Imposed load reductions

Reductions can be applied to imposed loads to take account of the unlikelihood of the whole building being loaded with its full design imposed load. Reductions can not however, be applied to roof imposed loads.

Imposed loads are only automatically reduced on:

Tekla Structural Designer does not automatically apply imposed load reductions to floors. For steel beams, concrete beams, slabs and mats it is however possible to define the level of imposed load reduction manually via the beam/slab item properties.