheractionsCOPYRIGHT©StandardsAustralia/StandardsNewZealandAllrightsarereserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedorcopiedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher.JointlypublishedbyStandardsAustralia,GPOBox476,Sydney,NSW2001andStandardsNewZealand,PrivateBag2439,Wellington6020ISBN0733744710OriginatedinAustraliaaspartofASCA1—1933.OriginatedinNewZealandaspartofNZS1900:1964.PreviousAustralianeditionsAS1170.1—1989andAS2867—1986.PreviousNewZealandeditionNZS4203:1992.AS1170.1—1989,AS2867—1986andNZS4203:1992jointlyrevised,amalgamatedandredesignatedinpartasAS/NZS1170.1:2002.ReissuedwithAmendmentNo.1attached(April2005).AccessedbyISONET-CHINASTATEBUREAUOFTECHNICALSUPERVISon20Mar2006AS/NZS1170.1:20022PREFACEThisStandardwaspreparedbytheJointStandardsAustralia/StandardsNewZealandCommitteeBD-006,GeneralDesignRequirementsandLoadingonStructures,tosupersede,inpart,AS1170.1—1989,Minimumdesignloadsonstructures,Part1:Deadandliveloads,andinpartNZS4203:1992,Codeofpracticeforgeneralstructuraldesignanddesignloadingsforbuildingsand,inpart,AS2867—1986,Farmstructures—Generalrequirementsforstructuraldesign.ThiseditionoftheStandardincludesAmendmentNo.1whichisattachedattheendofthedocument.Inordertoavoidconfusion,theAmendmenthasnotyetbeenincorporatedintotheclausesoftheStandardbecause,atthetimeofpublicationoftheAmendment,theyhadnotyetbeenreferencedbytheBCA.ThisStandardispublishedasajointStandard(asarealsoAS/NZS1170.0andAS/NZS1170.2)anditisintendedthatitissuitableforuseinNewZealandaswellasinAustralia.However,NZS4203,GeneralstructuraldesignanddesignloadingsforbuildingsremainscurrentinNewZealanduntilthepublicationofallparts(includingPart4:Earthquakeaction)andforatransitionperiodafterwards.ThisStandardwillbereferencedintheBuildingCodeofAustraliabywayofBCAAmendment11tobePublishedon1July2002,therebysupersedingthepreviousedition,AS1170.1—1989,whichwillbewithdrawn12monthsfromthedateofpublicationofthisEdition.TheobjectiveofthisStandardistoprovidedesignersofstructureswithvaluesrepresentingthepermanentactions,likelyactionsimposedduetouseandoccupancy,andotheractionsappropriatetothetypeofstructureforuseinstructuraldesign.ThisStandardisPart1oftheAS/NZS1170seriesStructuraldesignactions,whichcomprisesthefollowingparts,eachofwhichhaveanaccompanyingCommentarypublishedasaSupplement:AS/NZS1170.