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  • BS 6399-3(1988) : 1988

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    LOADING FOR BUILDINGS - PART 3: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR IMPOSED ROOF LOADS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  30-03-2010

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1988

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    Foreword
    Section 1. General
    1 Scope
    2 Definitions
    3 Symbols
    4 Minimum imposed roof loads
    Section 2. Snow loads
    5 Snow load on the roof
    6 Snow load on the ground
    7 Snow load shape coefficients
    8 Snow sliding down roofs
    Appendix A - Annual Probabilities of exceedance different
                 from 0.02
    Appendix B - Snow drift load calculations
    Appendix C - Addresses of advisory offices

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    Provides minimum imposed roof loads for use in designing buildings and building components which are to be constructed and used in the UK and the Channel Islands.

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    Committee B/525/1
    Development Note Supersedes 86/13528 DC and 95/105686 DC Also available as part of PP 7312. (08/2004) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2007. (10/2007)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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